Virginia Contractor Pre-License Education Course

1. Course objectives

Each module below states its own learning objectives.

2. Module outline and estimated times

8 modules, 360 minutes in total. Times are the estimated instructional time for each module; the course records your actual credited time.

Module 1 — Orientation & the Virginia Regulatory Framework (35 min, 5 checks)

• Identify DPOR and the Board for Contractors and their role in licensing.
• Locate the governing statute (Title 54.1 Ch. 11) and regulation (18 VAC 50-22).
• Explain what the 6-hour pre-license course is (and is not).

Module 2 — License Classes & Qualifications (Class A / B / C) (45 min, 5 checks)

• Distinguish Class A, B, and C by monetary limits and scope.
• Explain the qualified individual / responsible management / designated employee roles.
• Identify specialty designations and when each applies.

Module 3 — Applying, Maintaining & Renewing a License (35 min, 5 checks)

• Walk the application path: pre-license education, exam, experience, fees.
• Explain renewal cycle, reinstatement, and reporting changes to the Board.
• Identify what must be kept current to avoid a lapse.

Module 4 — Standards of Practice & Professional Conduct (55 min, 5 checks)

• State the Standards of Practice a licensed contractor must uphold.
• Apply the standards to common jobsite and contract scenarios.
• Recognize conduct that meets vs. falls short of the standard.

Module 5 — Prohibited Acts & How to Avoid Violations (55 min, 5 checks)

• Enumerate the Prohibited Acts and the conduct each targets.
• Explain the disciplinary process and possible sanctions (incl. remedial education).
• Apply 'how to avoid a violation' practices to real situations.

Module 6 — Consumer Protection, Contracts & Required Disclosures (45 min, 5 checks)

• Identify the contract terms and disclosures Virginia requires.
• Explain the Contractor Transaction Recovery Fund and consumer remedies.
• Recognize notices a contractor must give the consumer.

Module 7 — Basic Business & Law Principles for Contractors (70 min, 5 checks)

• Compare business structures (sole prop, LLC, corp) and their liability/tax effects.
• Explain insurance, bonding, and workers' comp basics for a contractor.
• Cover recordkeeping, taxes, employment basics, and an intro to mechanic's liens.

Module 8 — Course Review & Final Assessment (20 min, 3 checks)

• Consolidate the regulatory, consumer-protection, and business/law material.
• Complete the graded, untimed, security-controlled end-of-course assessment.

3. How the course works

Access

Sign in with the account you purchased under. The course is included with Virginia DPOR 120-day or lifetime access (or the DMV bundle); GC Points cannot unlock it. Module 1 is open as a preview.

Navigation

Modules unlock in sequence. The course outline is on the course page and at the top of every module. Your place, elapsed time and completed knowledge checks are saved automatically, so you can stop and return. Statute citations open the cited law in a side panel, in the statute's own words.

Instructional time

LOCKED 2026-07-14 (Matthew: '1.5* is the standard time credit cap'). Each module's lesson dwell CREDITS toward the 6-hour gate up to 1.5x its allocated minutes; raw study_time_log is never mutated. Game reinforcement credits stay per VAC-R7 (completion-gated, 900s/module-game/day). Enforced client-side in course-runner.js computeCredit() and re-verified server-side in netlify/functions/va-course-completion.js before any completion record is written. After 15 minutes without a click, key press or scroll the timer pauses behind a "Still studying?" prompt; click Continue studying to resume. Credit per module is capped at 1.5× its allocated minutes. Knowledge-check time counts.

Tools on every module page

• 🌓 Light / Dark theme · 🔊 Read aloud (⏹ Stop) · Español rendering of the lesson · 🖨 Print or save as PDF · the time chip showing credited minutes.
• Spot an issue? at the end of each module reports a wrong statement, an outdated reference, a typo or a suggestion, tagged with the module.

Knowledge checks

38 across the course, each with the correct answer and a written explanation shown immediately. They are for learning; a wrong answer does not cost credit.

Final assessment

Unlocks when all modules are complete and 360 credited minutes are recorded. 25 questions drawn fresh from a pool of 116 each attempt, untimed, 70% to pass, scored on the server.

4. Completing the course and your certificate

1. All 8 modules complete and 360 minutes of credited instructional time recorded.
2. Final assessment passed at 70% or better.
3. On the final page, confirm the name to print on the certificate exactly as on your government ID (immutable afterwards except through support), then claim the certificate. It carries a unique number and a public verification link.
4. MASONBYTE LLC transmits your completion to the Virginia Board for Contractors (DPOR) within seven days, as its approval requires (18VAC50-22-320). The course is the pre-license education component; you apply for the license yourself.