Pick your state and trade, and we'll show the licences and registrations you need, track every expiry, trade licence, white card, insurances and safety tickets, and tally your indicative annual compliance cost.
Track your licences & tickets (optional)
Tick what you hold and add expiry dates, we'll flag what's current, expiring or expired in your report.
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Running a trades business in Australia means holding the right licence for your trade and state, plus a stack of tickets and cover that all expire on their own schedules — the trade licence itself, your White Card, first aid and CPR, public liability and workers compensation insurance, and safety tickets like working at heights or asbestos awareness. Licensing isn't national: each state and territory has its own regulator, its own class names, and its own value thresholds for when a job needs a licensed contractor. It's easy to lose track of what you actually need and when each item lapses — and an expired licence or ticket can stop you working, or working legally, overnight. The Trades Licence & Compliance Tracker is a free tool that maps what your trade needs in your state, keeps every renewal date in one view, and estimates your yearly compliance cost from your own figures.
You pick your state or territory and your trade (electrical, plumbing, building, carpentry, gas fitting, HVAC and refrigeration, roofing, or painting), and the tool shows the indicative primary licence or registration that trade usually needs in that jurisdiction, along with a direct link to the responsible regulator — for example the QBCC in Queensland, NSW Fair Trading, the Victorian Building Authority, or Access Canberra in the ACT. You then tick the licences, tickets and insurances you hold and enter each expiry date; the tool flags every item as current, expiring soon, or already expired based on how far the date is from today, and sorts them into a single renewal timeline with the nearest date first. For your insurances, you enter your own annual premiums and it tallies an indicative yearly compliance outlay for planning. It doesn't quote fees or thresholds at you — licence classes, value thresholds and costs change over time, so the tool treats its licence mapping as a starting point and points you to the official regulator to confirm current requirements before you rely on them.
Sole traders and small trades-business owners across Australia who want one clear view of the licences, tickets and insurances their trade needs and when each one falls due for renewal.
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It gives you the indicative primary licence or registration your trade usually needs in your state, and links straight to the responsible regulator. It deliberately doesn't quote fees or value thresholds, because licence classes, thresholds and prices change over time and vary by the specific work you do. Treat the mapping as a starting point and confirm the current requirement and fee with your regulator before relying on it — this is general information, not licensing or legal advice.
These tools work together to give you a clearer picture of your business.
Use these results to make better decisions. If you'd like a second pair of eyes on them, an advisor can walk through what they mean for the business.
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