Virginia HVAC Contractor Package

All contractors of any kind must complete an 8-hour Contractor Basic Business course. Courses may be taken online or in a classroom as long as they are approved by the Commonwealth of Virginia.

There are three license classes: Class A, Class B, and Class C: Class A Contractors License: required when the total value of a single contract or project is $120,000 or more, or is $750,000 or more over a 12-month period. The Qualified Individual identified for this license must have at least 5 years of experience.

It is a common misconception that since the construction exam is open book, it is not difficult to pass. In actuality the Virginia builders license exam is more difficult to pass than similar closed book exams due to the fact that you have books available as a resource during the contractor test.

In the state of Virginia (VA), a contractor's license is legally required for any work that exceeds $1,000 in labor and materials.

A Class C Contractor is any contractor that has single contracts from $1,000 or more but less than $10,000 or contracts totaling less than $150,000 over a one-year period. Virginia does not require Continuing Education for the Class C Contractor classification.

Class C contractors perform or manage construction, removal, repair, or improvements when (i) the total value referred to in a single contract or project is over $1,000 but no more than $10,000, or (ii) the total value of all such construction, removal, repair, or improvements undertaken by such person within any

Class C Specialty Contractor There are 42 separate C license classifications for contractors whose construction work requires special skill and whose principal contracting business involves the use of specialized building trades or crafts.