General concreting
NSW Fair Trading
Information about general concreting licences and certificates.
You must have a licence before you do any residential building work in NSW, including general concreting, that is valued at more than $5000 (incl GST) in labour and materials.
General concreting is:
concrete laying or placement
formwork, reinforcement fixing and concreting work to put up a dwelling, or to put up a garage, outbuilding, swimming pool or similar structure to be used with the dwelling
concrete stencilling
stamped pattern concreting
exposed aggregate work or pebblecreting or similar work
concrete repairing
concrete resurfacing
concrete retaining walls not requiring approval under the Local Government Act 1993 (retaining walls needing such approval comes under structural landscaping).
General concreting includes excavation work that must be done before laying or placing concrete.
It does not include major site preparation to shore excavations or where the structural stability of a neighbouring site or structure might be compromised. In these situations, you need to get a licensed excavator or builder.
To learn more about what is considered general concreting see the definition in schedule 4 of the Home Building Regulation 2014.
