Trade legally. We handle the QBCC side of it.
Qualification pathways, licensing advisory and genuine nominee supervisor placement for tradies and building companies who want to do the work properly, without spending weeks lost in QBCC paperwork.
Nominee Verification
Four ways we keep you licensed and covered
Whether you don't hold any licence yet, need help mapping the qualification, or your nominee just handed in their notice, we cover the parts most trades businesses have never had to deal with before.
Licence & Qualification Pathway
Don't hold a licence yet? We map the realistic route: Site Supervisor licence first in most cases, then the recognised qualification for the builder class you're aiming for. We can also connect you with our registered training partner for the Diploma of Building and Construction (Building), the qualification behind a Builder (Medium Rise) licence.
Licensing Advisory
We work out exactly which QBCC licence class your business actually needs, and manage the application: experience evidence, financial requirements, and the paperwork QBCC expects to see.
Nominee Placement
We place a genuinely employed, properly documented nominee supervisor or builder against your company's licence, not a name-only arrangement that falls apart under scrutiny.
Ongoing Compliance
Supervision records, quarterly reviews, and documentation kept current, so if QBCC ever asks questions about your nominee arrangement, you've already got the answer.
From "am I even licensed to do this?" to sorted
Tell us what you do
A short call about the work you take on and how your business is set up.
We map your pathway
Which licence class you need, and whether that's a personal licence, a nominee, or both.
We handle the paperwork
Application support, or a genuine nominee placement, done properly the first time.
We keep it genuine
Ongoing documentation and reviews, so the arrangement holds up if QBCC comes asking.
Run by people who've actually been through it
Trade Approved comes out of Studio Fitouts, a South East Queensland shopfitting company, so this isn't advice from the sidelines. Both directors have been on the other side of the exact problems we help clients solve.
Shane holds a QBCC Medium Rise Builders Licence and has personally been through engaging and managing a nominee supervisor arrangement in a previous building company. He knows firsthand what separates a genuine, defensible nominee arrangement from one that falls apart under scrutiny.
Rhianna holds a QBCC Medium Rise Site Supervisor Licence and a Diploma of Building and Construction (Building), and deals directly with QBCC as part of her own licensing and compliance obligations. She's been through the qualification and licensing process herself, not just studied it, so she knows exactly what QBCC actually asks for and where people typically get tripped up.
QBCC licensing, nominees & what happens if you get it wrong
Straight answers to what we're actually asked. This is general information, not legal advice. For anything specific to your situation, talk to us or a construction lawyer.
Not sure where to start? Ask us.
Send a few details about your business and what you're trying to sort out (licensing, a nominee, or both) and we'll come back with the actual pathway, not a sales pitch.
Queensland-wide nominee placement and licensing advisory for any trade, not just one industry.
We only place nominees who are genuinely, properly employed, never a name-only arrangement.
General information on this site is not legal advice; recommendations are tailored once we know your situation.