Comments on: Things I Learned in Contractors Class: You Do Not Know It All

By: Fred

Fred — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 14:20:49 +0000

Super b. Never thought of this. But sounds good. Regards, A

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By: Mamie

Mamie — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:03:54 +0000

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By: kitliz

kitliz — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:49:39 +0000

Jan – I’m one of two women in the classes at this point, but since I started out working in the construction industry, I’m used to it. I don’t think you have to go to Lansing to take the test anymore, they have testing centers all over, but you have to take the 60 hours of pre-req courses before you can get your license.

Meredith- In Michigan they require 60 hours of classes, which have been moderately helpful thus-far. (We haven’t gotten into the meat of the content yet.) They’re more geared to “how do you run a successful construction business” at this point, but I’ve learned some things about when contractors are locked into a job, what is their responsibility and what is the homeowners responsibility, etc. If you didn’t know this stuff, it’s quite possible to get screwed, particularly if something goes wrong on the job.

For the full 60 hours it will be around $700, but the classes range from $75 – $125, which isn’t too bad if you’re just interested in a specific topic.

I think we should invent that class… How Not To Get Screwed By a Contractor 101. My syllabus would start with:
1.) Make sure your water meter is installed in the correct direction.

By: Meredith

Meredith — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:54:47 +0000

Great idea – taking a contractors class… I’d do that to make sure that I didn’t get screwed by contractors… What does a class like that cost?

By: Jan

Jan — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:19:29 +0000

When you take the contractor test in Lansing be ready to be the only female there. When I took the test about 10 years ago, I was THE ONLY female in the auditorium.

Don’t fret…..it’s not that bad.

I took the class and the test on a bet. A fellow co worker was taking the class and test for a second time. I asked “why? it can’t be that hard?” He replied, “What? you think you can pass it the first time?” I said “hell, yes.” and the bet was on.