Certified Builder - The Ultimate Endorsement

Not everyone working as a carpenter within the building Industry has a desire or the skill to operate his or her own building business. In fact being in business can be for many a daunting prospect. Many prefer to be employed by a construction company as a skilled tradesman. But many do aspire to own their own company and be in business for themselves.

So how does the consumer identify a builder, who is in business for themselves, who possess both the skills not only to be a good tradesman but operate a sound business.

Our Platinum Card (Business Membership) is the answer. Our Business membership is only for Gold Card members who operate their own business and whose business will benefit from being identified as Certified Builders. That is any person or company who conducts business as a sole trader, a partnership or as a private or public company who carry on the business as builders or building contractors can apply to become Certified Builders. However one must be a Gold Card member or be able to meet the criteria to become a Gold Card member before a building business can seek business membership.

To become a Business member, we require comprehensive information from the business so that it will allow the association to build a profile of the business's reputation and integrity. We require trade / character references from merchants, trade / character references from sub trades and a number of work / character references from customers and clients of the builder for in the past 12 months. This is a very thorough process.

Once we have established the Business's reputation and credentials and are satisfied the business member has meet all membership criteria the business can then be allowed to promote themselves as Certified Builders. The Ultimate Endorsement.

Essentially the Association endorsees the Certified Builders business acumen and workmanship skills

The Certified Builder :

• is obliged to apply for a 10 Year Guarantee when building a new home
• has completed comprehensive training to become a trade qualified builder
• can offer the protection of consumer friendly Building Contracts - Labour, Full, Design & Build and Small Works & Alterations  
• has full technical support and backup from the Association

Certified Builders Association of New Zealand (CBANZ) will guarantee to the consumer that a "Certified Builder" is both trade qualified and business qualified. We want to give the consumer comfort in the knowledge that a Certified Builder is backed by an organisation that bases its membership on a fundamental and basic principle - trade qualifications.