Pool Building Licensing Information

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

The process of getting a pool building licence in South Australia is managed and regulated by Consumer and Business Services.

Licensing

Individuals and businesses must be licensed as building contractors, including subcontractors if they run a business that carries out or organises building work:

for others to sell or let land or buildings.

Sole traders normally apply for a contractor's licence and building work supervisor registration at the same time as both are required to contract work.

Licensing Types

  • Swimming pool construction

Construction of concrete pools or installation of prefabricated (fibreglass, spas or the like) pools including all earthworks, pool plumbing, finishing of concrete surfaces, fencing and landscaping of the pool area (within the pool fencing).

  • Swimming pool construction ltd to: installation of prefabricated pools

Installation of prefabricated (fibreglass pools, spas or the like) pools including all earthworks, pool plumbing, finishing of concrete surfaces, fencing and landscaping of the pool area (within the pool fencing).

License Application

https://www.sa.gov.au/topics/business-and-trade/licensing/building-and-trades/building-work-supervisor-s-registration

Experience

  • Pathway 1 Building work supervisor interview
  • Pathway 2 Held an equivalent registration within 12 months prior to the application

Qualifications

If you have successfully completed the following qualification, you may satisfy some of the technical knowledge required:

  1. CPC40808 Certificate IV in Swimming Pool and Spa Building - For more information on this qualification please click here
  2. CPC40110 Certificate IV in Building and Construction - For more information on this qualification please click here

National Police Check

Applicants must provide a copy of National Police Certificate.

Financial Requirements

People who do 'specified building work' for example, bricklayers, carpenters, need to have at least $10,000 in net assets to apply for a contractor's licence. If you don’t have enough in net assets, you can apply for a restricted licence as a subcontractor.

Builders who work in 'major residential construction' must attach one of the following to the application:

  • a certificate showing you are able to get building indemnity insurance
  • letter from a chartered or certified practising accountant or IPA public accountant confirming that you are solvent and have at least $100,000 of tangible net assets.

Industrial, commercial and civil builders must declare on the application form that they have the financial resources needed to carry on this type of business.

Building Insurance Requirements

Builders must take out insurance when doing domestic building work that needs council approval and costs $12,000 or more. This includes when you are:

  • building a house
  • renovating
  • building an extension.
     

More Information

For more information on applying for a pool building licence in South Australia, or to learn more about the process, visit the Consumer and Business Services website.