Add a Roofing License to Your General Contractor Portfolio

If you are Certified Residential, Building or General Contractor, your next strategic move is to become a Certified Roofing Contractor.  
Here at The Exam Pros, we offer you the A-to-Z service including helping with the application process, book tabs and private tutoring for the exams, and insurance and bonds for your business. 

Method 1: "Upgrade method" 

Four years experience as a worker or foreman of which at least one year must have been as a foreman.

Most of you have gained the required 4 years experience to become a General or Building Contractor. All of you have gained this experience as a licensed General or Building contractor. 

61G4-15.001 (1)(b) Applicants shall follow the guidelines set forth in this section when seeking to verify active experience in accordance with paragraph 61G4-15.001(1)(a), F.A.C. 

If the applicant’s category is: Roofing

The following licensees can verify the applicant’s active experience: General, Building, Residential and/or Roofing contractor

Method 2:”College Degree in Building Construction”

489.113 Qualifications for practice; restrictions.—
(1) Any person who desires to engage in contracting on a statewide basis shall, as a prerequisite thereto, establish his or her competency and qualifications to be certified pursuant to this part. To establish competency, a person shall pass the appropriate examination approved by the board and certified by the department. If an applicant has received a baccalaureate degree in building construction from an accredited 4-year college, or a related degree as approved by the board by rule, and has a grade point average of 3.0 or higher, such applicant is only required to take and pass the business and finance portion of the examination. Any person who desires to engage in contracting on other than a statewide basis shall, as a prerequisite thereto, be registered pursuant to this part, unless exempted by this part.

Person will still have to prove experience as per section III Part A .

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Florida Roofing Contractor Exam Book Set

The Florida Roofing Contractor Exam is an open book test that requires 11 books for the exam. This book package includes all of the required references for your trade exam:

  1. Building Estimator's Reference Book, Walker's, 32nd Edition
  2. Code of Federal Regulations, (OSHA) 29 Part 1926 Current edition
  3. SMACNA Architectural Sheet Metal Manual, 7th Edition
  4. Roofing Construction and Estimating, 2008
  5. The N.R.C.A. Roofing Manual: Membrane Roof System, 2019 
  6. The N.R.C.A. Roofing Manual: Metal Panel and SPF Roof Systems, 2020.
  7. The N.R.C.A. Roofing Manual: Steep-slope Roof Systems, 2021
  8. The N.R.C.A. Roofing Manual: Architectural Metal Flashing, and Condensation Control 2022
  9. The N.R.C.A. Waterproofing Manual, 2nd edition
  10. Florida Building Code - Building, 2020
  11. Florida Building Code - Test Protocols for High-Velocity Hurricane Zones, 2020

This book package is for the Florida Roofing Exam. If you need to take the Business and Finance Exam, you can buy these books HERE.

Florida Roofing Contractor is a contractor whose services are unlimited in the roofing trade and who has the experience, knowledge, and skill to install, maintain, repair, alter, extend, or design, if not prohibited by law, and use materials and items used in the installation, maintenance, extension, and alteration of all kinds of roofing, waterproofing, and coating, except when coating is not represented to protect, repair, waterproof, stop leaks, or extend the life of the roof. The scope of work of a roofing contractor also includes skylights and any related work, required roof-deck attachments, and any repair or replacement of wood roof sheathing or fascia as needed during roof repair or replacement and any related work. 


DID YOU KNOW? Every time you fail the exam, you must pay the State of Florida $135 + $80 to Pearson Vue per exam. 

Statistics for Roofing Contractor Exam 2021: 

  • 52% Passed 
  • 48% Failed 

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CONSTRUCTION AND ELECTRICAL EXAM PASS RATE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA OVER THE PAST 5 YEARS (DATA FROM PEARSON VUE & DBPR)

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YEAR

PASS RATE

FAIL RATE

2022

48% (5,443)

52% (5,829)

2021

50% (10,422)

50% (10,443)

2020

54% (6,873)

46% (5,922)

2019

53% (9,220)

47% (8,065)

2018

54% (6,628)

46% (5,644)

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Roofing Certified Contractor Application Assistance
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Roofing Certified Contractor Application Assistance

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We are currently completing applications within 2 business days. 

The Exam Pros will properly prepare and complete your Roofing Contractor application to ensure your application has the best chance of being approved by the Construction Industry Licensing Board. 

You must supply us with all of the valid information necessary for the application and will process the application within 3 business days. 

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