Verify the registration, licence status, and history of Victorian builders, plumbers, and building practitioners. Search the Building and Plumbing Commission (BPC) registers to ensure your practitioner is qualified and check for past disciplinary or
Apply for Victorian building practitioner registration through mutual recognition using your interstate or New Zealand licence. Learn requirements, documents, fees, and how to submit your application.
Building practitioners or companies may surrender their registration for reasons such as retirement, ill health or changing professions. Individuals and companies must complete the relevant surrender form electronically, provide details about
Guide to builder registration for companies and partnerships covering requirements, eligibility and compliance obligations in Victoria’s building industry.
BPC is modernising licensing and registration with a “trust and verify” approach to deliver faster approvals, reduced paperwork and more proportionate risk assessment. New online processes, streamlined requirements and a rigorous ACER-designed
Compliance certificates ensure plumbing work is accountable and defect‑free. Builders and surveyors must verify all certificates before issuing an Occupancy Permit.
The BPC's online building practitioner exams in Victoria are transitioning to a single, fully online assessment (by June 2026), replacing interviews and plan-based tests, with remote proctoring, strict rules, and approved materials.
This page discusses the registration renewal process undertaken every five years. It focusses on requirements as they apply to companies and individual practitioners