MarioCam

Good morning,

My girlfriend and I are looking to move to Australia in the next 1-2 years. Whilst we have visa sorted via spouse visa (she’s Australian), we wanted to understand how we could have my UK building qualifications recognised and contribute towards a NSW Building Licence.

Anyone that has experience of this process it’d be greatly appreciated if you could share the steps you went through.

I currently have a HND (Higher National Diploma) in Construction and the Built Environment (2 years), An NVQ Level 3 in carpentry and 7 year experience working in the field.

which I believe is akin to an Australian Certificate IV in Building and Construction (BCG40106) and 7 year experience working in the field. I’ve researched and enquired, however seems I need a registered training organisation to recognise my carpentry studies, but my university degree and experience are not recognised, so I’d need 4 years further study and 2 years experience as apprentice again.

Thanks for any thoughts

spouse of scouse

Hi and welcome to BE. I see you've found your way to our Australia forum so hopefully someone there will be able to help answer your questions.

Best of luck with your plans.