North Carolina Contractor Education Courses

Make compliance with dense government safety regulations simple with 29 CFR 1926 OSHA Construction Industry Regulations.  This book provides you with a comprehensive set of the most up-to-date Construction regulations.

2014 Edition of the American Concrete Institute Building Code Requirements for Structural concrete (Code) provides minimum requirements for the materials, design, and detailing of structural concrete buildings and, where applicable, non-building structures.

The new standard provides the minimum requirements for specifying and installing Exterior Insulation and Finish Systems and EIFS with Drainage.

This standard provides technical criteria for making sites, facilities, buildings, and elements accessible to and usable by people with physical disabilities.

Produced by SBCA, BCSI is the truss industry’s guide for jobsite safety and truss performance.  This edition includes the most current information regarding the handling, installation, restraining and bracing of metal plate connected wood trusses.

Carpentry & Building Construction is a comprehensive carpentry book that focuses on residential construction with many procedures also applying to light commercial construction. The informative text provides detailed, heavily illustrated information about materials, tools, and processes, with many step-by-step procedures.  It is recommended for all states as a helpful text in studying for any of the trades exams and is an excellent reference source for contractors to own.

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The updated 4th Edition of Construction Jobsite Management examines all facets of construction project management from the contractor’s point of view with a strong focus on Jobsite personnel activities, management’s responsibilities, proven procedures and helpful techniques to manage projects effectively from start to finish.

This book, co-authored by Frederick Gould and Nancy Joyce, addresses all facets of successful construction project management in today’s complex environments.  It will walk you through each project phase and give you the knowledge to effectively manage both people and projects, introduce emerging trends, and addresses the contractors role during design and early construction  This edition also gives readers tools for estimating and scheduling as well as new technologies, techniques, and trends.

This collection of publications includes historic documents and new reports, and features works like: Bicycle for a Better Environment, Health Effects of Increasing Sulfur Oxides Emissions Draft, and Women and Environmental Health.



The cost of this book covers handling.

Learn the Standards and corresponding guidelines for the erection of plant-produced precast and pre-stressed concrete products with this manual.

This book teaches the concepts of sustainable design and green building practices, which will soon become common practice on every project.

The Gypsum construction handbook is a systematic guide to selecting and using gypsum drywall, veneer plaster, tile backers, ceilings, and conventional plaster building materials.  The 7th edition features updates in gypsum products and the latest in sustainable products.

This book covers all buildings except detached one and two family dwellings and townhouses not more than 3 stories in height and features safety concepts, the latest industry standards in material design and much more.

Modern Masonry covers the  properties and application of masonry materials and teaches safe and proper procedures for working with brick, block, stone, concrete form construction and flatwork as well as masonry’s impact on the environment.

The NASCLA Contractors Guide to Business, Law and Project Management is organized into 3 sections that focus on:  business planning and start up, fundamentals  that you will need to operate a successful business and information for running the administrative function of your business.

This manual teaches excavation techniques, safety rules, and includes instructions for operating the equipment, trenching, pipe laying, plan reading, estimating and much more.

This publication presents the best accepted practices in placing reinforcing bars in structures and pavement and includes numerous illustrations.  Topics include types of materials, handling of bars at the jobsite, principles for placing, and much more.

This manual offers a complete approach to modern construction principles and practices and shows how to apply design theory to the final constructed process while gaining crucial knowledge of how to effectively manage subcontractors.

Installation, repair and estimating for nearly every type of roof covering available today in residential and commercial structures: asphalt shingles, roll roofing, wood shingles and shakes, clay tile, slate, metal, built-up, and elastomeric is covered in this publication with clear illustrations that help answer most roofing questions.

This publication reviews good practice in Steel Deck construction and serves as a safety primer for Contractors, Architects, Engineers and Inspectors who are responsible for the safe installation of steel deck.

This Technical digest covers the proper handling and erection procedures to be used to make sure that SJI joist products are not damaged, that they perform as specified, and to ensure the safety of the erectors.  It includes descriptions of products, how they are prepared and shipped, how they are to be unloaded and how they are to be erected.

This publication provides insight into proven construction practices that will produce quality concrete construction and is a required or suggested reference document for contractor licensing programs in Alabama, Hawaii, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nevada, South Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginia.

This manual is used in conjunction with PTI’s Level 1 Field Fundamentals training program and provides guidance for field personnel involved in inspection, installation, stressing and finishing of unbonded single-strand tendons and barrier cables.

8 Hour Text Course 
Prepare for your licensing exam on your own schedule with this course that based on the relevant chapters found in the Alabama NASCLA Contractors Guide to Business, Law and Project Management, General contractors, 3rd Edition.

8 Hour Text Course 
Prepare for your licensing exam on your own schedule with this course that covers EVERY topic in the Arizona Statutes and Rules exam.  

8 Hour Text Course 
Contractors are required to take the Business Management and law exam.  This course will prepare you for the Business and Law portion of the contractors exam and is based on relevant materials in the PSI Candidate Bulletin.

8 Hour Narrated Course
To ensure that you understand the regulations and the basics of running a business, contractors are required to pass a Business and Financial Management exam.  This course will prepare you for the exam and is formatted to follow the Examination Content Information Bulletin provided by the DBPR.

8 Hour Text Course 

This course was updated in 2020 to reflect changes made to the exam.
Prepare for your licensing exam with this course that covers EVERY topic in the Business and Law exam and is based on the Georgia NASCLA Contractors Guide to Business, Law & Project Management book.  

8 Hour Text Course  
This course will prepare you for the North Carolina General Contractor (Commercial) Business Law, is based on the relevant resources listed in the PSI Candidate Bulletin, and includes a breakdown of each of the exam topics, practice questions, resource information and relevant links.

8  Hour Text Course 
To ensure that business owners understand the basics of running a business and the regulations that govern business practices in their state, Contractors are required to take and pass a Business and law exam.  This course will prepare you for the Business and Law portion of the contractors exam and is based on relevant materials in the PSI Candidate Bulletin.

8  Hour Text Course 
Prepare for Business and Law exam on your own schedule with this course that covers EVERY topic on the exam and is based on the Utah NASCLA Contractors Guide to Business, Law & Project Management book.  
Note:  This exam prep course does NOT meet the 20-hr prelicensure requirement.  It is a very useful study tool and will prepare you for the State exam.

8 Hour Audio Course 
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This course fulfills the Basic Business requirement by the Commonwealth of Virginia and will prepare you for all three parts of the exam for Class A, B or C license.  The Virginia Business and Project Management Book is required for this course.

This book provides an overview of business management subjects for preparing for the general contractor exam and to act as a reference guide for licensed general contractors.

This book by the National Association of State Contractors Licensing Agencies (NASCLA) is recommended by the state of Arizona and is helpful in studying for the Exam.

This book by the National Association of State Contractors Licensing Agencies (NASCLA) is recommended by the state of Arkansas and is helpful in studying for the Exam.

This book by the National Association of State Contractors Licensing Agencies (NASCLA) is recommended by the state of Georgia and is helpful in studying for the Exam.

This book by the National Association of State Contractors Licensing Agencies (NASCLA) is recommended by the state of Louisiana and is helpful in studying for the Exam.

This book by the National Association of State Contractors Licensing Agencies (NASCLA) is recommended by the state of Mississippi and is helpful in studying for the Exam.

This book by the National Association of State Contractors Licensing Agencies (NASCLA) is recommended by the state of North Carolina and is helpful in studying for the Exam.

This book by the National Association of State Contractors Licensing Agencies (NASCLA) is required by the CCB as a Prelicensure reference and is helpful in studying for the Oregon Exam.

This book by the National Association of State Contractors Licensing Agencies (NASCLA) is recommended by the state of South Carolina and is helpful in studying for the Exam.

This book by the National Association of State Contractors Licensing Agencies (NASCLA) is recommended by the state of Tennessee and is helpful in studying for the Exam.

This book by the National Association of State Contractors Licensing Agencies (NASCLA) is recommended by the state of Utah and is helpful in studying for the Exam.

By the National Association of State Contractors Licensing Agencies (NASCLA).  This book is recommended by the state of Virginia as a helpful text in studying for the Virginia (Part 1), General (Part 2) or Advanced (Part 3) portions of the Class A or Class B Contractor exams. You are allowed to take this book with you into the exam.