Residential Contractor Licensing Exam Prep Course - September 2025

Georgia state law requires home builders to be licensed and regulated by the State Licensing Board for Residential and General Contractors. To earn a residential basic or residential-light commercial contractor license, candidates must first apply for the license with the state board. After the application is approved, candidates must take and pass a licensing exam.

The Greater Atlanta HBA is partnering with American Contractors Exam Services to offer a two-day class to prepare builders for the state exam. American Contractors Exam Services guarantees that you will pass the Georgia Residential Basic Contractor license exam and the Georgia Business Law exam. You will be highlighting and tabbing information, that will help you to reference the information in books that PSI has recommended for the open book test. This includes the building and business and law portions of the exam. American Contractors has been holding Seminars to help contractors pass their exam for over 22 years.

The exam is an open book test and uses the reference materials listed below. Each participant must have the reference materials for the prep course. Books must be purchased before the date of class from the GAHBA Industry Bookstore.

 Residential Basic License Books (9 books)

• 29 CFR Part 1926 Selections
• 2018 Residential Code Book (tabbed, highlighted & with GA amendments)
• 2015 Energy Conservation Code Book (with GA amendments)
• Building Component: The Guide to Good Practice for Handling, Installing, Restraining and Bracing of Metal Plate Connected Wood Trusses (2013)
• Carpentry and Building Construction (2016)
• Contractors Guide to Business, Law and Project Management with tabs (3^rd edition)
• Modern Masonry: Brick, Block, Stone (8^th edition, 2015)
• Pipe & Excavation Contracting Revised (2011)
• The Contractor’s Guide to Quality Concrete Construction (4^th edition, 2018)

 Residential Light Commercial License Books (14 books)

• 29 CFR Part 1926 Selections
• 2018 Building Code Book (tabbed, highlighted & with GA amendments)
• 2018 Residential Code Book (tabbed, highlighted & with GA amendments)
• 2015 Energy Conservation Code Book (with GA amendments)
• ADA 2010 Standards for Accessible Design
• Building Component: The Guide to Good Practice for Handling, Installing, Restraining and Bracing of Metal Plate Connected Wood Trusses (2013)
• Carpentry and Building Construction (2016)
• Contractors Guide to Business, Law and Project Management with tabs (3^rd edition)
• Gypsum Construction Handbook (7^th edition, 2014)
• Modern Masonry: Brick, Block, Stone (8^th edition, 2015)
• Pipe & Excavation Contracting Revised (2011)
• SDI Manual of Construction with Steel Deck (2016)
• Technical Digest 9: Handling and Erection of Steel Joists and Joist Girders (3^rd edition, 2008)
• The Contractor’s Guide to Quality Concrete Construction (4^th edition, 2018)

 Questions: bookstore@atlantahomebuilders.com or 678-775-1469

Please note that you must be approved by the board before testing. Click here for all applications.

Class starts both days at 8:00 am, class ends at 5 pm on Day 1 and at 1 pm on Day 2.

A 48-hour written notice required for ALL cancellations -- NO REFUNDS FOR NO-SHOWS