Alabama Home Builders License Information
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RESIDENTIAL HOME BUILDER. One who constructs a residence or structure for sale or who, for a fixed price, commission, fee, or wage, undertakes or offers to undertake the construction or superintending of the construction, or who manages, supervises, assists, or provides consultation to a homeowner regarding the construction or superintending of the construction, of any residence or structure which is not over three floors in height and which does not have more than four units in an apartment complex, or the repair, improvement, or reimprovement thereof, to be used by another as a residence when the cost of the undertaking exceeds ten thousand dollars ($10,000). Nothing herein shall prevent any person from performing these acts on his or her own residence or on his or her other real estate holdings. Anyone who engages or offers to engage in such undertaking in this state shall be deemed to have engaged in the business of residential home building.
Requirements:
- Licensure will be required for the practice of residential Home Building and Remodeling where contracts exceed $10,000.
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Application fees must be submitted with your application as well as a credit report.
- Pre-approval from the state is not required to sit for the examination.
- The Alabama Business and Law is part of the examination, not a separate exam.
Alabama Home Builders Testing Process:
1. To apply, contact the state of Alabama at 1-334-242-2230 or complete the application online at http://www.hblb.alabama.gov/Default.aspx
2. Candidates must complete the appropriate examination application with PSI Exams and take their test at any of the PSI testing locations found in the Candidate Information Bulletin from PSI (www.psiexams.com) 1-800-733-9267.
3. Once you pass, PSI will submit your score sheet to the Licensing Board. It is helpful to have your license application completed and submitted for approval to ensure receiving your license the fastest.
About the Exam
The Alabama Residential Contractor Exam has 80 questions and a time limit of 240 minutes. A 67.5% is required to pass. Topics on the exam include sitework, footings and foundations; concrete and concrete reinforcement; masonry; carpentry; roofing; associated trades; drywall; Codes, estimating and plan reading, and business law and project management items such as financials, leins, contracts, business organization, payroll and taxes.
Reference Books
The following reference books are permitted for the Trades Exam:
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2006 International Residential Code for One and Two Family Dwellings
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Code of Fed Regulations OSHA 29 CFR 1926
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Carpentry and Building Construction, 2004
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Modern Masonry
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The Contractors Guide to Quality Concrete Construction, 1998
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Pipe and Excavation Contracting, 1987
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Guide to Good Practice for Handling, Installing, Restraining, and Bracing of Metal Plate Connected Wood Trusses, 2006.
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Alabama, Residential Builders Guide to Business, Law and Project Management, 6th Edition, NASCLA
NOTE: DO NOT WRITE ANYTHING, ANYWHERE IN YOUR BOOKS! The exam proctor will check your books prior to going to your testing station and will check them again when you are done with the exam. Only use approved tabs per the PSI Candidate Information Bulletin.
These books are available for purchase by clicking here: Contractor Bookstore
Exam Preparation Study Course
This is a difficult exam, with an enormous amount of reference material to cover. Therefore we have created this exam preparation course to provide you with an easy-to-use, in-depth review for the Alabama Residential Contractor Exam through a home study and online course format. The program takes you through the major reference books that the exam is based on showing you what to highlight and stressing important points from the books and common test areas. This is accomplished with the following unique components: Audio CD’s to listen to when in the vehicle, online narrated and animated presentations/highlighting sessions, and with a study guide (that can be printed or viewed online). After your review of the materials, you can take as many practice exams as you would like with our software. There are hundreds of questions drawn from the reference books that are randomly generated to create each practice exam, mirroring the format of the actual state exam. The tests are timed and graded, and you can go back and review your results and study more on the areas you may have missed. Our study course covers the major trades books and includes the business, law & project management material.
To purchase the complete study course please click here: AL Home Builders Exam Prep Course
