The Institute’s risk-based assurance work supports clearer sequencing across reform pathways. The Registered Residential Carpenter pathway remains the first proposed pilot, while the Advanced Residential Trades Framework identifies potential later investigations.
Waterproofing should remain a separate high-risk assurance stream within Institute research and not be merged into a general trade pathway model.
Consultation publication recovering research from earlier Institute drafts. Focused on concealed-work evidence, accountability, risk-based verification and consumer protection within existing licensed-practitioner and regulatory boundaries.