• Ed Klopfer Schools has been in business for 30 years, since 1993.

• Our instructors are the best in the business, with years of knowledge, not only for exam purposes, but practical experience as well.

• Our preparation is unique in that our Prep Courses give you:

1. Online audio and visual highlighting exercises
2. Workshops, covering (2) days of Business & Finance AND (2) days of Trade Knowledge (Project Management & Contract Administration).

• After you have decided on the appropriate license, register and get your Books & Materials to get started right away!

• Register with Professional Testing. You will be sent a candidate Id# for registration for each exam at Pearson Vue. Click Here to visit their website or contact them at (407) 264-0562. Registration will be $135 (see downloads for details).

• After you have finished going through the books, highlighting and the workshops. Pearson Vue will administer the computer-based testing (CBT), for (3) exams: Business & Finance ($80), Contract Administration ($40) and Project management ($40). Pearson Vue’s fee is ($80) (see downloads for more information). Person Vue may be contacted at (888) 204-6230 or http://www.pearsonvue.com to sign up for your exam(s).

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Please contact one of our Customer Service Representatives at (800) 370-1570 for assistance. You may also email us at info@edklopfer.com

The complete set of Florida General Contractor Books includes:

1. Builders Guide to Accounting
2. AIA Documents A201, A401 & A701
3. Contractors Manual
4. Florida Building Code
5. FBC - Accessibility 2020
6. FBC - Energy Conservation
7. FBC - Existing
8. FBC - Residential
9. Application & Finishing of Gypsum
10. Energy Efficient Building Construction
11. Design & Control of Concrete Mixtures
12. Handling & Installing Wood Trusses (safety)
13. Placing Reinforcing Bars
14. Principles & Practices of Commercial Construction
15. Walkers – Building Estimators Reference Book

Department of Business & Professional Regulation

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Candidate Information Booklet (EXAMS)

Click Here for the Candidate Information Booklet

Pearson Vue Testing

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Prep courses for Florida State Certified General, Building and Residential contractors.

Our course is in three (3) parts.  Highlighting and audio exercises of all the books and a 4-day workshop which can be taken unlimited times. Two (2) days of Business & Finance and two (2) days of the Trade section (contract administration & project management).

Workshops are given almost every Saturday. 

The class is given live from the Sarasota classroom, usually on Saturdays, via ZOOM meeting at the same time for viewers at home.

Several steps are required: (1) Register with the Florida Contractor Industry Licensing Board (CILB) via Professional Testing; (2) take our prep course and follow the instructions and pass the (3) state exams with Pearson Vue, then activate your license with the CILB.

You’re going to have a minimum of 50-60 hours of study time in addition to workshop attendance.

One year.

Once a week, when scheduled, usually on a Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Yes.  Certain books can be taken into the exam site which will be explained in the course.

Yes

With our course, you are going to know where to find the answers in the books, and ALSO, we believe that memorizing certain things will give you more time, to look up for the more difficult questions.

No.  We instruct you as to where and how to do it along the way.  We believe this helps you know the material and know better where it is located in the books than if we did it for you.

Three (3):  Business and Finance, Project Management and Contract Administration (the trade exams).

120

Remember…Business and Finance is always (120).  The other two (2) trade exams, project management & contract administration differ as to the license being tested for. General Contractor is (60) questions on each trade exam.  Building Contractor is (50) questions on each trade exam.  Residential Contractor is (45) questions on each trade exam.

We have been in business since 1993 and to date, have trained over 700,000 students.

Probably yes.  If it is over one thousand dollars ($1000), you must be licensed.  Florida is tough on violators, as you may be aware of.

We will instruct you as to which books are necessary for the state exams, and which ones you can take into the testing site.

Send your questions directly to ed@edklopfer.com and you will receive a quick response.

No.  Unfortunately, this is personalized, strictly guarded and only for you.

Register for our prep course, pick up your books at our Sarasota location (or have them delivered), register with the (CILB) Construction Industry Licensing Board, and when ready, take the state exam.

Exams for the three different contractor (general, building and residential) exams are given at Pearson Vue six (6) days a week from 8 am to 3:30 pm EST.  The exams are all  Computer Based Training (CBT).

Yes.  You will be instructed as to the ones allowed or not allowed in the exam.

Your exam grade is good for four (4) years.

No.  You have four (4) years to get this done, after your pass.  

Basically, General is unlimited building.  A Building contractor can build up to three (3) stories of commercial or residential .  A Residential contractor can build up to two (2) stories, residential only.

Yes.  Each module (Business and Finance, the Trade Sections, and Project Management and Contract Administration) can be purchased separately.

No, not at this time.

You need a 70% or better score for each type of exam.

No.  You will retake only the part you failed.

Yes.  14 hours of approved continuing education is required every two (2) years, ending on August 31 of even numbered years (2024, 2026, etc).

FOR FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS  --  THE CONSTRUCTION LICENSING BOARD    DBPR  CILB FAQ’S

http://www.myfloridalicense.com/dbpr/servop/testing/documents/cilb_faq.pdf