Advance Your Skills: Demolition Supervisor Licence Course In Sydney

Taking part in a demolition supervisor course allows you to expand your skill set and be prepared for new opportunities.

Yes. In New South Wales, you must have a licence to demolish most buildings, structures and installations.

To satisfy SafeWork NSW changes to state demolition legislation, construction workers are now required to hold nationally- accredited units of competency to be eligible to work as a nominated supervisor for an NSW demolition licence holder or to apply for your demolition licence. These units are drawn from CPC30420 Certificate III in Demolition and CPC41020 Certificate IV in Demolition qualifications and are packaged to meet the SafeWork NSW requirements.

You need a restricted demolition licence (DE2) to demolish or partly demolish any structure or part of a structure that is loadbearing or otherwise related to the physical integrity of the structure and:

• is between 6-15 metres high, or
• involves using load-shifting machinery on a suspended floor, such as bulldozers, cranes, excavators, front-end and skid-steer loaders.

Find out how to apply for your licence on the unrestricted demolition licence page and the restricted demolition licence page.

To apply for a restricted demolition licence, you must:

• be at least 18
• be operating a business
• have an ABN (Australian business number) or ACN (Australian company number)
• be a legal representative of the business — you must be the ABN holder/owner or the manager of the business; for a company you must be a director
• have at least one named supervisor, if you are a sole trader you can nominate yourself to be the named supervisor

You must submit evidence of your named supervisor’s experience. If you are a sole trader you can nominate yourself to be the named supervisor.

You need an unrestricted demolition licence (DE1) to demolish or partly demolish any structure or part of a structure that is loadbearing or otherwise related to the physical integrity of the structure and:

• is over 15 metres high, or
• is a chemical installation, or
• involves a tower crane on site, or
• involves a mobile crane with a rated capacity of more than 100 tonnes, or
• has structural components that are pre-tensioned or post-tensioned, or
• involves floor propping, or
• involves explosives.

To apply for an unrestricted demolition licence, you must:

• be at least 18
• be operating a business
• have an ABN (Australian business number) or ACN (Australian company number)
• be a legal representative of the business – you must be the ABN holder/owner or the manager of the business; for a company, you must be a director
• have at least one named supervisor. They must have:
• completed the specified 11 units from the Certificate III in Demolition and Certificate IV in Demolition
• experience undertaking demolition work involving all of the following demolition types:
• over 15 metres high
• a chemical installation
• involved a tower crane on site
• involved a mobile crane with a rated capacity of more than 100 tonnes
• had structural components that were pre-tensioned or post-tensioned
• involved floor propping
• involved explosives.

You must submit evidence of your named supervisor’s experience. If you are a sole trader, you can nominate yourself as the named supervisor.

Once you’ve completed your demolition supervisor course and your licence application is approved by Safework , your demolition supervisor licence will be valid for two years.

No. But you must submit a renewal application to SafeWork NSW before  the expiry date to keep your licence active.

Demolition work is hazardous and considered to be a high-risk field. Becoming a demolition supervisor means you will be responsible for the safety of yourself and a team of workers. Since you will be managing a team, you may need to learn or brush up on your management skills. 

Being an effective and clear communicator is also important, as you will need to streamline communication between other departments and managers.

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