Book updated Jun 2024. The South Carolina Auctioneers' Commission administers auctioneer licensing in SC. All applicants must be at least eighteen years old. To qualify for an auctioneer license, one should complete a 80-hour approved auctioneer course and pass the written examination provided by the Commission. Or, one may submit an application for an apprentice auctioneer license and then take and pass the apprentice examination. The exam is offered on a quarterly basis. Once earned, it is still necessary to take eight hours of commission-approved CE courses every two years for renewal to be successful.We give you knowledge information relevant to the exam specification. To be able to succeed in the real exam, you'll need to apply your earned knowledge to the question scenarios. Many of the exam questions are written to be less straight forward. They tend to be framed within the context of short scenarios. An advice: Do NOT rely on a single source for exam preparation. To secure exam success, always use multiple sources and read as much as possible!