How to become a government licensing official

Official title: Government licensing official

Also called: Building permit licensing officer, Business permit licensing officer, Passport issuing officer, Ÿ Building permit licensing officer, Ÿ Business permit licensing officer, Ÿ Passport issuing officer

Government licensing official processes licence applications and provides advice on licensing legislation. He/she performs investigative duties to ensure the applicant is eligible for the requested licence. He/she ensures that licence fees are paid in a timely manner, and also ensures compliance with legislation.

Main tasks

• Performing related investigative and administrative tasks to record findings, document compliance problems or inappropriate business practices and to prepare reports and correspondence

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.

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• Government tax/excise official
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Will AI change the work of a government licensing official?

Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026