Florida Structural Aluminum or Screen Enclosures Specialty Contractor License Exam Book Set - Trade Books
The Florida State Structural Aluminum or Screen Enclosures Contractor trade exam book package includes the following eight (8) references allowed into the exam room:
- AIA A201 General Conditions of the Contract for Construction, 2017
- Walker's Building Estimator’s Reference Book, Walker’s 33rd Edition
- Code of Federal Regulations, (OSHA) 29 Part 1926
- Vinyl Siding Installation Manual: A How-To Guide, 2020
- Guide to Aluminum Construction in High Wind Areas (Student Edition), 2010
- Florida Building Code - Building, 2023
- Florida Building Code - Residential, 2023
- Florida Building Code - Existing Building, 2023
The following three (3) references are NOT included in the book package:
- *Formwork for Concrete, 2014, 8th Edition (*suggested study reference, not allowed into the exam)
- *Residential Windows: A guide to New Technologies and Energy Performance, 2007, 3rd Edition (*suggested study reference, not allowed into the exam)
- *Wiring Simplified: Based on the 2020 National Electrical Code (*suggested study reference, not allowed into the exam)
A “structural aluminum or screen enclosures contractor” is qualified and certified by the board to perform any work involving aluminum screened porches, screened enclosures, pool enclosures, pre-formed panel-post and beam roofs, mobile home panel roof-overs, residential glass and window door enclosures, vinyl panel window enclosures and single-story self-contained aluminum utility storage structures not exceeding seven hundred twenty (720) square feet. The scope of the work shall include woodwork incidental to the aluminum and allied materials construction work. It shall be limited to the construction of wood framing for walls of uninhabitable utility storage structures, raised wood decks for enclosures, and the rescreening, repair and/or replacement of wood incidental to the installation of glass windows and doors, installation of siding, soffit, fascia, gutters, and preformed panel-post and beam roofs. The scope of such work shall include masonry concrete work and be limited to foundations, slabs and block knee walls incidental to the aluminum and allied materials construction work. The aluminum contractor, whose services are limited, shall not perform any work that alters the structural integrity of the building including but not limited to roof trusses, lintels, load bearing walls and foundations. The aluminum contractor shall subcontract, with a licensed qualified contractor in the field concerned, all work incidental to that which is defined herein but which is the work of a trade other than that of an aluminum contractor. The scope of licensure for an aluminum contractor includes and is limited to the execution of contracts requiring the experience, financial means, knowledge and skill necessary for the fabrication, assembling, handling, erection, installation, dismantling, adjustment, alteration, repair, servicing and design work when not prohibited by law, in accordance with accepted engineering data and/or according to manufacturer's specification in the aluminum metal, vinyl and fiberglass screening and allied construction materials.