Exam Prep Course
Tennessee BC-A Residential Contractor Exam Prep Course
features:
- Course Duration: 8 hours
- Course Type: In-Class / Live Webinar $349; Online Pre-Recorded $249
- Books Required: 8
Tennessee BC-A Residential Contractor Exam Prep Course
A Tennessee BC-A Residential Contractor license covers the construction, remodeling, repair, or improvement of 1, 2, 3, or 4 family unit residences not exceeding 3 stores in height and accessory use structures in connection therewith. A license is required for jobs over $25,000.
Exam Prep Class:
This class will prepare you to take the Tennessee BC-A Residential Contractor exam at PSI. We will cover the information within the reference manuals allowed inside the exam. The pre-recorded content included with all class purchases also includes practice exam questions and answers to prepare you to take the timed exam.
Class Days and Times:
This prep course is available in three options: Pre-Recorded, Live In-Class, and Live-Streamed Webinar.
The online pre-recorded content is included with the purchase of any live course to serve as a follow-up study material. Pre-Recorded content includes highlighting instructions and practice exam questions for each book.
Pre-Recorded classes are available to you immediately upon purchase and can be completed at your own time and pace.
Live Classes are a one-day intensive prep course, held on:
Every second and fourth Thursday of each month
8:30 am ET – 5:30 pm ET
webinar access time
Online Content is available for 180 days after purchase. To extend content access an additional 180 days, a $50 course extension fee is required. If you have any questions, please contact our support team.
Additional Materials
The exam at PSI is open-book. You may bring the approved references into the exam, and reference manuals may be tabbed and highlighted. Tabs must be permanent adhesive tabs - removable tabs such as post-its are not allowed in the examination center. We offer tabs for the Tennessee BC-A Residential Contractor Exam here.
Don't want to tab and highlight your own books? We offer pre-tabbed and highlighted books here!
Books
You may take the following references into the exam with you:
- International Residential Code, 2012 edition
- Code of Federal Regulations - 29 CFR Part 1926 (OSHA), with latest available amendments
- Carpentry & Building Construction
- Contractor’s Guide to Quality Concrete Construction
- Roofing Construction & Estimating
- Modern Masonry
- Pipe and Excavation Contracting
- Gypsum Construction Handbook
We offer these books in a bundle, available here.
Additional Requirements
All Tennessee Contractor Applicants are still required to meet other state licensing regulations in order to obtain a license.
This includes taking a Business and Law Exam and a technical exam specific to the type of work they perform. We offer exam prep services for the Tennessee Business and Law Management Exam, as well as License Application Fulfillment Services.
You can find more information about the Tennessee Business and Law Mangement Exam here.
Exams are administered by PSI and can be scheduled by registering at candidate.psiexams.com
Exam Subject Areas
| # of Questions | Minimum Passing Score | Time Allowed |
| 100 | 73% (73 correct) | 300 minutes |
| Subject Area | # of questions |
|---|---|
| Sitework, Footings, and Foundation | 10 |
| Concrete and Concrete Reinforcement | 10 |
| Masonry | 7 |
| Carpentry | 20 |
| Roofing | 10 |
| Estimating, Plan Reading, and Gen Residential Code Requirements | 20 |
| Associated Trades | 15 |
| OSHA Safety | 8 |
