Guide · licensing
Check the licence before you pay a deposit.
SEQ Service Quotes is not licensed to do termite work. A page on this site is not a licence check. The QBCC register is.
Who must hold a QBCC licence
QBCC says termite management — chemical is building work that needs a licence at any value, alongside plumbing, drainage, gasfitting, fire protection and some other classes. The ordinary “over $3,300” threshold is not the rule for chemical termite work. The April 2024 advisory note says the classes are Termite Management — Chemical and Termite Management — Physical. The physical class is restricted to particular systems such as graded stone or stainless steel mesh. The same note says a contractor needs one of those licences to give advice or a report about a termite management system or an infestation, and a QBCC licence to install a system in new building work.
For chemical systems, QBCC says its licence is required as well as a government pest control operator licence. The current occupational licence is the Queensland Health pest management licence. QBCC’s chemical-class page says a person supervising or performing that work must hold the health licence. Queensland Health says pest management activities using a pesticide require a current licence under the Medicines and Poisons Act 2019, and timber pests are one authorisation.
QBCC’s advisory note also says professional indemnity insurance of at least $500,000 is required for the Termite Management — Chemical class. Ask to see the current certificate. This site has not checked anyone’s policy.
A practical check, using QBCC’s own steps
- Search the QBCC licensee register, or the “find a local contractor” tool, before you sign or pay. QBCC says the register has the fuller history.
- Confirm the licence is current, the name matches the person or company you are dealing with, and the class covers the work.
- Sight the physical card or the digital licence. QBCC says both are valid, and that photo licences are being issued so the photo can be compared with the person on site.
- If you cannot find them, QBCC says they may be unlicensed. The contact centre number published by QBCC is 139 333.
- For chemical work, ask for the Queensland Health pest management licence as well, and check that timber-pest work is within its authorisations.
- Keep the quote, the contract and the licence number. QBCC encourages written contracts.
Working with an unlicensed person can affect access to Queensland Home Warranty Insurance. That is QBCC’s warning on the “who must hold a licence” page, not a determination about any particular job.
What this service will not claim
No business is approved on this site. Provider sign-up does not auto-approve anyone, and a business cannot state its own licence number here and have it treated as verified. If introductions are turned on later, a verified flag in the database would mean a person had checked the register and recorded the result. That process has not been run. There are no provider rows in the default database.
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