Books Required For Virginia Contractor's License

What Books Are Required For The Virginia Contractor's License Exam?

At AVAC, we provide our students with Pre-Highlighted and Tabbed books

that they can use during their Contractor's License open book exam.

8 Hour Pre-License Books

The Following Books Are Helpful for the 8 Hour Pre-License:

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Business Basics: Contractor Pre-License Education

This book is not required for an exam, however it is utilized in our 8 Hour Pre-License Class,

one of your first steps in obtaining your Contractor's License. 

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This book is exclusive to AVAC and was written by our very own, Toni Ewell.

In 2006, Virginia passed the law requiring the 8 hour Pre-License class for ALL entities seeking a Contractor's License in Virginia, and AVAC was one of the very first approved by DPOR to teach it.

We teach our Pre-License class in a classroom, not online, ensuring that you get the

best education without unnecessary testing that online education systems require.

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Class A/B Contractor Exam Prep Books

The Following Books Are Required for the Class A/B Contractor Exam:

NASCLA Contractor's Guide to Business Law and

Project Management, Virginia 8th Edition

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Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, 2015 Edition, USBC

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"The NASCLA Business and Project Management for Contractors reference contains all of the information needed for responding to the questions on the General and Advanced portions of the Contractor Examination, and, along with the Virginia Uniform State Building Code, all of the information needed for the Virginia portion of the examination" according to PSI Exams (the company that administers the Contractor Exams for DPOR). Meaning that all answers to the exam can be found in these two texts.

At AVAC, not only do we teach our students How To Study for the exam,

 we Pre-Highlight & Tab these references for you, as well as teach you our proven

Strategy for taking the Open Book & Timed Exam.

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Residential Building Contractor Exam Prep Books

The Following Books Are Required for the Residential Building Contractor Specialty Exam:

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Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, 2012 Edition, (Part 1),

USBC, Department of Housing and Community Development Office of Training and Certification

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International Residential Code, 2015

International Code Council

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Carpentry and Building Construction, 2010

John L. Feirer and Mark D. Feirer, McGraw-Hill

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Builders Technical Supplement, 2011

PSI

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PSI Exams states the reference material listed above, "was used to prepare the questions for this examination. The examination may also contain questions based on trade knowledge, or general industry practices. You can use any edition of references and Code books as they become available."

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At AVAC, not only do we teach our students How To Study for the exam,

 we Pre-Highlight & Tab these references for you, as well as teach you our proven

Strategy for taking the Open Book & Timed Exam.

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AVAC's RBC Specialty Exam Fee covers the cost of our class, as well as the already highlighted and tabbed books, so you don't spend your entire class doing this yourself.

This is just one of many things that sets us apart from other Contractor Exam Prep Companies

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