West Virginia
Residential Contractor
Apply for the License
WV Contractor's Licensing Board 1900 Kanawha Boulevard East State Capitol Complex Building 3, Room 200 Charleston, WV 25305 Phone: (304) 558-7890
Exam Provider
PSI Services LLC 3210 E. Tropicana Ave Las Vegas, NV 89121 Phone: (855) 539-0708
Exam Type
OPEN BOOK
Exam Content
Content Areas # of Questions
Plan Reading 9
Sitework & Foundations 6
Concrete 9
Masonry 9
Carpentry 15
Associated Trades (including interior & exterior finishes, roofing, windows & doors) 6
Safety – OSHA 6
Total number of test questions:
80
Time allowed (minutes):
180
West Virginia also requires that you take and pass a written Business & Law exam for this license.
Books Allowed in the Exam
1.
International Residential Code, 2015 or 2018, ICC
2.
Contractor's Guide to Quality Concrete Construction, 4th Edition, 2018, ACI/ASCC
3.
Carpentry and Building Construction, 2016 (Student Edition), John & Mark Feirer, McGraw-Hill (Amazon version number in description is wrong)
4.
Modern Masonry: Brick, Block, Stone, 8th Edition, 2015, Clois Kicklighter
5.
NASCLA Contractor's Guide (OSHA Safety Chapter), West Virginia, 1st Edition, PSI
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