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Minimum contractor bond
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Journey-level experience
4 years
Current exam passing scores
School-observed: 65% for Law & Business and 63% to 71% for trade exams; CSLB does not publish fixed passing scores

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The 4 Worst Reasons to Put Off Earning Your California Contractor’s License

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The 4 Worst Reasons to Put Off Earning Your California Contractor’s License

 

As we have noted in the past, even the very best excuses for putting off your education won’t bring you any closer to becoming a licensed contractor and owning your own business. If you really want to take the next step in your life, it’s important to get started and generate some momentum regardless of whatever other distractions might be affecting you.

To see what we mean, here are the four worst reasons to put off earning your California contractor’s license:

1. You think you don’t have the time. A lot of our new students are squeezed for time, but this is still a terrible excuse. Why? Because saying you don’t have the time now implies that you will have the time in the future. For most of us, that’s just not true – you either make it a priority and get started now, or you’ll keep finding excuses down the road when you’re just as busy.

2. You think you don’t have the money. As with time, most of us never quite have as much money in the bank as we might like. But, that’s not a situation that changes very often, or very quickly. If your future is important to you, you can take advantage of the numerous financial aid options CSLS offers. There’s never a bad time to get started on your dream, and we can help you find a way to afford it.

3. You’re afraid of the test (or the classes). Many CSLS students tell us they didn’t do well in school before coming to our classes. But that doesn’t mean they can’t thrive with us. People tend to change over time, and a lot of the men and women who come to us take their classes more seriously than they did when they were younger, and find that studying gets easier as a result.

4. You haven’t found the right school. We have more than 200,000 graduates and a 99.9% first-time passing rate. With 25 locations around the state, online learning options, and endless practice exams, CSLS offers everything you could want in a California contractor’s exam prep school and more. What are you waiting for?

Ready to become a licensed California contractor and put your future in your own hands? Click here to view CSLS online and classroom learning options for California contractor’s exam prep now. It only takes a moment to look, and you’ll be glad you took that first step today.

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