Beginning June 1, 2008, an applicant for a Residential Builder or Maintenance & Alteration Contractor license must complete 60 hours of approved prelicensure education prior to taking the examination or submitting a license application to the Department.

All prelicensure education courses must be preapproved by the Department. You may view the approved course list directly from the Builders website at www.michigan.gov/builders  under the "Spotlight" section. Please continue to check the approved course list as additional courses will be made available.

The 60 hours of approve prelicensure courses must include at least 6 hours in each subject below:

   1)   Business Management, Estimating, and Job Costing

         (6 hours);    

   2)   Design and Building Science (6 hours);    

   3)   Contracts, Liability, and Risk Management (6 hours);     

   4)   Marketing and Sales (6 hours);     

   5)   Project Management and Scheduling (6 hours);

   6)   The Michigan Residential Code (6 hours);  

   7)   MIOSHA Construction Safety Standards (6 hours); and

   8)   The rest of the 18 hours can come from other topics on

          the approved course list. 

After an applicant has completed the 60 hour prelicensure education requirement, he or she may obtain an Individual Residential Builder and Maintenance & Alteration Contractor License Application  on the Builders website at www.michigan.gov/builders , under "Forms & Publications".  The license application must be submitted with the application fee and a completed Residential Builder and Maintenance & Alteration Contractor Prelicensure Education Reporting Form  which is also available on the Builders website.  A copy of the official certificate(s) of completion given to you by the course provider must be attached to the prelicensure education reporting form for each course you have completed.  The certificate(s) must document 60 hours of approved prelicensure courses.  A course will not be accepted without the certificate(s) attached.  The prelicensure reporting form is also available on the Builders website.

Attach the completed Residential Builder and Maintenance & Alteration Contractor Prelicensure Education Reporting Form (BCS/LBL-019) and the certificate(s) of completion to the license application and submit it to the Builders Unit.  

Licensure Requirements for a Residential Builder and Maintenance & Alteration Contractor    

• Successfully complete 60 hours of approved prelicensure education;          
• Submit an Individual Residential Builder and Maintenance & Alteration Contractor License Application and the application fee, along with a Residential Builder and Maintenance & Alteration Contractor Prelicensure Education Reporting Form and the official certificate(s) of completion given by the course provider for each course completed;   
• Be at least 18 years old;            
• Be financially stable;          
• Be of good moral character; and    
• Successfully complete the Residential Builder or Maintenance & Alteration Contractor examination once all other requirements are met.