Becoming and staying a QBCC pool safety inspector

To hold a QBCC pool safety inspector licence you show QBCC that you are fit and proper, with photo ID, your right to work in Queensland, a technical qualification that meets the current requirement and professional indemnity insurance of at least $1,000,000 per inspector. QBCC shows a new licence application fee of $711.30 and an annual renewal fee of $355.76, says an application takes up to 8 weeks, and asks for CPD points evidence at renewal. Fees rise each 1 July.Source: QBCC, Pool safety inspector (page reviewed 31 Aug 2021) and Licence fees for certifiers and pool safety inspectors (page reviewed 9 Oct 2021, with a note that fees were increased on 1 July 2026), read 5 Nov 2026.

What the licence lets you do

QBCC says a pool safety inspector can inspect a pool and issue a pool safety certificate or a nonconformity notice. The licence also covers minor repairs, such as adjusting or replacing a latch or hinges and removing climbable objects, and erecting, repairing, replacing or adjusting up to 5 metres and 6 posts of a pool safety barrier. QBCC says an inspector cannot do work valued at more than $3,300 without an appropriate licence and a contract. Certificates are issued through the pool register on the QBCC Portal.

What QBCC asks for

Qualifications

QBCC's licence page sends you to Business Queensland for the technical qualification. Business Queensland says responsibility for setting those requirements moved from QBCC to the Department of Housing and Public Works on 1 July 2024, and that QBCC still administers licensing. The requirements for a pool safety inspector are in a PDF the department publishes (version 1.2, dated 23 June 2025). We could not open that PDF, so we list no qualification here. Read it at Business Queensland (opens in a new tab).

Fees, as QBCC shows them

QBCC's pages say fees increase each 1 July and that fees and charges were increased on 1 July 2026. The pages show review dates of 2021, so we cannot tell from them which financial year these amounts are for. These are the amounts as we read them on 5 November 2026. Confirm on QBCC's fee page, and diary a check each July.

Renewing, and CPD points

• QBCC says it sends an annual renewal notice 20 business days before the licence expires, and everything must reach it before 5pm on the expiry date. A late renewal is processed as a restoration, and if the licence is not restored within 3 months it is cancelled and you must reapply.
• Each renewal needs current insurance evidence and evidence of the previous year's continuing professional development points.
• QBCC says most pool safety inspectors accrue 6 points a year, and building certifiers 4. Approximately 1 point is 1 hour of an approved activity, and membership of certain bodies listed on QBCC's page earns 2 points.

The code of conduct

QBCC says pool safety inspectors must follow its Code of conduct at all times. Its role page says inspectors should perform inspection functions in the public interest, keep their competence up, document the reasons for their decisions and decline an inspection where there is a conflict of interest, for example a pool they own or a fence they worked on, other than prescribed minor repairs.

Where PoolPreCert fits

PoolPreCert does not recruit inspectors and cannot promise work. Inspectors on QBCC's public register already have a listing in our directory, and there is no charge to claim it, and being listed never depends on paying. Receiving requests from homeowners and the inspection tools are part of a business membership: see pricing. A person checks every claim against QBCC's own search first. See how to claim your listing.

How this page was made: the PoolPreCert team read each page listed under Sources on 5 November 2026 and wrote this in plain words. The dates beside each source are the dates those pages show. PoolPreCert is not part of QBCC or the Queensland Government, and only a licensed pool safety inspector decides whether a pool meets the standard.