Licences, certification and registration by industry

For employees and contractors

• Worker screening and checks:
  • Working with Children Check
  • National Disability Insurance Scheme Worker Check
  • National Police Check
• Interstate licences:
  • Automatic mutual recognition (AMR) of interstate work licences
• Your entitlements and obligations as an employee
• Apprentices and trainees support
• Getting a job in government

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For businesses

• Browse Business licences
• Business grants, voucher programs and financial assistance
• Supply to NSW Government
• Manage and grow a business
• Search for an organisation or business
• Managing employees:
  • Employee pay, leave and superannuation
  • Manage employees and contractors
  • Community Services Industry portable long service leave scheme

For more services visit Service NSW Business Bureau

Licences, certifications and programs by industry

Browse licences, certifications by industry or topic area.

📁 Agriculture and farming

• Crop harvesting
• Grants, rebates and funding for primary producers

📁 Animal harvesting and management 

📁 Arts, culture, entertainment and sport

• Licence to play music at your business
• Paintball

📁 Building and construction

• Construction cards, certificates and information
• Demolitions, asbestos removal, explosives and fireworks
• High risk work licence
• Individual contractor licence
• Plant item and design registration
• Professional engineers, design practitioners and building practitioners
• Qualified supervisor certificate
• Tradesperson certificate

📁 Care and support economy (worker screening)

📁 Contract cleaning, pest management, fumigators

📁 Debt collection

📁 Food processing, storage and production

📁 Hospitality

• Liquor licences and information
• Food serving and safety
• Gaming and gambling
• RSA, RCG, ARCG hospitality industry training

📁 Maritime and shipping

• Commercial mooring licence
• Wharf bookings

📁 Motor vehicle and road transport

📁 Private health facilities and nursing homes

📁 Real estate and property

📁 Retailers

• Pawnbrokers and second-hand dealer licences
• Tattoo masters and tattooist licences

📁 Security operative and master licences

📁 Surveyors (land and mining)

📁 Technology

• Access the NSW Government API.NSW service