Our Full-Service Residential Contractor Exam Prep Package provides everything you need to prepare for your licensing exams and pass with ease. With both in-person and online classes, a complete set of tabbed and highlighted books to pass your open-book exams, supplemental study reference manuals, and a 30-minute consultation call with a licensing expert to navigate the licensing process, CEI’s Residential Contractor License Exam Prep package provides everything you need to complete your exam successfully! Thousands of prospective general contractor students have benefited from this course and are now fully licensed Florida Residential Contractors succeeding in the field.
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Preparing for the Residential Contractor Exams in Florida
Preparing to obtain your Florida Residential Contractor License includes knowing what to expect! Florida Certified Residential Contractor License applicants are required to pass three separate exams: Business & Finance, Contract Administration, and Project Management. Each exam is computer-based and must be completed in one session. All Florida Residential Contractor License Exams are open-book, multiple-choice, and timed.
What to Expect on the Florida Residential Contractor Exams
There are three exams to pass to apply for a Florida Certified Residential Contractor license. You must score a 70% or higher on each exam to pass.
Residential Contractor Exams Duration
- Business & Finance Exam — 6.5-hour computer-based exam
- Contract Administration — 4.5-hour computer-based exam
- Project Management — 4.5-hour computer-based exam
All Florida Certified Residential Contractor license exams are open-book, multiple-choice, and timed.
Reference books should be brought to all three open-book exams. Permanent book tabs and highlighting/underlining, but no written notes, are allowed in books taken into the examinations.
You can take each exam at a state-approved testing facility and register directly with them. We recommend splitting the tests over three separate days, as each exam is quite lengthy; splitting them up likely gives you the best chances for success. You will be charged a $135 registration fee by Professional Testing and an $80 exam site admin fee per exam.
You can learn more about the content of each exam, testing policies, and scheduling with the exam proctor on the Florida DBPR website linked here.
The Florida General/Building/Residential Contractor License Exams are open-book. The following books are allowed into the Business and Finance/Contract Administration/Project Management exams and are included in your purchase of this package:
- Florida Contractor's Manual, 2021 edition
- Builder's Guide to Accounting (allowed into Business and Finance Exam)
- AIA A201 2017 - General Conditions of the Contract for Construction
- AIA A401 2017 - Standard Form of Agreement Between Contractor and Subcontractor
- AIA A701 2018 - Instructions to Bidders
- Code of Federal Regulations, (OSHA) 29 Part 1926
- Energy-Efficient Building Construction in Florida
- BCSI Guide to Good Practices for Handling, Installing, and Bracing of Metal-Connected Wood Trusses
- Florida Building Code: Building, 2023 edition
- Florida Building Code: Accessibility, 2023 edition
- Florida Building Code: Residential, 2023 edition
- Florida Building Code: Existing Building, 2023 edition
- Florida Building Code: Energy Conservation, 2023 edition
- Principles and Practices of Commercial Construction
This book bundle also includes the following supplemental study references, which may be used to study but cannot be brought into the exam:
- Placing Reinforcing Bars, 10th edition
- Walker's Building Estimator's Reference Guide, 33rd edition
- Placing and Application of Gypsum Panel Products, GA 216-2018
- Design and Control of Concrete Mixtures, 17th edition
