We have been working on several areas and now offer each of our owner builder courses both on lin and in the more traditional hard copy version.

The price for our online courses will remain the same throughout 2010, with $117.00 in our opinioin being the best value owner builder course offered anywhere in Australia.

That is not to say we are the cheapest, we have never claimed to be, we know of one course out there that is available for about $85.00, but when you look at the additional content, resources and support we offer, we still believe our course to be the best value.

There is a lot of confusion out there at the moment about who needs to do a course and who does not.

The need to complete a recognised owner builder course depends basically on two things:

1) Which State or Territory you are building in, and

2) The value of the proposed work that will be covered by the owner builder permit.

At this time, there are only three states or territories where you need to complete a mandatory approved course, they are New South Wales, Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory.

Our owner builder courses are approved in Queensland and New South Wales by the relevant authority and we are at present working with the Land and Planning Authority in the ACT to get approval to provide an approved course that will be recognised by them.

This new owner builder course for the ACT will be submitted for approval mid January so wach this space if you are considering owner building in our capital.

Hard copy correspondence courses are now available for all states at $177.00, the additional $60.00 over the online course proce covers our production and administrative fees such as, printing, postage and hand marking of the assessment once it is submitted.

Correspondence students have access to all the online materials, resources and support, but we have been asked to make the hard copy version available for those of you who are not that comfortable learnining on a computer.

Why do an owner builder course if you are building in a state or territory where it is not mandatory?

Simply because our courses are more thatn just tick box exercises to get you through the owner builder application.

Each of our courses is designed and delivered in two parts:

1) Covering the legal aspects and responsibilities of owner building in you particular state or territory.

2) Giving you skills, knowledge and resources to manage you owner builder project effectively, covering the important areas of:

• Contract Administration
• Working with Consultants/Professionals
• Workplace Health and Safety
• Plan Reading and Baasic Estimating
• Design
• On Site and Off Site Administration
• Tendering and
• Scheduling

Each of these area is covered and you are introduced to the basics to provide an awareness of your roles and responsibilities as an owner builder.

We give you access to tools such as forms, letters, registers and schedules to assist you to keep track of your project and to help you have the best owner builder experience.

I hope this has answered some of the questions that many of you are asking and I would like to take this opportunity to wish each and everyone of you a Happy New Year.

Best Regards and Happy Building

Rick

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