24 hours
Face-to-face
City Campus
From $165
TBC
This exam is for participants who have previously attempted the Plumbing Registration Exams and are required to be examined again in one or more of the following classes of plumbing work:
To help you pass your Plumbing Registration Exam, revision classes are held the week before the exams. It is important to rebook ASAP or the VBA may direct you to retraining.
NOTE: Students from TAFE colleges outside of RMIT must contact the VBA to book their exam.
Students repeating the entire exam (5 or 6 streams) will be required for 3 days (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday).
Students repeating 3 or 4 streams will be required to attend 2 days (Wednesday and Thursday).
Students repeating 1 or 2 streams be will required to attend 1 day (Thursday)
Click ‘enrol’ alongside your preferred dates. Complete the Registration form and click ‘proceed’ to finalise your registration. The VE Partnerships team will contact you in the following days to establish which streams you need to repeat, and provide you with a link to complete payment. The cost of the Journeymans Repeat is $165 per stream.
To be added to the waitlist for 2026 exams, please contact ve.partnerships@rmit.edu.au
Plumbing apprentices who have completed the current Victorian Certificate III in Plumbing training at RMIT or another trade school and previously attempted the Plumbing Registration Exam.
All relevant materials, assessment equipment and examinations are included.
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), tools and optional equipment.
Students who have previously attempted the Journeymans exam and have been told they need to resit one or more of the classes.
For more information email Sam LaRocca : Sebastian.larocca@rmit.edu.au
Before coming on campus all students must complete the Australian Government, Department of Health COVID-19 Infection Control online module.
You will need to email this evidence such as PDF or screenshot of the certificate to ve.partnerships@rmit.edu.au and bring evidence that you have done so before you will be allowed into the workshops.
At the end of the exam the VBA will notify participants of their results.
The Plumbing Registration Exam assesses if an individual has the skills and knowledge required to work as a registered plumber. The VBA examiners test an individual's knowledge and understanding of six main classes of plumbing work.
Find answers to all of the frequently asked questions about RMIT's short courses.
Please read the RMIT Short Courses terms and conditions before enrolling in a course.
RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.
Learn more about our commitment to Indigenous cultures
