Florida Commercial Pool Contractor License

Florida Pool/Spa contractors can legally engage in contracts which involve working on:

Swimming pools (residential and commercial)
Spas
Hot tubs
Installation, replacement and repair of any equipment
Cleaning and sanitizing that requires system disassembly
New pool/spa equipment
Interior finishing
Package pool heaters
Perimeter piping
Filter piping
Construction of equipment rooms or housing for pool/spa equipment
Treatment of pool or spa water
The entire scope of the swimming pool/spa servicing contractor license
Commercial Pool/Spa contractors cannot legally engage in following trade areas:
- Direct connections to a sanitary sewer system
- Direct connections to potable water lines

The scope of the commercial pool license in Florida covers both public and private facilities.

How to Get a Commercial Pool Contractor's License in Florida

Be 18 years of age.
Pass all parts of the exam(s) (within four years of the first attempt).
If an applicant has a Bachelor's degree in building construction or a related field, as well as a 3.0 GPA or higher, the applicant is only required to take the business exam.
Pay the fee for the Application.
Complete the application form using the Online Services, or the Printable Application.
Be of good moral character.
Obtain worker's compensation and general liability coverage.
Demonstrate financial responsibility by submitting a Credit Report:
- 660 FICO credit score or higher (applicant must submit a bond or irrevocable letter of credit if below 660 - FICO derived).
- If FICO score is less than 660, the applicant must take a 14-hour financial responsibility course.
- If applicable, provide proof of satisfaction of liens, judgments, and bankruptcy discharge.
Background check with Electronic Fingerprints.
Obtain public liability and property damage insurance.
- Obtain workers' compensation or exemption from workers compensation insurance within 30 days of issuance of their license.
Satisfy one of the experience requirements set forth by the CILB:
- A combination of Experience and Education
  - One year proved experience that applies to the category for which you are applying and a four-year construction-related degree from an accredited college (equivalent to 3 yrs. experience), or
  - No less than three years of credits from accredited college-level courses, and One year of experience as a foreman, or
  - Two years of credits from accredited college-level courses, one year experience as a foreman, and One year experience as a worker, or
  - One year of experience as a foreman, one year of credits from accredited college-level courses, and two years of experience as a worker, or
  - Four years of experience as a foreman or worker of which at least one year must have been as a foreman.
  - The board expects the applicant to have experience in the following areas of the Commercial Pool trade:
    - Must have experience in commercial installation of the following pool components:
      - Excavation, Grading, Backfill, Compacting
      - Plumbing Components
      - Electrical Components
      - Shell Placement
      - Deck Work
      - Tile, Coping, and Trim Work
      - Interior Surface Preparation and Finishing
    - Additional experience can be derived from Commercial Repair/Servicing and Residential Installation in the areas of:
      - Excavation, Grading, Backfill, Compacting
      - Plumbing Components
      - Electrical Components
      - Deck Work
      - Tile, Coping, and Trim Work
      - Shell Placement
      - Interior Surface Preparation and Finishing
- Upgrade an existing Swimming Pool Service license (must have held the license for a minimum of 4 years), or upgrade an existing Residential Swimming Pool license (must have held the license for a minimum of 1 year).
- Military Service
  Note: As part of the application applicant must submit the Fee Waiver and Military Service Verification for licensure
  - One year of experience as a foreman applicable to the category for which you are applying, and three years of military service.
  - One year of experience as a worker or foreman applicable to the category for which you are applying, one year of experience as a foreman, and two years of military service.
  - Two years of experience as a worker or foreman applicable to the category for which you are applying, and one year of military service.
Pass the Commercial Pool and Business & Finance exams.(sign up for the exams)
Submit the complete Commercial Pool application form to:
Department of Business and Professional Regulation
2601 Blair Stone Road
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0783

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Florida Commercial Pool & Spa Contractor Exams

Florida Commercial Pool & Spa Contractors must pass two exams prior to obtaining their license. Do not sign up to take your exams until you obtain your books and begin studying for them!

Florida Commercial Pool Contractor License Exam

Testing Method: Computer-based testing
Testing Company: Pearson Vue©
Number of Questions: 80
Types of Questions: Multiple Choice
Time Allowed: 300 Minutes
Minimum Passing Score: 70%
Subjects Involved:
- Pre-Installation and Site Preparation (5%)
  - Interpret plans that meet job requirements
    - Symbols
    - Abbreviations
    - Terminology
    - Site dimensions
    - Scale dimensions
    - Soil types
  - Checking code and ordinance requirements to determine appropriate equipment needed for jobs
    - Site conditions
    - Subsoil conditions
    - Water tables
    - Characteristics of concrete, tile, steel, fiberglass, vinyl, piping and wiring
    - OSHA requirements
- Pool and Spa Excavation (15%)
  - Locating underground, above ground and overhead obstructions
    - Where to find information
    - Site conditions
    - How to identify obstructions
    - When and how to notify appropriate authorities
    - Permissible working conditions
  - Excavating or clearing sites
    - Staking out excavation
    - Determining location of excavation
    - Basic surveying
    - Layout methods
    - Interpreting plans and specifications
    - Surveying and leveling equipment
    - Compaction equipment
    - Earth moving and excavation equipment
    - Structural support systems
    - Protection of surrounding structures
  - Performing site grading
    - Elevation requirements
    - Basic surveying and leveling techniques
    - Surveying and leveling equipment
    - Identification of obstructions
    - Removal of site debris
  - Determining water tables
    - Subsoil conditions
    - Aquifers and tidal influences
    - Drilling equipment and practices
  - Determining water and soil conditions
    - Excavation
    - Sampling
    - Soil composition
    - Soil testing requirements
  - Performing de-watering, de-mucking and well-pointing
    - Dewatering equipment
    - Piping requirements
    - Soils
    - Soil permeability
    - Excavation equipment
    - Excavating techniques and requirements
    - Water table
    - Well points
    - Drawdown
    - Pump requirements and techniques
  - Removing sod
    - Calculating area
    - Compaction
    - Soil conditions
  - Backfilling and compacting
    - Different types of backfill material
    - Surveying and leveling equipment
    - Surveying and leveling techniques
    - Soil properties
    - Compaction methods
    - Correct moisture content
    - Percent compaction
    - Soil density testing techniques
    - Amount of dirt to fill
  - Removing foreign materials and debris
    - Hand tools
    - Excavation equipment
    - Hauling equipment
    - Materials disposal requirements
    - Environmental standards protection
- Plumbing Work (12.5%)
  - Installing recirculating, drainage and waste lines
    - Piping materials and applications
    - Placement
    - Associated fittings
    - Valve requirements
    - Related components
    - Pipe support
    - Gravity, pressure, suction and drainage systems
  - Pressure testing recirculating lines
    - Theory
    - Psi
    - Hook-up and placement ability to understand test results
    - Dangers of pressure plugs
    - Open trench inspections
    - Pressure testing techniques
    - Dangers of pressurized lines
  - Installing filter equipment
    - Filtration requirements
    - Type of filters
    - Gauges and valves
    - Placement of pumps
    - Piping requirements
    - Flow rates and piping pressures
    - Inlets and outlets
  - Installing pumps
    - Types of pumps and pump loads
    - Grounding
    - Piping techniques and requirements
    - Pressures and flow requirements
    - Types and capacities of motors
    - Hair and lint strainers
  - Installing skimmers
    - Types of skimmers
    - Skimmer housings
    - Strainer baskets
    - Weirs and valves
    - Vacuum cleaning connections
  - Installing solar heaters
    - Solar heating requirements and practices
    - Solar collectors
    - Piping techniques and requirements
    - Pipe fittings
    - Control requirements
    - Pump requirements
  - Installing conventional heaters (gas, heat pump, electric)
    - State and local codes
    - Location requirements
    - Fire and gas codes
    - Sizing and flow rates
    - Heat exchangers for gas heaters
    - Location of L.P. as tanks for gas heaters
    - Heat pumps for electric heaters
    - Immersion elements for electric heaters
    - Ventilation requirements
  - Installing automatic cleaners
    - Piping requirements
    - Pipe fitting
    - Fittings
    - Pumps
    - Filtration requirements
    - Materials
    - Processes for automatic feeders
  - Installing automatic feeders
    - Types of automatic feeders
    - Piping techniques and requirements
    - Pipe fitting requirements
    - Pipe materials
    - Processes for automatic feeders
    - Feeder sizing requirements
  - Sizing pipes
    - Basic hydraulics
- Electrical Work (5%)
  - Bonding
    - Safety requirements
    - Bonding requirements
  - Grounding
    - Safety requirements
    - Electrical grounding requirements
  - Installing light niches
    - Proper installation requirements (conduit)
    - Safety requirements
    - Types of niches
    - Location and amount of illumination
    - Bonding requirements
    - Product specifications
    - Elevation and placement of niche
  - Installing, replacing and repairing electrical components
    - Local and state codes
    - Automatic timers
    - Lights
    - Electrical connections to
    - Chlorinating generators
- Shell Placement (10%)
  - Installing steel reinforcing bars
    - Reinforcing practices and procedures
    - Measurement requirements
    - Measuring equipment
  - Installing vinyl pool walls (steel, wood, fiberglass, plastic, and structural polymer)
    - Material properties
    - Specific handling requirements
    - Supports and anchorage
    - Backfilling requirements
    - Surveying and leveling equipment
    - Surveying and leveling techniques
    - Soil properties and angle of repose
    - Excavation techniques
  - Testing for leakage in pool and spa shells
    - Measuring elevation differentials
    - Evaporation
  - Installing concrete walls and flooring
    - Mixing pneumatically applied concrete
    - Setting concrete beam elevations
    - Concrete properties
    - Concrete testing
    - Placement techniques
    - Finishing techniques
    - Pressurized concrete equipment
  - Testing strength of concrete
    - Inferior materials
    - Slump
    - Concrete testing
    - Properties of concrete
  - Installing structural support systems
    - Soils
    - Piling support systems
- Deck Work (5%)
  - Laying out and forming decks
    - Surveying and leveling equipment
    - Surveying and leveling techniques
    - Excavation, backfill and compaction
    - Drainage requirements
    - Form work
    - Safety requirements
    - Site requirements
  - Installing wood and composite decks
    - Pressure treated wood
    - Other wood protection
    - Carpentry
    - Carpentry tools
    - Foundations
  - Installing concrete decks
    - Concrete properties
    - Concrete reinforcement
    - Concrete placement
    - Concrete finishing
    - Form work
    - Expansion and contraction protection
    - Drainage and slope
    - Drains and plumbing
    - Deck finishes
  - Installing masonry type decks (tile, stone, and brick)
    - Sub-base materials
    - Work requirements
    - Material placement
    - Drainage and slope
    - Drains and plumbing
  - Tying different kinds of decks to pool shells (wood, concrete, stone)
    - Shell and deck interface
- Tile, Coping and Trim Work (10%)
  - Installing tiles
    - Material properties
    - Specific handling requirements
    - Measurements
    - Measuring equipment
    - Types of grouts and requirements
    - Adhesive requirements
    - Mortar requirements
    - Cleaning
    - Leveling techniques and requirements
    - Architectural effects
  - Installing masonry trims (brick, stone, and precast coping)
    - Material properties
    - Specific handling requirements
    - Measurements
    - Measuring equipment
    - Types of grouts and requirements
    - Adhesive requirements
    - Mortar requirements
    - Cleaning
    - Leveling techniques and requirements
    - Architectural effects
    - Mitering
  - Checking for level placement of materials
    - Leveling equipment
    - Leveling techniques and requirements
  - Installing gutters and seams in commercial pools
    - Leveling
    - Slopes
    - Concrete
    - Marcite
    - Tile
    - Plumbing
    - Inlets and outlets
    - Form work
  - Checking code requirements
    - Step height requirements
    - Gutter level requirements
    - Depth and NO DIVING marker tiles
- Accessory Work (10%)
  - Installing retaining walls
    - Design characteristics
    - Limitations
    - Proper footers
    - Shotcrete and gunite walls
    - Segmented wall systems
  - Installing fencing
    - State and local codes
    - Location requirements
    - Picket spacing
    - Safety requirements
    - Primary and secondary barrier codes and insurance requirements
  - Installing diving boards and diving platforms
    - Materials for diving boards
    - Installation requirements
    - Safety requirements
    - Proper placement
  - Installing slides
    - Materials for slides
    - Installation requirements
    - Proper placement
    - Safety requirements
  - Constructing equipment rooms and housing
    - Small structure requirements for housing
    - Equipment requirements
    - Piping placement
    - Drainage requirements
    - Ventilation requirements
  - Installing auxiliary lighting
    - Fiber optic lighting
    - Low voltage accent lighting
  - Installing alternate sanitation devices
    - Different types of devices
    - Installation requirements
- Interior Surface Preparation and Finishing (5%)
  - Performing interior pool and spa clean-ups
    - Drawdown
    - Possible uplift
    - Chemicals
    - Cleaning solutions
    - Cleaning procedures
    - Safety requirements
    - Disposal requirements
  - Performing interior pool and spa plastering of concrete pools
    - Finishing
    - Surface preparation
    - Plaster installation methods
  - Installing lining in vinyl-lined pools
    - Materials
    - Methods
    - Soils
    - Retaining walls
    - Coping
    - Leveling and installing
    - Anchoring
  - Resurfacing fiberglass pools
    - Hydrostatic uplift
    - Fiberglass materials, procedures and requirements
- Start Up (5%)
  - Pre-testing fill water
    - Water chemistry
    - Testing procedures and requirements
    - Reagents
    - Saturation
    - pH
    - Total alkalinity
    - Hardness
  - Testing filters and filtration
    - Turnover rates
    - Testing procedures
    - Cleaning procedures
  - Balancing pool water
    - Water chemistry
    - Testing procedures and requirements
    - Solutions
    - Reagents
    - Saturation
    - pH
    - Total alkalinity
    - Hardness
    - Disinfecting
    - Sanitizing
    - Safety requirements
    - Chemical dangers
  - Starting pool and spa auxiliary equipment
    - Equipment specifications
    - System design
  - Testing heating equipment
    - Testing procedures
    - Temperature measurement
    - System design
  - Testing pump startup
    - Testing procedures
    - Pump requirements
    - System design
  - Performing final exterior inspection
    - Material procedures
    - Safety requirements
- Service and Maintenance (10%)
  - Demonstrating pool operation to owners
    - Mechanical and hydraulic systems
    - Chemical systems
    - General pool care requirements
    - Communicating safety requirements
    - Equipment
    - Communication skills
    - Daily reports
  - Sanitizing pool and spa water
    - Water chemistry
    - pH
    - Effects of pool chemicals
    - Safety requirements
    - Reporting requirements
    - Chlorinating requirements
    - Chlorinating procedures
    - Shock treatments or superchlorinations
    - Breakpoint chlorination
    - Testing techniques and equirements
    - Adjusting techniques and requirements
    - Sanitation with other pool sanitizers
    - Sanitation through oxidation
    - Testing and adjusting cyanuric acid
  - Balancing pool and spa water
    - Chemical balancing techniques and requirements
    - Testing and adjusting water hardness
    - Testing and adjusting total alkalinity
    - pH
    - Saturation index
  - Testing and adjusting for metals and other water problems
    - Flocculants
    - Algaecides
    - Sequestering agents
    - Degreasers and defoamers
    - Metal testing techniques and requirements
  - Checking accurate turbidity
    - Testing techniques and requirements
    - Reagents
    - Adjusting techniques and requirements
  - Cleaning D.E. filters by pressure backwashing and jet spraying
    - System design
    - Pump requirements
    - Flow rates
    - Safety requirements
    - Testing procedures
    - Water clarity
    - Gauges
    - Drainage
    - Valves
  - Backwashing sand filters
    - System design
    - Pump requirements
    - Flow rates
    - Safety requirements
    - Testing procedures
    - Water clarity
    - Gauges
    - Drainage
    - Valves
  - Cleaning cartridge filters
    - System design
    - Pump requirements
    - Flow rates
    - Safety requirements
    - Testing procedures
    - Water clarity
    - Gauges
    - Drainage
    - Valves
  - Knowledge of the effect of chemical balances on staining
    - Safety requirements
    - Chemicals
    - Chemical properties
    - Mixing procedures
    - Chemical effects
    - Storage procedures and requirements
  - Replacing light bulbs and underwater lights
    - Different voltage lights
    - Proper safety procedures and requirements
    - Importance of GFIR
    - Safe wiring and sealing water out
    - Material specifications
    - Bonding and grounding requirements
  - Utilizing pool blankets and covers
    - Materials and types
    - Properties of materials
    - Safety requirements
    - Installation
    - Securing installation
    - Chemical balance effects
  - Installing markers and signs to notify the public of safety procedures
    - Safety requirements
    - Placement
    - Location
  - Maintaining and repairing plumbing and equipment
    - Safety requirements
    - Piping requirements
    - Fittings
    - Pipe fittings
    - Piping protection
    - Pressure requirements
    - Gauges
    - Pressure testing
    - Flow rates
    - Pumps
    - Leak detection
  - Maintaining and repairing decks
    - Bonding new material to old
    - Cleaning in preparation for repair
    - Safety requirements
    - Expansion joints
    - Codes
    - Maintaining strength of the deck
    - Soil conditions
    - Compaction
    - Concrete placement
  - Maintaining and repairing accessory fixtures
    - Safety requirements
    - Solar heating
    - Conventional heating
    - Materials
    - Properties of materials
    - Procedures
    - Material handling
    - System design
    - System design capacity
  - Maintaining and repairing pool shells
    - Leak detection
    - Leak testing
    - Safety requirements
    - Materials
    - Properties of materials
    - Crack repair procedures
  - Evaluating and adjusting pool and spa system requirements
    - System design
    - Correct turnover rate
      
      Testing techniques and requirements
      
      Calculating turnover rate
      
      Adjusting techniques and requirements
    - Effectiveness of filtering media
      
      System design
      
      Pump requirements
      
      Flow rates
      
      Safety requirements
      
      Testing procedures
      
      Water clarity
      
      Gauges
      
      Drainage
      
      Valves
    - Testing and adjusting for water clarity
      
      Water chemistry
      
      pH
      
      Pool chemicals
      
      Effects of pool chemicals
      
      Practices of pool chemicals
      
      Dangers of chlorinating agents
      
      Chlorinating requirements
      
      Chlorinating procedures
      
      Chemical balancing techniques and requirements
      
      Testing techniques and requirements
      
      Reagents
      
      Adjusting techniques and requirements
    - Checking and clearing outlet strainers
      
      System design
      
      Pump requirements
      
      Flow rates
      
      Safety requirements
      
      Testing procedures
      
      Gauges
      
      Drainage
      
      Valves
  - Performing heater care and maintenance
    - Checking heaters or heating systems for efficiency
      
      Safety requirements
      
      Testing procedures and requirements
      
      System design
    - Performing heater sizing
      
      Safety requirements
      
      System design
      
      System capacity
    - Checking thermostats
      
      Temperature measurements
      
      Effects of temperature
      
      Changes in temperature
    - Effects of water chemistry on heater components
    - Pool chemistry
    - Gas and electric requirements
    - Safety requirements
- Equipment (7.5%)
  - Using torches
    - Safety requirements
    - OSHA requirements
    - Cutting materials and techniques
    - Welding materials and techniques
    - Oxygen
    - Acetylene
  - Using jackhammers
    - Safety requirements
    - OSHA requirements
    - Equipment characteristics
  - Using saw cutting machines
    - Safety requirements
    - OSHA requirements
    - Equipment characteristics
  - Using bobcats or backhoes
    - Safety requirements
    - OSHA requirements
    - Equipment characteristics
    - Traffic regulations
  - Using pneumatically placed or poured concrete
    - knowledge of safety requirements for pumping equipment
  - Using compressors
    - Safety requirements
    - OSHA requirements
    - Pressure regulators
    - Air tools
  - Using cement guns
    - Safety requirements
    - OSHA requirements
  - Using concrete pumps
    - Safety requirements
    - OSHA requirements
    - Concrete properties
    - Concrete procedures
    - Concrete testing
    - Concrete placement
Official list of subjects for the Commercial Pool contractor exam

Florida Commercial Pool Business and Finance Exam

Testing Method: Computer-based testing
Testing Company: Pearson Vue©
Number of Questions: 120
Types of Questions: Multiple Choice
Time Allowed: 390 Minutes
Minimum Passing Score: 70%
Subjects Involved:
- Establishing the Contracting Business (11%)
  - Determining the Business Organizational Structure
    - Business structure laws and regulations
    - Fiduciary responsibilities of officers and directors
    - Open vs. closed corporations
    - Organizational charts and chain of responsibilities
    - State and local licensure requirements
    - Tax advantages and/or liabilities for various business structures
  - Develop the Business Plan
    - Accounting practices
    - Local marketplace
    - Scope of contractor license
  - Establish Relationships with Other Professionals
    - Accountant specialization
    - Attorney specialization
    - Insurance types and limitations
    - Underwriting requirements for bonding
  - Acquire Fixed Assets
    - Advantages/disadvantages of business location
    - Advantages/disadvantages of lease vs. purchase
  - Obtain Insurance
    - knowledge of accounting practices
    - Advantages/disadvantages of various types of insurance
    - Coverages and limitations of insurance
- Managing Administrative Duties (26%)
  - Develop the Business
    - Availability of staffing for business operation
    - Income sources
    - Markets and market share.
  - Determine Outsourced Services
  - Determine Business Overhead
    - FICA
    - Advertising costs (business cards, dues, printing, etc.)
    - Communication costs (cell phones, land lines, etc.)
    - Cost of sales (travel expenses)
    - Federal unemployment (FUTA)
    - General liability rates
    - Lease expenses
    - Loan financing expenses (interest, etc.)
    - Medicare rates
    - Rent costs
    - State unemployment (SUTA)
    - Utility costs
    - Worker’s compensation
  - Preparing Bids/Proposals
    - Accounting principles
    - AIA documents
    - Business projections/goals current status
    - Company overhead
    - Contract documents
    - Contract law
    - Cost of financing projects
    - Costs associated with growth
    - General conditions costs of projects
    - How to review contracts
    - How to write offer
    - Insurances associated with labor rates
    - Labor productivity
    - Statute of frauds
    - Taxes associated with labor rates
    - Components of valid contract
  - Purchase Materials/Supplies
    - Depreciative costs
    - Fundamentals of Uniform Commercial Code
    - Inventory system operation (FIFO, etc.)
    - Invoice approval systems
    - Negotiating skills
    - Purchasing systems
    - Receiving systems
    - State sales tax laws
    - Statute of frauds
    - Vendors in area
  - Prepare Invoices/Draw Requests
    - Basic math skills
    - Calculation of percentage of work completed
    - Contract/subcontract documents
    - How to prepare invoices/draw requests
    - Lien laws
  - Develop a Safety Program
    - Drug testing regulations
    - MSDS sheets
    - OSHA regulations
  - Maintain Insurance
    - General terms and definitions used in policies
    - Insurance policies
    - Limits of insurance
    - Various types of insurance
    - Various types of risk
  - Managing Contracts
    - Contract law
    - Contract scope
    - Job completion schedules
    - Lien laws
    - Mediation and arbitration processes
    - Local building code requirements
    - Tort law
    - Risk management
- Managing Trade Operations (10%)
  - Schedule Trade Operations
    - Critical path method (CPM)
    - Delivery times
    - Manufacturing times
    - Requests for information (RFI)
    - Sequencing trades
    - Submittals/approval/fabrication process
  - Maintain OSHA/Safety Records
    - Document/record retainage requirements
    - Penalties for non-compliance with OSHA
  - Purchase/Order Materials & Supplies
    - Accounting skills
    - Basic math skills
    - Job schedules
    - Negotiation skills
    - Organizational skills
    - Plan reading skills
    - Quality control
    - Quantity take-offs
    - Terms and abbreviations on invoices
    - Types of building materials
  - Leasing/Purchasing Equipment
    - Cost of operation of equipment
    - Depreciation
    - Equipment operation
    - Forecasted use of purchased equipment
    - Interest costs for financing
    - Maintenance
    - Salvage resale values
    - Support equipment required for equipment
    - Tax credits associated with purchases
    - Training needs for equipment
    - Transportation costs for equipment
  - Manage Material/Tool/Equipment Inventory
    - Equipment maintenance procedures
    - Inventory methods
- Conducting Accounting Functions (32%)
  - Manage Accounts Receivable
    - Accounting principles
    - Basic math skills
    - Computer skills
    - Lien laws
  - Manage Accounts Payable
    - Accounting principles
    - Basic math skills
    - Computer skills
    - How to calculate discounts
    - Lien laws
  - Manage Cash Flow
    - Accounting
    - Banking
    - Basic math skills
    - Financial ratios
  - File Tax Forms & Returns
    - Accounting principles
    - Basic math
    - Federal tax laws
    - Property tax laws
    - Record keeping requirements
    - Sales tax laws
    - State tax laws
  - Track Job Costs
    - Accounting principles
    - Basic math
  - Calculate Employee Payroll
    - Accounting
    - State & federal tax laws
    - Basic math
    - Employment laws
    - Employment/labor laws
    - Hierarchy of garnishments
- Managing Human Resources (6%)
  - Hire New Employees
    - Employment laws
    - Discrimination laws
    - Interviewing skills
    - Required forms for new hires
    - Background checks
  - Develop Human Resource Policies & Procedures
    - Employment/labor laws
    - OSHA
    - Chain of custody (drug tests)
    - Insurance regulations
  - Evaluate Employees
    - Employment/labor laws
- Complying with Government Regulation (15%)
  - Comply with Federal Laws & Regulations
    - FEMA (immigration components)
    - OSHA
    - Tax laws
    - National Pollution Discharge
    - Elimination System (NPDES)
    - Environmental laws
  - Comply with State Laws& Regulations
    - Chapter 455 F.S.(Business & Professional Regulation)
    - Chapter 713 F.S. (Liens)
    - 61G4 F.A.C.
    - Worker’s Compensation
    - Laws/DOR Sales/Use Tax
    - Chapter 489, Part 1 F.S (Construction Contracting)
    - Required continuing education
    - CEU credit records
    - License holder responsibilities
Official list of subjects for the Business and Finance exam

Florida Commercial Pool Contractor Classes

You can sign up for your classes at any time and receive access to lecture videos, practice questions, tabbing and highlighting instructions, as well as to step-by-step explanations on how to solve typical Commercial Pool Contractor Exam Problems. Let us help you prepare for the Commercial Pool Exams in Florida. Let us do what we do best for you, so you can get back to building swimming pools for your customers. The faster you pass the exams, the faster you can apply and get your license. Do not delay your licensing process by trying to study on your own. All our books are in stock and we have classes you can start taking the same day you sign up! The Commercial Pool Contractor Classes prepare you for the trade and business exams. You can also attend live online classes as needed. All live refresher online classes are on Saturdays from 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM (ET). Florida Commercial Pool Contractor Testing Schedule. You must pass all exams before applying for the Commercial Pool Contractor’s License in Florida. To sign up for the Florida Commercial Swimming Pool Contractor classes, simply click on the "enroll" button below and checkout; this will allow you to receive immediate access to the Florida Commercial Pool Contractor Classes online. All students have access for an unlimited amount of time (until passing all the Florida Commercial Pool Contractor exams needed to get the Commercial Swimming Pool License!). For a list of upcoming classes for the Florida Commercial Pool Contractor Exams click on the link within the course description below.

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Florida Commercial Pool Contractor Books

The set of books includes all required references for both the Commercial Pool and Business and Finance exams. Orders placed before 2 PM are shipped the same day via UPS and a tracking number is emailed before 3 PM.