Licensing and registration for more than 40 occupations in Western Australia is beginning to move online, providing a productivity boost to businesses and tradespeople and millions of dollars in savings for taxpayers over the next few years.

Licence applications for electricians, gas fitters, plumbers, builders, real estate agents, motor vehicle dealers and repairers is currently a time consuming paper-based process, but will become a simple online procedure when the digital program is fully rolled out by the State Government, through the Department of Commerce, over the next two years.

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