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Class F study plan

Class F · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 6 hours per week

Week 1

Regulations and Licensing Requirements & Safety Practices and Procedures

  • Map each regulation topic in Domain 1 to a one-line plain-language summary you write yourself

  • List the licensing, permit, and notification steps that apply before work begins, in the order they occur

  • Identify the core safety-practice categories in Domain 2 and rank them by how often they appear on the exam

  • Build a personal glossary of 25 regulatory and safety terms with your own definitions

Your checkpoint

A two-page reference sheet covering Domain 1 licensing steps and Domain 2 safety categories, written in your own words

Week 2

Regulations and Licensing Requirements & Safety Practices and Procedures

  • Explain the difference between employer and worker responsibilities under the regulations you summarized

  • Trace three realistic scenarios from hazard identification through required reporting

  • Write ten original practice questions on Domain 1 and answer them without notes

  • Self-quiz on Domain 2 safety procedures and log every miss with a reason

Your checkpoint

A scored 10-question self-made quiz on Domain 1 with a written explanation of each wrong answer

Week 3

Equipment and System Components & Installation and Maintenance

  • Diagram the main system components in Domain 3 and label what each component does

  • Describe how component selection depends on installation conditions

  • Outline the standard installation sequence for a representative job in Domain 4

  • List five common installation defects and the maintenance practice that prevents each

Your checkpoint

A labeled system diagram plus a one-page installation sequence checklist

Week 4

Equipment and System Components & Installation and Maintenance

  • Compare three component types and state one advantage and one limitation of each

  • Draft a preventive maintenance schedule with intervals and the reason for each interval

  • Explain how installation choices affect later maintenance access and cost

  • Answer 15 mixed Domain 3 and 4 questions and categorize each error by cause

Your checkpoint

A preventive maintenance schedule table with at least eight tasks and justified intervals

Week 5

Inspection, Testing, and Troubleshooting & Safety Practices and Procedures

  • List the inspection steps performed before, during, and after a job and what each step confirms

  • Describe the testing methods in Domain 5 and what a passing versus failing result looks like

  • Apply a structured troubleshooting sequence to three written fault scenarios

  • Connect each inspection finding to the relevant safety practice from Domain 2

Your checkpoint

Three written troubleshooting walkthroughs, each ending with the inspection or test that confirms the fix

Week 6

Inspection, Testing, and Troubleshooting & Regulations and Licensing Requirements

  • Build a one-page troubleshooting decision tree covering the most common fault categories

  • Explain documentation and recordkeeping duties that follow an inspection or test

  • Practice reading test results and stating pass, fail, or retest in under one minute per item

  • Review Domain 1 rules that govern who may perform inspections and tests

Your checkpoint

A one-page troubleshooting decision tree plus a log of 12 timed pass/fail judgments

Week 7

Regulations and Licensing Requirements & Safety Practices and Procedures & Equipment and System Components & Installation and Maintenance & Inspection, Testing, and Troubleshooting

  • Take a full-length timed practice exam under exam conditions

  • Score each domain separately to find your two weakest areas

  • Re-study only the weakest areas using your own notes and glossary

  • Rewrite any glossary entry you could not explain from memory

Your checkpoint

A domain-by-domain score report from one full timed practice exam with a written remediation list

Week 8

Regulations and Licensing Requirements & Safety Practices and Procedures & Equipment and System Components & Installation and Maintenance & Inspection, Testing, and Troubleshooting

  • Re-test your two weakest domains and confirm improvement over week 7

  • Review every flagged question from weeks 1 through 7 and state the correct reasoning aloud

  • Recite key regulatory steps, safety procedures, and test criteria from memory

  • Simulate exam-day pacing with two short timed sets

Your checkpoint

A final one-page summary sheet of the 20 facts you are most likely to forget, plus a comparison of week 7 and week 8 scores

Milestones

Week 2: Score at least 80% on your self-made Domain 1 quiz and explain every missed item without notes

Week 4: Complete the system diagram and maintenance schedule from memory, then verify against your notes with no more than two corrections

Week 6: Resolve all three troubleshooting scenarios correctly and make 10 of 12 timed pass/fail judgments accurately

Week 7: Score at least 75% overall on the full timed practice exam with no domain below 65%

Week 8: Reach at least 80% in both previously weakest domains and finish the final summary sheet