Virginia 8 hour Pre-License Course

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Virginia 8 hour Pre-License Course

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✅ Module 1: Business Organization
Objective: Learn the types of business entities available to Virginia contractors, licensing structures, roles, and tax basics to run a compliant construction business.

📘 Lesson 1.1: Types of Business Ownership
📘 Lesson 1.2: Virginia Contractor Licensing Overview
📘 Lesson 1.3: Roles Required for Licensing
📘 Lesson 1.4: Tax and Compliance Basics
🧠 Lesson 1.5: Practice Exercise
📋 Quiz – Module 1: Business Organization

✅ Module 2: Estimating and Bidding
Objective: Understand how to accurately estimate construction projects, calculate markup and profit, and submit competitive and legal bids.

✅ Module 3: Contract Management
To understand the legal structure of construction contracts in Virginia, recognize different contract types, and identify key clauses that protect both contractor and client. You'll also learn about lien rights and best practices for documentation.

✅ Module 4: Project Management
🎯 Objective To help contractors plan, organize, and control construction projects in a way that ensures quality, timelines, and budgets are met. This module focuses on scheduling, job site responsibilities, inspections, and communication with clients and subcontractors.

✅ Module 5: Customer Service & Business Best Practices
🎯 Objective: To teach contractors how to maintain professionalism, deliver excellent customer service, manage disputes, and uphold a strong company reputation — all of which impact licensing, reviews, and repeat business.

✅ Module 6: Financial Management & Estimating
🎯 Objective: To help contractors understand estimating, budgeting, and financial practices critical to running a profitable and compliant construction business.

✅ Module 7: Contracts & Agreements
🎯 Objective: To ensure contractors understand the key elements of a legal construction contract and how to use agreements to protect their business and reduce disputes.

✅ Module 8: Virginia Lien Laws & Final Payments
🎯 Objective: To understand the rights and procedures related to mechanic’s liens in Virginia, and how to protect your right to payment as a contractor.

✅ Module 9: Labor Laws & Employment Practices
🎯 Objective: To understand contractor responsibilities under Virginia and federal labor laws, including employee classification, wages, hiring practices, and safety regulations.

✅ Module 10: Environmental Regulations
🎯 Objective: To understand the key environmental regulations that affect construction activities in Virginia, including EPA standards, hazardous materials handling, and lead-based paint requirements.

✅ Module 11: Virginia Building Codes & Permits
🎯 Objective: To understand how Virginia’s building codes and permit processes affect residential and commercial construction, including the importance of code compliance and inspection procedures.

✅ Module 12: Risk Management & Insurance Requirements
🎯 Objective: To understand the types of risks contractors face in business operations and the insurance policies required to protect your business, employees, and clients in Virginia.

✅ Module 13: Safety & OSHA Compliance
🎯 Objective: To understand federal and state safety regulations that apply to contractors in Virginia, with a focus on OSHA compliance, jobsite safety planning, and creating a safer working environment.

📄 Module 14: Technology & Tools in Construction (Optional)
🎯 Objective: To understand how modern tools and technologies—such as construction software, mobile apps, drones, and virtual inspections—can improve efficiency, reduce costs, and help you stay compliant as a Virginia contractor.

📄 Module 15: Marketing & Business Growth
🎯 Objective: To help contractors understand how to attract new clients, build a strong brand, use digital marketing tools, and grow their remodeling or construction business sustainably in Virginia.

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Virginia 8 hour Pre-License Course

Course Curriculum

✅ Module 1: Business Organization Objective: Learn the types of business entities available to Virginia contractors, licensing structures, roles, and tax basics to run a compliant construction business.

📘 Lesson 1.1: Types of Business Ownership

📘 Lesson 1.2: Virginia Contractor Licensing Overview

📘 Lesson 1.3: Roles Required for Licensing

📘 Lesson 1.4: Tax and Compliance Basics

🧠 Lesson 1.5: Practice Exercise

📋 Quiz – Module 1: Business Organization

✅ Module 2: Estimating and Bidding Objective: Understand how to accurately estimate construction projects, calculate markup and profit, and submit competitive and legal bids.

📘 Lesson 2.1: Estimating Basics

📘 Lesson 2.2: Cost Types

📘 Lesson 2.3: Markup vs. Margin

📘 Lesson 2.4: Bid Types & Process

📘 Lesson 2.5: Common Estimating Mistakes

🧠 Lesson 2.6: Practice Exercise

📋 Module 2 Quiz – Estimating & Bidding

✅ Module 3: Contract Management To understand the legal structure of construction contracts in Virginia, recognize different contract types, and identify key clauses that protect both contractor and client. You'll also learn about lien rights and best practices for documentation.

📘 3.1 – What Makes a Contract Legally Binding?

📘 3.2 – Types of Construction Contracts

📘 3.3 – Key Clauses Every Contract Should Include

📘 3.4 – Mechanic’s Liens in Virginia

📘 3.5 – Best Practices for Contract Management

📝 Module 3 Quiz – Contract Management

📘 4.1 – Project Management Basics

📘 4.2 – Scheduling Tools & Techniques

📘 4.3 – Jobsite Supervision & Safety

📘 4.4 – Dealing with Permits & Inspections

📘 4.5 – Client Communication & Change Orders

📝 Module 4 Quiz – Project Management

✅ Module 5: Customer Service & Business Best Practices 🎯 Objective: To teach contractors how to maintain professionalism, deliver excellent customer service, manage disputes, and uphold a strong company reputation — all of which impact licensing, reviews, and repeat business.

📘 5.1 – The Importance of Customer Service

📘 5.2 – Managing Expectations from Day One

📘 5.3 – Handling Complaints and Disputes

. 📘 5.4 – Keeping a Professional Image

📘 5.5 – Ethical Practices and Legal Compliance

📝 Module 5 Quiz – Customer Service & Business Best Practices

✅ Module 6: Financial Management & Estimating 🎯 Objective: To help contractors understand estimating, budgeting, and financial practices critical to running a profitable and compliant construction business.

📘 6.1 – Introduction to Estimating

📘 6.2 – Types of Estimates

📘 6.3 – Understanding Costs: Direct vs. Indirect

📘 6.4 – Budgeting for Profit

📘 6.5 – Tracking Job Costs and Cash Flow

📝 Module 6 Quiz – Financial Management & Estimating

✅ Module 7: Contracts & Agreements 🎯 Objective: To ensure contractors understand the key elements of a legal construction contract and how to use agreements to protect their business and reduce disputes.

📘 7.1 – Why Contracts Matter

📘 7.2 – Key Elements of a Construction Contract

📘 7.3 – Change Orders

📘 7.4 – Protecting Yourself Legally

📘 7.5 – Warranties and Guarantees

📝 Module 7 Quiz – Contracts & Agreements

✅ Module 8: Virginia Lien Laws & Final Payments 🎯 Objective: To understand the rights and procedures related to mechanic’s liens in Virginia, and how to protect your right to payment as a contractor.

📘 8.1 – What is a Mechanic’s Lien?

📘 8.2 – Who Can File a Lien in Virginia?

📘 8.3 – Deadlines and Lien Filing Process

📘 8.4 – Contents of a Valid Lien

📘 8.5 – Final Payments & Lien Waivers

📝 Module 8 Quiz – Virginia Lien Laws & Final Payments

✅ Module 9: Labor Laws & Employment Practices 🎯 Objective: To understand contractor responsibilities under Virginia and federal labor laws, including employee classification, wages, hiring practices, and safety regulations.

📘 9.1 – Independent Contractors vs. Employees

📘 9.2 – Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

📘 9.3 – Hiring & Employment Best Practices

📘 9.4 – Workers’ Compensation & Unemployment Insurance

📘 9.5 – Workplace Safety (OSHA Standards)

📝 Module 9 Quiz – Labor Laws & Employment Practices

✅ Module 10: Environmental Regulations 🎯 Objective: To understand the key environmental regulations that affect construction activities in Virginia, including EPA standards, hazardous materials handling, and lead-based paint requirements.

📘 10.1 – EPA & DEQ Overview

📘 10.2 – Stormwater & Erosion Control

📘 10.3 – Hazardous Materials Handling

📘 10.4 – Lead-Based Paint Requirements

📘 10.5 – Construction Waste Disposal

📝 Module 10 Quiz – Environmental Regulations

✅ Module 11: Virginia Building Codes & Permits 🎯 Objective: To understand how Virginia’s building codes and permit processes affect residential and commercial construction, including the importance of code compliance and inspection procedures.

📘 11.1 – Understanding the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code (USBC)

📘 11.2 – Permit Requirements

📘 11.3 – Permit Application Process

📘 11.4 – Inspections & Code Compliance

📘 11.5 – Consequences of Non-Compliance

📝 Module 11 Quiz – Virginia Building Codes & Permits

✅ Module 12: Risk Management & Insurance Requirements 🎯 Objective: To understand the types of risks contractors face in business operations and the insurance policies required to protect your business, employees, and clients in Virginia.

✅ Module 1: Business Organization
Objective: Learn the types of business entities available to Virginia contractors, licensing structures, roles, and tax basics to run a compliant construction business.

✅ Module 2: Estimating and Bidding
Objective: Understand how to accurately estimate construction projects, calculate markup and profit, and submit competitive and legal bids.

✅ Module 3: Contract Management
To understand the legal structure of construction contracts in Virginia, recognize different contract types, and identify key clauses that protect both contractor and client. You'll also learn about lien rights and best practices for documentation.

✅ Module 5: Customer Service & Business Best Practices
🎯 Objective: To teach contractors how to maintain professionalism, deliver excellent customer service, manage disputes, and uphold a strong company reputation — all of which impact licensing, reviews, and repeat business.

✅ Module 6: Financial Management & Estimating
🎯 Objective: To help contractors understand estimating, budgeting, and financial practices critical to running a profitable and compliant construction business.

✅ Module 7: Contracts & Agreements
🎯 Objective: To ensure contractors understand the key elements of a legal construction contract and how to use agreements to protect their business and reduce disputes.

✅ Module 8: Virginia Lien Laws & Final Payments
🎯 Objective: To understand the rights and procedures related to mechanic’s liens in Virginia, and how to protect your right to payment as a contractor.

✅ Module 9: Labor Laws & Employment Practices
🎯 Objective: To understand contractor responsibilities under Virginia and federal labor laws, including employee classification, wages, hiring practices, and safety regulations.

✅ Module 10: Environmental Regulations
🎯 Objective: To understand the key environmental regulations that affect construction activities in Virginia, including EPA standards, hazardous materials handling, and lead-based paint requirements.

✅ Module 11: Virginia Building Codes & Permits
🎯 Objective: To understand how Virginia’s building codes and permit processes affect residential and commercial construction, including the importance of code compliance and inspection procedures.

✅ Module 12: Risk Management & Insurance Requirements
🎯 Objective: To understand the types of risks contractors face in business operations and the insurance policies required to protect your business, employees, and clients in Virginia.

✅ Module 13: Safety & OSHA Compliance
🎯 Objective: To understand federal and state safety regulations that apply to contractors in Virginia, with a focus on OSHA compliance, jobsite safety planning, and creating a safer working environment.

📄 Module 14: Technology & Tools in Construction (Optional)
🎯 Objective: To understand how modern tools and technologies—such as construction software, mobile apps, drones, and virtual inspections—can improve efficiency, reduce costs, and help you stay compliant as a Virginia contractor.

📄 Module 15: Marketing & Business Growth
🎯 Objective: To help contractors understand how to attract new clients, build a strong brand, use digital marketing tools, and grow their remodeling or construction business sustainably in Virginia.