Drills
Licensing Drill
Did you watch Hit Up 1 from Coach Michael Chesterman? You need to be able to conduct a QBCC licence search and understand and interpret the information it provides you.
What you’ll need
To complete this Drill you will need:
- Review Module 3 Lesson 3.3 Licensing Limitations;
- Review Module 3 Hit Ups Licensing Lessons;
- Internet access; and
- Helix Workbook.
Instructions
Use what you have learnt about how to conduct a licensee search to look up the status of Cant Contracting from the case study in Module 3.
Consider:
- Does Cant Contracting (who were the respondent in the original adjudication) still hold a QBCC licence?
- Was the licensee issued with any demerit points or infringement notices?
- What licence classes were held?
- When should you perform a licence check?
Practise
Imagine you are about to start a project with the following subcontractors, check if they are licensed:
- Red Dragon Concreting Pty Ltd from Benowa, Queensland.
- Adam John Cox from Woodend, Queensland.
- Larry Vincent Murray from Forest Glen, Queensland.
Action
Make a list of the 5 most challenging subcontractors on your current project (activities relate to a company i.e Pty Ltd subcontractor).
Think about:
- Who has been challenging to deal with?
- Who do you expect you may have issues with in the future?
Perform a licence search for each of the subcontractors.
Some questions to consider in assessing the search results for each of these 5 companies:
- What is the licence class status recorded? If the search result returns “Not currently licensed” it is time to sound the alarm bells internally. If the company or person named as the licensee does not match the name or entity in your subcontract, this is also cause for further investigation.
- Is the address in the search result the same address as recorded in the subcontract? If the key details for the subcontractor are different between the subcontract and the licence search this is cause for further investigation. The next step would be to see what the address recorded with ASIC is. If a dispute arises with a subcontractor having a correct address for service (in addition to an email address) will be important. If there is any uncertainty as to where the subcontractor operates, it is best to sort it out soon rather than later.
- Who is the nominee? If the person recorded is someone you have never heard of, this will be cause to dig further. You will be able to do a further QBCC search for the nominee who will hold some form of licence as a individual.
- Is the licence class held consistent with the scope of work the subcontractor is completing for you under the subcontract? If not, this may cause exposure for your company for engaging an unlicensed entity. Click here to access the QBCC “When is a contractor licence required” tool to assist you in assessing your subcontractor’s compliance.
