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Congratulations on taking the first step in obtaining a Nevada state contractor’s license. The American Contractors Institute is a professional contractor training center and we can prepare you for passing the state examinations required for your Nevada state contractor’s license.
You must obtain a Nevada contractors license in order to conduct business in Nevada. Any business or individual who constructs, alters, repairs, improves, moves, wrecks or demolishes any building or other structure, highway, road, railroad, or performs excavation or specialty work in the State of Nevada must be licensed by the Nevada State Contractors Board. Contractors, including subcontractors, or specialty contractors must be licensed before submitting bids. Licenses may be issued to individuals, partnerships, corporations, joint ventures or limited liability companies (LLCs).
Do you have the required trade experience to qualify to take the Nevada state contractor license examination in your trade classification(s)?
The Nevada State Contractors Board requires that an applicant for a state contractor’s license provide evidence of at least four (4) years experience as a journeyman, foreman, supervising employee or contractor in the field of work for which a Nevada state contractor license is being sought, and the four (4) years experience must have occurred within the ten (10) years immediately preceding filing of an application.
The Nevada State Contractors Board also requires four (4) reference certificates that must be completed by someone who has first-hand knowledge of and can verify your work experience in your trade (e.g. an architect, engineer, employer, other journeyman, customer, etc.).
If you don’t have the full four (4) years of required experience, training received in a program offered at an accredited college or university may be used to satisfy a portion of the required experience.
The state of Nevada does not recognize contractor licenses issued by other states, but does have limited reciprocal agreements with Arizona, Utah and California for the Nevada trade examinations (excluding electrical and plumbing trades). The trade qualifier for a Nevada state contractor license must have taken and passed an equivalent examination in the qualifying state, and must be have been licensed and in good standing for at least five (5) years out of the last seven (7) years.
The Nevada State Contractors Board requires each applicant for a Nevada contractor license to pass the Nevada Contractor Management Survey Examination (general business and law), and the respective Trade Examination specific to the trade classification of the state contractor license for which you are applying.
The American Contractors Institute prepares you to PASS the Nevada Contractor Management Survey Examination and your respective Trade Examination(s).
The Nevada State Contractors Board issues state contractor licenses for separate trades or fields in the construction industry according to the following classifications:
- “A” License – General Engineering;
- “B” License – General Building
- “AB” License – General Building and General Engineering
- “C” License – Specialty Classifications
Nevada has 36 specialty classifications and various sub-classifications that cover all phases of the specialized building trades. The following is a list of the state contractor licenses that the American Contractors Institute prepares you to PASS:
LICENSE CLASSIFICATIONS
A - GENERAL ENGINEERING
A1 |
AIRPORTS |
A2 |
HIGHWAYS |
A3 |
DAMS AND RESERVOIRS |
A4 |
BRIDGES |
A5 |
DIAMOND AND CORE DRILLING |
A6 |
DRILLING OF OIL, GAS AND EXPLORATORY WELLS |
A7 |
EXCAVATING AND GRADING |
A8 |
SEALING AND STRIPING OF ASPHALTIC SURFACES |
A9 |
PIERS AND FOUNDATIONS |
A10 |
COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL POOLS |
A10a |
RESIDENTIAL POOLS |
A10b |
RESIDENTIAL SPAS |
A10c |
REPAIR OF POOLS AND SPAS |
A10d |
POOLS AND SPAS OF FIBERGLASS |
A10e |
MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF POOLS AND SPAS |
A10f |
WATER AND GAS LINES FOR RESIDENTIAL POOLS AND SPAS |
A11 |
RECYCLING ASPHALT |
A12 |
EXCAVATING, GRADING, TRENCHING AND SURFACING |
A13 |
WRECKING BUILDINGS |
A14 |
STEEL ERECTION AND INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY |
A15 |
SEWERS, DRAINS AND PIPES |
A16 |
PAVING OF STREETS, DRIVEWAYS AND PARKING LOTS |
A17 |
LINES TO TRANSMIT ELECTRICITY |
A18 |
FARM IRRIGATION |
A19 |
PIPELINE AND CONDUITS |
A19a |
WATER |
A19b |
GAS |
A20 |
INDUSTRIAL PIPING |
A21 |
FENCING AND GUARDRAILS |
A22 |
UNCLASSIFIED |
A23 |
REMOVAL OF ASBESTOS |
AB - GENERAL ENGINEERING AND GENERAL BUILDING
B - GENERAL BUILDING
B1 |
PREMANUFACTURED HOUSING |
B2 |
RESIDENTIAL AND SMALL COMMERCIAL |
B3 |
SPECULATIVE BUILDING |
B4 |
SERVICE STATIONS |
B5 |
PREFABRICATED STEEL STRUCTURES |
C1 - PLUMBING AND HEATING
C1a |
BOILERS |
C1b |
FIRE SPRINKLERS |
C1c |
INSULATION OF PIPES AND DUCTS |
C1d |
PLUMBING |
C1e |
SHEET METAL |
C1f |
HEATING COOLING AND CIRCULATING AIR |
C1g |
LANDSCAPE IRRIGATION |
C1h |
PIPES AND VENTS FOR GAS |
C1i |
WATER HEATERS |
C1j |
SOLAR WATER AND SPACE HEATING |
C1k |
CHILLED-WATER PIPING |
C2 - ELECTRICAL
C2a |
ELECTRICAL WIRING |
C2b |
INTEGRATED CEILINGS |
C2c |
FIRE DETECTION |
C2d |
LOW VOLTAGE |
C2e |
LINES TO TRANSMIT ELECTRICITY |
C2f |
RESIDENTIAL WIRING |
C2g |
PHOTOVOLTAICS |
C3 - CARPENTRY
C3a |
CARPENTRY, REMODELING AND REPAIRS |
C3b |
FINISH CARPENTRY |
C3c |
INSULATION & WEATHER STRIPPING |
C3d |
OVERHEAD DOORS |
C3e |
DRYWALL |
C4 - PAINTING AND DECORATING
C4a |
PAINTING |
C4b |
WALLCOVERING |
C4c |
TAPING AND FINISHING |
C4d |
SANDBLASTING |
C4e |
DRYWALL |
C4f |
SHEET METAL STUDS |
C4g |
ACOUSTICAL TILE |
C4h |
URETHANE COATINGS |
C5 – CONCRETE CONTRACTING
C6 - ERECTING SIGNS
C6a |
OUTDOOR ADVERTISING |
C6b |
ELECTRICAL SIGNS |
C6c |
SHEET METAL |
C6d |
PAINTED SIGNS |
C7 - ELEVATION AND CONVEYANCE
C7a |
ELEVATOR AND DUMBWAITER |
C7b |
ESCALATOR AND CONVEYOR |
C7c |
PNEUMATIC TUBE |
C7d |
MOVING WALKWAY |
C8 - GLASS AND GLAZING
C9 - MOVEMENT OF BUILDINGS
C10 - LANDSCAPE CONTRACTING
C11 - SPRAYING MIXTURES CONTAINING CEMENT
C13 - USING SHEET METAL
C14 - STEEL REINFORCING AND ERECTION
C14a |
REINFORCING STEEL |
C14b |
STRUCTURAL STEEL |
C14c |
ORNAMENTAL METAL |
C14d |
CURTAIN WALL |
C14e |
METAL DOORS AND WINDOWS |
C14f |
STORE FRONTS |
C14g |
PREFABRICATED STEEL STRUCTURES |
C14h |
AWNINGS AND LOUVRES |
C14i |
RIGGING AND CRANES |
C15 - ROOFING AND SIDING
C15a |
ROOFING |
C15b |
SIDING |
C15c |
INSULATION |
C15d |
WATERPROOFING |
C16 - FINISHING FLOORS
C16a |
COVERING FLOORS |
C16b |
FINISHING COUNTERS |
C16c |
PLASTIC TILE AND WALLBOARD |
C16d |
CARPET LAYING |
C16e |
URETHANE COATINGS |
C17 - LATHING AND PLASTERING
C17a |
LATHING |
C17b |
PLASTERING |
C17c |
DRYWALL |
C17d |
ACOUSTICAL TILE |
C17e |
COATINGS OF STUCCO AND CEMENT |
C17f |
STUDS OF SHEET METAL |
C18 – MASONRY
C19 - INSTALLING TERRAZZO AND MARBLE
C19a |
TERRAZZO |
C19b |
MARBLE |
C19c |
ARTIFICIAL OR CULTURED MARBLE |
C20 - TILING
C20a |
PLASTIC TILE AND WALLBOARD |
C20b |
SWIMMING POOL TILE AND COPING |
C21 - REFRIGERATION AND AIR CONDITIONING
C21a |
REFRIGERATION |
C21b |
AIR CONDITIONING |
C21c |
SHEET METAL |
C21d |
MAINTENANCE |
C21e |
SOLAR AIR CONDITIONING |
C21f |
CHILLED WATER |
C21g |
PIPING FOR HOT WATER |
C23 - DRILLING WELLS AND INSTALLING PUMPS, PRESSURE TANKS & STORAGE TANKS
C24 - ERECTING SCAFFOLDS AND BLEACHERS
C25 - FENCING AND EQUIPPING PLAYGROUNDS
C26 - INSTITUTIONAL CONTRACTING
C26a |
KITCHEN AND LABORATORY EQUIPMENT |
C26b |
BUILDING ACCESSORIES AND SPECIALTIES |
C26c |
FLOORS OF GYMNASIUMS |
C27 - INDIVIDUAL SEWERAGE
C28 - FABRICATING TANKS
C28a |
FABRICATING TANKS |
C28b |
SANDBLASTING AND COATINGS |
C30 - INSTALLING EQUIPMENT TO TREAT WATER
C31 – WRECKING
C33 - INSTALLING INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY
C36 - INSTALLING URETHANE
C36a |
URETHANE INSULATION |
C36b |
URETHANE ROOF DECKS |
C36c |
URETHANE COATINGS |
C37 - SOLAR CONTRACTING
C37a |
WATER HEATING |
C37b |
SPACE HEATING |
C37c |
AIR CONDITIONING |
C37d |
HEATING OF POOLS |
C38 - INSTALLING EQUIPMENT USED WITH LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
C38a |
PIPES AND VENTS |
C38b |
GAS APPLIANCES AND EQUIPMENT |
C38c |
HEATING AND VENTILATING |
C39 - INSTALLING HEATERS
C40 - SPECIALTIES NOT AUTHORIZED BY OTHER CLASSIFICATIONS
C41 - FIRE PROTECTION
C41a |
AUTOMATIC FIRE SPRINKLERS |
C41b |
FIXED FIRE EXTINGUISHING SYSTEMS |
C41c |
FIRE ALARMS |
C42 - CONSTRUCTING, ALTERING, OR IMPROVING COMMUNITY ANTENNA TELEVISION SYSTEMS
E1 - OWNER/BUILDER NOT TO EXCEED THREE STORIES
E2 - OWNER/BUILDER EXCEEDING THREE STORIES
