NV General Contractor study plan
NV General Contractor · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Nevada Contractor Licensing Law and Regulations (NRS 624 / NAC 624)
Map the Nevada State Contractors Board licensing lifecycle by outlining each step from application to renewal in your own words
Define the roles of licensee, qualifying party, and responsible managing employee, and list the duties attached to each
Distinguish contractor license classifications and explain what each classification authorizes you to bid and perform
Identify the disciplinary grounds and penalties framework under NRS 624 and rank them by how often they appear in enforcement actions
Your checkpoint
A one-page licensing lifecycle flowchart plus a 30-term Nevada law glossary written from memory and then corrected against source text.
Nevada Contractor Licensing Law and Regulations (NRS 624 / NAC 624) & Business Management and Financial Responsibility
Explain how a contractor's monetary limit is established and what triggers a change to it
Outline advertising, bidding, and contracting requirements that apply before work begins
Compare sole proprietorship, partnership, LLC, and corporation structures for licensing and liability consequences in Nevada
Draft the core clauses of a residential and a commercial prime contract from a blank page
Your checkpoint
Two complete sample contract outlines (residential and commercial) with a 15-item compliance checklist for pre-contract requirements.
Business Management and Financial Responsibility
Build a chart of accounts and classify 40 sample transactions into correct cost codes
Compute overhead, markup, and break-even volume for two sample companies and explain why markup and margin differ
Prepare a simple balance sheet, income statement, and cash-flow statement from a supplied scenario
Trace the mechanics lien and payment-bond process from notice through resolution, listing each deadline as a trigger date
Your checkpoint
A completed financial workbook for one sample contracting company, including three statements, a break-even calculation, and a lien deadline timeline.
Business Management and Financial Responsibility & Nevada Contractor Licensing Law and Regulations (NRS 624 / NAC 624)
Re-solve every missed item from Weeks 1-3 without notes and record the reason for each original error
Recite from memory the sequence of events that leads to license suspension or revocation and the appeal path
Calculate payroll burden, workers' compensation cost, and equipment ownership cost for three scenarios
Explain trust-fund and project-fund handling duties owed by a licensee to owners and subcontractors
Your checkpoint
A 50-question self-written practice test on Domains 1 and 2 with an answer key and citation for each question, scored at 80% or better on a retake.
Construction Practices, Estimating, and Project Management
Perform a full quantity takeoff from a written scope description for concrete, framing, and finishes
Build a unit-price estimate and a lump-sum estimate for the same project and reconcile the difference
Sequence a 20-activity project into a critical-path schedule with durations, predecessors, and float identified
Write a project submittal, RFI, and change-order log procedure with defined approval thresholds
Your checkpoint
A complete estimate and CPM schedule for one small commercial project, with the takeoff quantities shown and float labeled on every activity.
Construction Practices, Estimating, and Project Management & Jobsite Safety and Environmental Compliance
Evaluate soil, concrete, and structural steel quality-control test requirements and state the acceptance criteria for each
Explain inspection and testing responsibilities for the contractor versus the owner's representative
Identify the leading causes of struck-by, fall, electrical, and caught-in incidents and match each to a control measure
Draft a site-specific safety plan outline for a multi-employer site
Your checkpoint
A 12-page project management and safety binder section containing the schedule narrative, QC/inspection matrix, and a written site-specific safety plan outline.
Jobsite Safety and Environmental Compliance
Outline the hierarchy of safety obligations: employer duty, competent-person role, training, recordkeeping, and reporting
Describe fall protection, scaffold, excavation, and confined-space requirements well enough to audit a scenario and cite the violation
Build a stormwater pollution prevention outline covering best management practices, inspections, and recordkeeping
Classify hazardous and regulated waste streams and state handling, storage, and disposal requirements for each
Your checkpoint
A one-page jobsite inspection checklist with 25 items across fall protection, excavation, electrical, and environmental controls, plus a corrected answer rationale for each.
Business Management and Financial Responsibility & Nevada Contractor Licensing Law and Regulations (NRS 624 / NAC 624) & Construction Practices, Estimating, and Project Management & Jobsite Safety and Environmental Compliance
Complete two full-length timed practice exams under test conditions and log the domain of every missed item
Re-drill the 40 highest-missed concepts using spaced repetition across three separate days
Reconstruct the Nevada licensing, lien, and safety deadline timelines from memory on blank paper
Finalize a one-page formula and definition sheet you can review in the 48 hours before the exam
Your checkpoint
A final scorecard showing both practice exam scores, a ranked weak-area list with a fix for each, and the completed one-page formula sheet.
Milestones
Week 2: Explain the Nevada licensing lifecycle, classification system, and monetary limit aloud in under ten minutes with no notes and no factual gaps.
Week 4: Score 80% or higher on a closed-book 50-question test covering Domains 1 and 2, with every miss traced to a specific source provision.
Week 6: Produce a defensible estimate, CPM schedule, and safety plan outline for one project in a single sitting without reference material.
Week 8: Score 85% or higher on two consecutive full-length timed practice exams, with no single domain below 75%.