Why You Need a License
How to Get Started
To get your license, you need to send a completed application to the Contractors State License Board (CSLB) proving your experience. Then you take two exams by computer at a state testing site, one on your trade and one on the law. We help you do both, successfully!
Welcome!
At Contractors License Courses (CLC) we're dedicated to our students' success, and offer comprehensive study courses, personal attention, and professional services to help lay the foundation for a long and rewarding contracting career.
If you have worked at least four of the last ten years in a building trade — as a journeyman, foreman, supervisor, or self-employed tradesman —we can help you apply for a state contractor's license in that trade. Apprenticeship programs, technical training related to your trade - including relevant military service training - and college courses related to the construction business also count toward the four year total.
We have the most current study materials, online practice tests, and full-time staff to help prepare you for your exams.
CLC also helps you after you pass your exams. We can help you set up your business, and we provide a Graduate Packet of contracts and other construction-related forms, as well as proven local referrals for legal, payroll, accounting, insurance, and bonding.
Why We're the Best
- Fast, easy, affordable courses
- 98% pass rate the first time
- Easy to use study materials
- Study materials cover law, business and all trades
- 24/7 online practice tests
- Full-time individual attention and support
- Professional help preparing your application
- Professional help setting up your new business
- Monday night lectures by our construction attorney on contractor's license law, mechanics lien law, labor law and accounting
- 34 years of experience
- Local, family-owned and operated — not a corporate chain
Lecture Schedule
Lectures are held on Monday nights from 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm, at our offices at 576 B Street, second floor, Santa Rosa, CA.
Lectures are given by our construction attorney on contractor's license law, mechanic's lien law, law of contracts, employment law, and accounting (financial statements). They repeat every five weeks. If you enroll in our Classroom Course, you can attend as many lectures as you like, until you understand the material completely. We recommend attending two series of lectures (ten lectures total), to hear each topic twice.
Click here to see the full schedule for the year.