Browse your occupation
Find out if your occupation is included in the Automatic Mutual Recognition (AMR) scheme.
Select your occupational group
Select the occupational group relating to the work you want to carry out in NSW below. You will then be able to find your occupation and see if it is included in the AMR scheme.
When you click on an occupation, you will find the following information:
- Confirmation of whether the activities under this licence are included in the AMR scheme
- Activities permitted under a licence of this type in NSW
- Advice on compliance with NSW laws related to this licence
- A link to notify the regulator, if you are required to notify of your intention to work in NSW under the AMR scheme for these activities.
If an occupation is intended to commence in the AMR scheme in the future, or excluded all together, this information will be provided under the licence information.
Here is an example
If you are a licensed bricklayer in another state who is interested in working as a bricklayer in NSW, click on the Building Work category. This will take you to a page listing two licences related to bricklaying: an Endorsed Contractor Licence and a Qualified Supervisor Certificate. You will then see if these licences are included in the AMR scheme.
- Air Conditioning and Refrigeration
- Architect
- Asbestos and Demolition
- Automotive
- Building Work
- Bus Driver
- Commercial Agent
- Contaminated Land Management
- Design and Building Practitioner
- Driving Instructor
- Electrical
- Engineer
- Explosive and Pyrotechnician
- Gaming and Casino
- Mining
- Paintball
- Pawnbroker and Second-hand Dealer
- Pesticides
- Plumbing, Draining and Gasfitting
- Property and Real Estate
- Radiation
- Registered Certifier
- Surveyor
- Tow Trucks
- Traffic Control
- Water Driller
Related information
If you are still unsure whether you are eligible to work in NSW under the AMR scheme, contact the relevant regulator listed below:
Board of Surveying & Spatial Information NSW
- Phone: 02 6332 8238
- Email: bossi@customerservice.nsw.gov.au
Building Commission NSW
- Phone: 13 32 20
Liquor & Gaming NSW
- Phone: 1300 024 720
- Email: contact.us@liquorandgaming.nsw.gov.au
NSW Architects Registration Board
- Phone: 02 9241 4033
- Email: mail@architects.nsw.gov.au
NSW Environment Protection Authority
- Phone: 131 555
- Email: info@epa.nsw.gov.au
NSW Fair Trading
- Phone: 13 32 20
NSW Resources Regulator
- Phone: 1300 814 609 (option 2 > option 3)
- Email: nswresourcesregulator@service-now.com
SafeWork NSW
- Phone: 13 10 50
- Email: licensing@safework.nsw.gov.au
Transport for NSW
For bus drivers
- Phone: 02 8848 8700
- Email: busapplications@transport.nsw.gov.au
For driving instructors
WaterNSW
- Phone: 1300 662 077
- Email: Customer.Helpdesk@waternsw.com.au