We take pride in our membership and require that all members meet certain standards:

Basic Member Qualifications:

• Individual must be licensed by the CSLB for at least 1 year
• Individual must have minimum of 5 years trade experience
• Individual/Company must posses a valid business license in local county or city
• Individual must posses a valid California Driver's License
• Individual/Company must be in good standing with the BBB* & the CSLB

(* being a member of the BBB is not necessary, but you must have a good BBB standing.)

Senior Member Qualifications:

• Individual must have met all qualifications of Basic Member
• Individual must have been licensed by the CSLB a minimum of 3 years
• Individual must have minimum of 5 years in business related to construction trade
• Individual must have minimum of 10 years trade experience
• We recommend that all Senior Members be members of the BBB

Auxiliary Member Qualifications: an Auxiliary Member is a member directly related to the construction industry and an expert in their field, but not necessarily a contractor, i.e. a country building employee representing a department, member of the CSLB, etc. Auxiliary Members are UCA members whose membership is directly for the benefit of the contractors within the UCA, and have member status equal to probationary member status unless otherwise specified.

• Expert in their respective field, directly relating to the Construction Industry.
• Must be in said field for a minimum of 5 years.

Probationary Member Qualifications:

A. Licensed contractors whom are cleaning up their record either with CLSB or BBB:

• Must possess a valid California Drivers license
• Must have a valid business license in local county or city
• Must show evidence of cleaning up record (i.e. taking care of un-completed jobs, restoring customer faith, etc.)

B. Licensed contractors licensed for less than one year:

• Must possess a valid, California Driver's license
• Must have a valid business license in local county or city
• Must to maintain good customer report.

Probationary Status List: (Not a member; allows unlicensed contractors to get on a waiting list while they are getting licensed in order to accrue the 1 year period required for membership.

Unlicensed individual whom is in the process of getting licensed:

• Must have valid California Driver's License
• Must have a valid business license in local county or city
• Must be attending a trade school, college course or licensing course
• Must show evidence of application for State Contractors license
• Must show activity on license application status (i.e. test dates, cert. acceptance, etc.)
• Must agree to stay under $500.00 per job, including both labor and materials