Residential Building Contractor (RBC) means those individuals whose contracts include construction, remodeling, repair, improvement, removal, or demolition on real property owned, controlled, or leased by another person of dwellings and townhouses, as defined in the USBC, including accessory buildings or structures on such property. The RBC classification does not provide for electrical, plumbing, HVAC, or gas fitting services and does not allow construction, repair, or improvement, to commercial, industrial, institutional, or governmental use structures outside of dwellings and townhouses as defined in the USBC. The residential building classification includes but is not limited to the functions carried out by the following specialties for contracts of dwellings and townhouses, as defined by the USBC, and related accessory use buildings or structures: Concrete contracting Masonry contracting, Home improvement contracting, Painting and Wallcovering contracting, Industrialized Building contracting, Roofing contracting, Landscape Service contracting, and Swimming Pool contracting.
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NOTICE: Effective March 1, 2016, all Contractor Specialty examinations will require pre-approval from DPOR prior to taking the examination. For more information please contact the Board for Contractors Licensing Section directly at (804) 367-8511.
Effective August 21, 2006, the Designated Employee or a member of Responsible Management of all contractors applying for initial licensure (for an entity that is not currently licensed) must successfully complete an 8-hour business class approved by the Board for Contractors.
Residential Building Contractor (RBC) means those individuals whose contracts include construction, remodeling, repair, improvement, removal, or demolition on real property owned, controlled, or leased by another person of dwellings and townhouses, as defined in the USBC, including accessory buildings or structures on such property. The RBC classification does not provide for electrical, plumbing, HVAC, or gas fitting services and does not allow construction, repair, or improvement, to commercial, industrial, institutional, or governmental use structures outside of dwellings and townhouses as defined in the USBC.
The residential building classification includes but is not limited to the functions carried out by the following specialties for contracts of dwellings and townhouses, as defined by the USBC, and related accessory use buildings or structures: Concrete contracting Masonry contracting, Home improvement contracting, Painting and Wallcovering contracting, Industrialized Building contracting, Roofing contracting, Landscape Service contracting, and Swimming Pool contracting.
To apply for licensure please contact the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation at 804-367-8511
Licenses belong to the business. A person can take the exam and pass and qualify his or her business. If they purchase a second business, they do not have to test, but they must submit a new application for the new business.
The License Fee for Class A is $385.
The License Fee for Class B is $370.
Virginia has no reciprocal agreements for the Residential Building Contractor classification at this time.
Virginia does not require Continuing Education of its Residential Building Contractors at time.
Exam content for this portion include: Layout, Excavation, Foundations, Framing, Insulation, Ventilation, Windows, Doors, and Skylights, Exterior, Decks, Walks, and Ramps, Finishing Masonry, Swimming Pools and Hot Tubs, Prints, Plans, and Specifications, Safety and Employee Protection, Construction Debris, Cleanup and Disposal.
The cost of the exam depends on the number of portions taken
American Contractors offers a 1-day seminar to prepare for the Virginia Residential Building Contractor Exam.
