Study plans and method

How to tab your books and build the index that decides your result.

How to tab your booksTab by category weight, working from the biggest first. Tabs must reach provisions rather than chapters, and every tab should be one you have used at …
Which book answers which categoryMap each of the twelve categories to its primary reference before you start studying. General Requirements goes to the OSHA standards, Procurement to …
How to practice lookupsTime your lookups. Work practice questions against the clock with the books, and measure how long each one takes. The target is under a minute, and ge…
The NASCLA exam study planEight weeks at six to twelve hours a week. Weeks one to two on the books and tabbing, three to six on the categories by weight, seven on a timed mock,…
An eight-week planEight weeks at eight to ten hours a week. Books and tabbing in weeks one and two, the two big categories in three and four, the trades in five and six…
A four-week planFour weeks at twelve to fifteen hours a week. Tabbing compressed into week one, the two big categories in week two, trades in week three, mocks in wee…
Building your own indexBeyond tabs, write an index in the front of each book listing topics in your own words with page numbers. Tabs get you to a region; the index gets you…
A two-week planTwo weeks works only if the books are already bought and tabbed. Week one on Procurement and General Requirements, week two on a mock, repair and a se…
Studying while running jobsSix to eight hours a week over ten to twelve weeks. Tabbing survives interruption better than reading does, which makes it the right work for a fragme…
Highlighting rulesHighlighting is permitted alongside permanent index tabs. Its purpose is to make a specific figure findable within a page you have already reached, no…
The night beforePack the references and confirm they meet the approved list, check your identification against the bulletin, plan the journey, and stop studying early…
Free materials worth usingThe candidate bulletin, 29 CFR 1926 on the OSHA site and the participating state agency pages are free, authoritative and directly relevant. Free ques…
Studying the business and law bookThe business and law material is behind Procurement and Contracting, which is 31 of 125 questions, and much of General Requirements. It is the referen…
Studying OSHA 1926The construction standards are organized into lettered subparts by topic. Learning that structure lets you find anything, which matters more than memo…