South Carolina Residential Contractor Exam Prep Courses

This package contains:

• 8 Hour Text: South Carolina Business Management & Law for Residential Builders Exam Prep
• 15 Hour Text: South Carolina Residential Builder Exam Prep
• Carpentry and Building Construction 2016 Edition
• IRC 2018
• NASCLA – Residential Contractors Guide to Business, Law and Project Management,South Carolina, 8th Edition
• BCSI: Guide to Good Practice for Handling, Installing, Restraining, and Bracing of Metal Plate Connected Wood Trusses
• The Contractor’s Guide to Quality Concrete Construction, 3rd Edition 2005
• Gypsum Construction
• Modern Masonry, 8th Edition 2015
  • and pre-printed tabs for all books
• Free Video Course:  Social Media for Contractors

15 Hour Text Course
Anyone engaged in Residential construction-related contracting in South Carolina must be licensed.  This course will prepare students for the Skill Exam portion of the exam as outlined in the PSI Candidate Bulletin.

8  Hour Text Course 
Prepare for your licensing exam on your own schedule with this course that covers EVERY topic in the Business and Law exam and is based on the South Carolina NASCLA Contractors Guide to Business, Law & Project Management book.  Mobile friendly so you can study anytime, anywhere! 

This package contains:

• 8 Hour Text Course: South Carolina Residential Business Management and Law
• Book: NASCLA Contractors Guide to Business and Project Management for Contractors, South Carolina Residential, 8th Edition
• PSI approved, pre-printed tabs for the book
• Free Video Course:  Social Media for Contractors

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.

Pre-printed Tabs

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 comprehensive code comprises all building, plumbing, mechanical, fuel gas, energy, and electrical provisions into a single resource and uses these provisions to provide detailed insight into the construction of one- and two-family dwellings and townhouses up to three stories high.

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.

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 Residential Exam.

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.