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QLD Form 15 design and specification certificates ready for export
Complete your appointed competent person certificate for building design or specification and export the Queensland PDF.
Hand the certifier a finished Form 15 before you leave site, not a half-filled PDF tonight.
QLD Form 15
Queensland Government
Customer & site
Installer
Saved detailTests & results
Certification
Date of test
28 May 2026
Ready to export
Validation passed · ready to export
All changes saved
Saved details prefilled
Licence & business
PDF exported
Attached to job
Preview the QLD Form 15 PDF before you export
Fill the guided sections, then check the finished PDF layout before you download, send, or hand it over.

Hand over the layout people expect
Keep a clean copy for the job record
What you fill in
Four guided groups across seven PDF sections.
Property and Extent
The land subject to the application and the aspect/s certified.
Basis and References
Certification basis, reference documentation, and certifier details.
Competent Person
Your name, licence, contact, and postal details.
Signature
Sign and date the certificate.
Design-spec certificates slow down the handover
What trips up appointed competent persons before the building certifier gets the paperwork.
Same competent person details every job
Name, company, licence, and postal address should carry over when you certify design or specification on the next job.
Long narrative blocks on a flat PDF
Extent, basis, and reference documentation are hard to fill cleanly on a phone PDF viewer.
Certifiers expect the PDF in order
Generic PDF editors do not match the Building Regulation 2021 Form 15 field order.
Form 15 finished before you leave site
Three steps at the job or in the van.
Open the form
Open the form on your phone or laptop. Sign in later if you want cloud drafts across devices.
Matches the Queensland Government Form 15 layout.
Fill each section online
Work through the property, extent, certification basis, and competent person details in the same order as the PDF.
Saved competent person details cut repeat typing on the next certificate.
Export and hand over
Download the official PDF and give it to the building certifier for the design or specification you certified.
Attach or reference engineering plans in the References section when the job requires them.
Built for QLD design-specification work
Seven guided sections
Property, extent, basis, references, certifier, competent person, and signature in PDF order.
Competent person details
Save licence and contact details and apply them on the next Form 15.
Validation while you fill
Missing name, signature, or date surface before export, not after the certifier sends it back.
PDF ready to hand over
Download the filled Form 15 ready for the building certifier.
Before you export
Tradie Forms checks these requirements against the Queensland Government template.
- Competent person name is required before export.
- Signature and date are required before export.
Frequently asked questions
Guides for QLD Form 15
Compliance and workflow articles matched to this form.
Start your QLD Form 15 design or specification certificate
Fill online at the job. Export the official PDF when you are ready to hand over.

