Under ORS 701, how many hours of continuing education must an Oregon CCB licensee complete every two years?
Correct Answer
B) 16 hours
ORS 701 requires CCB licensees to complete 16 hours of continuing education every two years to maintain their license.
Why This Is the Correct Answer
ORS 701 requires Oregon Construction Contractors Board (CCB) licensees to complete 16 hours of continuing education within each two-year license renewal cycle. This requirement ensures contractors stay current on code changes, business practices, and safety standards.
Why the Other Options Are Wrong
Option A: 20 hours
20 hours is higher than the actual requirement and is not the figure specified in ORS 701 for CCB continuing education. Confusing this with other professional license CE requirements (some of which are 20+ hours) is a common error.
Option C: 8 hours
8 hours is exactly half the required amount. Some candidates confuse the annual equivalent (8 hours per year × 2 years = 16 hours total) with the biennial total, or they recall the number 8 from a different context.
Option D: 12 hours
12 hours is not the ORS 701 CCB continuing education requirement. It falls between the incorrect 8-hour and the correct 16-hour figures, making it a plausible but wrong distractor.
Memory Technique
ORS 701: 16 hours / 2 years. Think of it as '16 credits for a two-year degree' — you need all 16 by renewal time, not just 8. Or: a standard workday is 8 hours, and you need TWO full days of training over two years = 16 hours.
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