To become an accredited certifier in NSW, you must apply to the Building Professionals Board.
Your application must include all required information and supporting documents to be accepted and processed as quickly as possible. Some documents must be notified by a solicitor or Justice of the Peace.
Click on a link below to find the right form for you:
- E1 (swimming pool) accreditation
- Mutual recognition (transfer accreditation from another State)
- Change an existing category of accreditation
- New individual application – categories A-D
- Evidence checklists – B, C and D applications
- Renewing if your accreditation expired less than three months ago
- Corporate accreditation
Transferring accreditation from another State
If you are accredited as a certifier in another State/Territory, you can apply for accreditation in NSW under the Mutual Recognition Act 1992. To do this:
- complete the mutual recognition form
- pay an accreditation fee.
Remember that while most states accredit private building surveyors, in NSW 'building surveyor' simply refers to a subset of the many different categories of certifiers.
Read information and advice for E1 mutual recognition applicants
Changing an existing category of accreditation
To change your existing category of accreditation, complete a new application for the category you wish to add, and/or in relation to conditions you want to have removed/ varied.
Read more about renewing or changing accreditation.
Application forms
New individual application - categories A-D
Accreditation application form - submit together with the following as needed:
- Referee's statement template - all applicants, attach statements from three referees
- Resume template - for applicants who don't have a recognised registration listed in the accreditation scheme
- Comparative analysis report - for applicants who don't have a qualification listed in schedule 3 of the accreditation scheme
- Performance criteria report - for all B1 and D1 applicants, and certain applicants in A and C categories
- Evidence checklist - B, C and D categories (see below)
For all B, C and D category applications, you must also complete and attach the relevant evidence checklist to your application:
C1: private road and drainage design compliance
C2: private road and drainage construction compliance
C3: stormwater management facilities design compliance
C4: stormwater management facilities construction compliance
C5: subdivision works and building works (location of works as constructed) compliance
C6: subdivision road and drainage construction compliance
C7: structural engineering compliance
C8: electrical services compliance
C9: mechanical services compliance
C10: fire safety engineering compliance
C11: energy management compliance (BCA classes 3, 5 to 9)
C12: geotechnical engineering compliance
C14: building hydraulics compliance
Certifiers whose accreditation expired less than three months ago
- Application for private certifiers whose accreditation expired less than three months ago
- Application for council certifiers whose accreditation expired less than three months ago
Application for corporate accreditation
- Application form - corporate accreditation
- Fit and proper person declaration - corporate accreditation
Application - category E1 (swimming pool certification)
- Applying for category E1 - swimming pool certification
