What Books Are Required For The Virginia Contractor’s License Exam?
List of All Books Required For AVAC’s Virginia Contractor Courses & Exam Preps:
- Business Basics: Contractor Pre-License Education – 8 Hour Pre-License Class
- NASCLA Contractor’s Guide to Business Law and Project Management, Virginia 9th Edition – Class A/B Exam
- Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, 2018 Edition, USBC – Class A/B Exam
- Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, 2018 Edition, (Part 1) – RBC Exam
- International Residential Code, 2015 – RBC Exam
- Carpentry and Building Construction, 2010 – RBC Exam
- Builders Technical Supplement, 2011 – RBC Exam
The Following Books Are Helpful for the 8 Hour Pre-License:
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. 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.
The Following Books Are Required for the Class A/B Contractor Exam:
NASCLA Contractor’s Guide to Business Law and Project Management, Virginia 9th Edition
Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, 2018 Edition, USBC
“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.
The Following Books Are Required for the Residential Building Contractor Specialty Exam:
International Residential Code, 2015 – International Code Council
Carpentry and Building Construction, 2010 – John L. Feirer and Mark D. Feirer, McGraw-Hill
Builders Technical Supplement, 2011 – PSI
Excerpts from Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, 2018 Edition, (Part 1), USBC, Department of Housing and Community Development Office of Training and Certification
