CPC40120 - Certificate IV in Building and Construction - TIV Melbourne 

You should do ‘Cert III in Carpentry’ first which is a 3 year course at TAFE. ‘Cert IV in Building’ is for already qualified carpenters looking to become builders. The Cert IV qualification by itself is useless unless you have a qualification in carpentry first and years of onsite experience actually building houses, you’ll be struggling to understand the basics of building otherwise.

@@johnhammm252 So getting cert III in carpentry is a mandatory thing to be able to get cert 4 in building and construction? Can you do cert III in carpentry with a year 10 pass?

@@ye4702 no, Cert III is not mandatory but it all depends on if you actually want to be a licensed builder and build houses one day. Because completing just the Cert IV in building doesn’t give you a builders licence, you need other qualifications to go along with it and years of experience working for a licensed builder. You can do the Cert IV qualification but if you aren’t actively working in construction for a licensed builder and planning on doing either ‘Cert III in Carpentry’ or the ‘Diploma in Building and Construction’ qualifications as well then it isn’t a very useful qualification to have. Yes you can do Cert III Carpentry with a year 10 pass.

@@johnhammm252 So if I get my cert 4 in building and construction ( 1year ) and diploma of building and construction ( 2 years) that’s 3 years of experience and so then I can for for my builders license, white card and stuff like that?

@@ye4702 what state do you live in?

Where r u based in