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Welcome Licensed Building Practitioners (LBPs)

LBPs are building practitioners who have been assessed as competent to carry out building work essential to the structure or weathertightness of residential buildings.

Skills maintenance

If you’re a LBP, skills maintenance helps you grow your skills and knowledge and keep up with important changes in your industry.

Keep on top of your skills maintenance

Why get licensed?

Getting licensed recognises your competency, and builds trust for your customers.

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Find a licensed building practitioner

Search the register to find an LBP in your area, or to check an LBPs licensing status and history.

Find or check on an LBP
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Building Practitioners Board

The Board oversees the Licensed Building Practitioners Scheme.

More about the Board
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Resolving problems

Information for both parties to resolve any problems that might happen during the construction process.

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  • Codewords Issue 92

    Date published:

    Codewords 92 links to the new 120 building Standards now available on the Standards New Zealand website and has some tips on LBP ID cards. It also highlights the cancelation of a licence for work done outside a licence class.

  • Changes to registrar operating model

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    MBIE recently undertook an independent review to assess the licenced building practitioner (LBP) and electrical worker (EW) registrar operating model.

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