Continuing Education Online

Continuing Education Online, which also trades under its domain name ContinuingEduOnline.com, sells online continuing education courses that licensed tradespeople and service professionals take to renew a state license. It is a learner product: you pick your state and profession, buy a course, complete it online and print the certificate. The site's title calls it a source of "Continuing Education Courses For TDLR Licenses," and its course catalog is built around Texas licenses. The About page says the company is headquartered in Houston, Texas, and "has over 20 years of educational experience helping individuals pursue and achieve their professional license."

What a licensee gets

The home page explains enrollment in three steps. Step 1 is selecting a state; the picker lists Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Florida and Utah. Step 2 is selecting a profession from electrical, ACR/HVAC, auctioneers, tow truck operators, cosmetology, manicurist, esthetician, elevator, property tax and water well drilling. Step 3 is clicking start. The site promises that you can "Sign-up today and get instant access to your online classroom."

The study model is plain self-paced online learning: "Learn anywhere, anytime, at your own pace." The company says it provides "the most current course content structured to make it easier than ever for you to complete your continuing education, all online." The headline claims on the home page set out what happens around the course itself:

• "Each Continuing Education course is state certified," and a banner advertises "TDLR Approved Continuing Education Courses."
• Course completions are reported to the state board automatically.
• You can print your certificate of completion right away.
• "100% Online Continuing Education Courses."

For a licensee, the reporting and the instant certificate are the two that matter most at renewal time: the hours go to the board without a separate step, and there is a printable record the moment the course ends.

The newest feature is a Voice Reader. The home page says you can "Listen to your lessons read aloud in a clear, natural voice," that it is "Available as an add-on when you enroll," and it offers a short audio sample so you can hear the voice before paying for it. For anyone who would rather listen than read a long regulatory course, that is a practical option.

Spanish. "Se Habla Español" sits at the top of every page, and several courses come in Spanish versions, including the tow operator, electrician and HVAC/ACR courses. The blog also carries Spanish-language guides, such as how to renew a tow truck operator license and a guide to esthetician courses in Spanish.

The course catalog

The course list shows the catalog by license and hours. Most current titles carry a 2026 label:

• Electrician: a 4-hour electrician CE course, plus a 4-hour Spanish version.
• ACR/HVAC: an 8-hour HVAC/ACR course and an 8-hour version in Spanish (en Español).
• Tow truck operators: a 4-hour tow operator course in English and in Spanish.
• Elevator: an 8-hour elevator course.
• Cosmetology and related licenses: a 4-hour cosmetology course, a 4-hour esthetician course, a 4-hour manicure course, a 4-hour barber course, a 4-hour eyelash extensions course and a 2-hour sanitation course.
• Auctioneer: a 6-hour auctioneer course.
• Property tax consultant: 4-hour, 12-hour and 24-hour courses.
• Water well drillers: a 1-hour water well and drillers law course and a 4-hour water well and drillers course.
• Other: a human trafficking prevention course.

The home page profession grid also lists categories for cosmetology instructors, property tax laws, water well drillers and pump installers, and CPAs. Three more are marked "Coming Soon!": funeral directors and embalmers, pest control, and plumbing. While the state picker names other states too, every course in the published list is a Texas course, so licensees elsewhere should check the catalog for their own state before relying on it.

Prices and guarantees

Prices are shown per course on each category page:

• TEXAS 8-Hr HVAC/ACR: $42.99
• TEXAS 8-Hr ARC/HVAC (SPANISH): $40.99
• TEXAS 2-Hr Administrative Laws & Rules (Spanish): $25.00
• TEXAS 4-Hr Tow Operator: $32.99, the same price as the Spanish version
• TEXAS 8-Hr Elevator: $50.99

Each course is a one-time purchase; the home page also mentions "complete CE renewal packages" as part of the offer. At checkout you can "enter in your coupon code for discounts." Two guarantees are advertised on the home page: a "Price Match Guarantee," worded as "We will match any competitors price!", and a 100% satisfaction guarantee. A Refund Policy page is linked from the main menu.

Support and the people behind it

Support is personal and phone based. Every page shows a phone number with the note "Text Message is Preferred," and returning users who cannot log in are asked to call or, preferably, text. A "Help available" panel on the home page repeats the invitation to call.

The About page describes the team as "an array of state licensed professionals with years of field experience in your specific industry" who can answer questions about continuing education requirements, in-person exam prep and the steps to becoming a state licensed professional. That last part points to a wider service than the online catalog: the company says you can contact it to "take an in-person/in-classroom exam prep to pass a state license exam" or to ask how to become licensed in your industry. The blog supports the same audience with short guides, for example on sanitation courses, water well drilling courses, renewing an air conditioning contractor license and property tax courses.

Who it suits

The clearest fit is a Texas licensee in one of the listed trades who needs a few hours of approved CE before a renewal deadline and wants to complete it online: an electrician, an HVAC/ACR technician, a tow truck operator, an elevator worker, a cosmetologist, barber, esthetician or manicurist, an auctioneer, a property tax consultant or a water well driller. Spanish-speaking licensees get the same courses in Spanish for several trades, and the voice reader helps anyone who prefers to listen. Short courses at fixed prices, automatic reporting to the state board and a certificate printed on the spot keep renewal simple.

The caveats are about scope. The catalog is Texas first, and some promised professions are still marked as coming soon. It is a renewal catalog rather than a broad professional development library, so a licensee looking for advanced or specialized training beyond the renewal hours will find a narrow choice here.