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How do I check a tradesperson's licence in Tasmania?

The short answer

Search the Consumer, Building and Occupational Services register of licensed tradespeople. It shows current licence holders only, which means an empty result can mean lapsed rather than never licensed, and the two need to be told apart.

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Tasmania puts building, trade and occupational licensing with Consumer, Building and Occupational Services, and one public search covers all of it. There is no separate electrical or plumbing regulator to check as well, which makes it simpler than the mainland states.12

What the register covers

Eleven categories, which is wider than most state registers and includes several roles people do not think of as licensed at all.2

  • Electrician, plumber, gas-fitter and auto gas-fitter.
  • Builder.
  • Architect, engineer, building designer and building services designer.
  • Building surveyor and permit authority.2

The limitation that matters most

The register displays the details of current licence holders only. Nothing else appears. So a name that does not come back is not proof that the person was never licensed, only that they are not licensed today, and those are very different conversations to have with someone quoting for your job.2

If you need to establish what somebody held in the past, Consumer, Building and Occupational Services points you at an application under the Right to Information Act 2009 rather than at the register. That is a formal process, and it is the answer to a dispute rather than to a quote you are considering this week.2

One more thing the search will not tell you

It does not show the status of a licence application. Somebody who has applied and is waiting looks exactly like somebody who has not applied at all, so being told an application is in progress is not something the register can confirm or contradict.2

Related questions

Why can I not find a Tasmanian tradesperson who says they are licensed?
The register only lists current licence holders, so a lapsed licence disappears entirely rather than showing as expired. Check the exact name and number the licence is held under, and if it still does not appear, treat it as unverified rather than as a clerical problem.

Sources

Every source below was fetched and its response recorded on the date shown. Where a government site blocks automated clients, that is noted rather than reported as a successful check.

  1. Consumer, Building and Occupational Services · Consumer, Building and Occupational Services (Tas)Checked 2026-08-10 · live, but blocks automated clients so the specific page could not be confirmed
  2. Find a licensed tradesperson · Consumer, Building and Occupational Services (Tas)Checked 2026-08-10 · live, but blocks automated clients so the specific page could not be confirmed
  3. Tasmanian Acts in force · Tasmanian LegislationChecked 2026-08-10 · responded 200 OK

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