Pellissippi State offers contractor licensing exam review Feb. 23-24

Feb. 14, 2007

Pellissippi State offers contractor licensing exam review Feb. 23-24

Pellissippi State Technical Community College is offering an examination review course Feb. 23-24 on Tennessee business laws that apply to contractors, current federal safety and health regulations and the basics of building codes.

The 16-hour course is designed to prepare participants for the written exam required for a Tennessee contractor’s, residential, commercial/industrial/residential or business and law license.

The course is Friday, Feb. 23, 8 a.m.-6 p.m., and Saturday, Feb. 24, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., in Room 206 of the Alexander Building on the Pellissippi Campus on Hardin Valley Road.

Sponsored by the college’s Business and Community Services, the course covers U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration requirements, contracts and sales agreements, contractor’s business law, child labor laws, worker’s compensation and other regulations.

Participants will review contractor’s paperwork and construction requirements and fundamentals of mathematics used in the building trades, as well as such topics as accounting, bonds and lien law; site work; framing and roofing; steel joists and trusses; and concrete and carpentry.

The instructor is Tom Dorsey, a licensed contractor.

The course includes a hands-on approach to proper use of the 2003 International Residential Code and 2003 International Building Code as they relate to industrial, commercial and residential installations.

Participants will review the licensing exams for Residential Contractor, Residential/Small Commercial Contractor and Commercial/Industrial/Residential Contractor. Additional textbooks are required for all three topics, and the texts can be used for taking the state examinations. Participants can purchase the texts at www.contractor-licensing.com or (865) 777-1748 prior to class.

The course fee is $430, and advance registration is required by Feb. 22. The class is limited to 25 participants. For details, call (865) 539-7167.

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Contact Information:
Julia Wood
Marketing and Communications Director
Pellissippi State Technical Community College
10915 Hardin Valley Road
Knoxville, TN 37933-0990
Phone: (865) 694-6405
Fax: (865) 539-7088
E-mail: jwood@pstcc.edu