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Online
32 sections
4 quizzes
Final exam
Printable certificate of completion
Open to all
Cost: Free This course teaches the inspector to be safe on an inspection. It includes a
review of personal protection equipment, ladder use, client safety, and what to
do if an injury occurs. |
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Online
32 sections
8 quizzes
Final exam
Printable certificate of completion
Open to members only
Cost: Free This course teaches the inspector to perform the roofing portion of a home inspection.
It includes a review of nearly all types of residential roofs. |
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Online
33 sections
7 quizzes
Final exam
Printable certificate of completion
Open to members only
Cost: Free This course teaches the inspector to perform the electrical portion of an electrical
inspection. It includes a review of the service entrance, grounding, and electrical
safety issues. |
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Online
16 sections
3 quizzes
Final exam
Printable certificate of completion
Open to all
Cost: Free This course will help prepare the home inspector to observe and report on structural
components and their conditions in a residential dwelling. It includes a review
of both foundation and framing elements.
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Online
111 sections
13 quizzes
Final exam
Printable certificate of completion
Open to members only
Cost: Free course teaches the inspector to perfom the pluming portion of a home inspection.
It includes a review of leaks, inadequate water supplies, water contamination,
and incorrect installations of components.
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Online
73 sections
Final exam
Printable certificate of completion
Open to members only
Cost: Free This course teaches the inspector to perform an inspection on a log home. It
includes a review of framing, finishes, and decay issues. |
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Online
55 sections
54 quizzes
Final exam
Printable certificate of completion
Open to all
Cost: Free This course prepares inspectors to meet a growing demand for neutral third-party
verification of green features and systems in buildings. It includes a review
of solar systems, environmental issues, and energy audits. |
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Online
30 sections
11 quizzes
Final exam
Printable certificate of completion
Open to members only
Cost: Free
This course teaches the student all about mold and how to perform a proper mold
inspection. It includes a review of types of mold, health effects, sampling,
lab reports, remediation, and preventing growth. |
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Online
104 sections
48 quizzes
Final exam
Printable certificate of completion
Open to members only
Cost: Free This course teaches good practice and reasonable approach for the performance
of inspecting commercial properties through an examination of the International
Standards of Practice for Inspecting Commercial Properties. It includes a review
of commercial inspection contracts, forms, addendums, and other commercial inspection
documents. |
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Online
18 sections
14 quizzes
Final exam
Printable certificate of completion
Open to members only
Cost: Free This course is an introduction to InterNACHI's Residential Standards of Practice.
It also includes a review of InterNACHI's Code of Ethics. |
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Online
37 sections Final exam
Printable certificate of completion
Open to members only
Cost: Free This course prepares the inspector to evaluate foundation walls and piers. It
also includes a review of new innovations in the foundation and concrete industries.
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*Online video
1 hour video
16 downloadable pages of course material
Final exam
Printable certificate of completion
Open to all
Cost: $34.95 This advanced course allows the inspector to obtain an advanced understanding
of how to inspect a crawlspace, including use of personal protection equipment,
various meters, an infrared camera, suggested report narratives and language,
and defect recognition techniques. The student will watch and learn how a Certified
Master Inspector® performs two on-site inspections of actual crawlspaces, and
how over 50 defects are discovered and reported. |
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*Online video
3 hour video
69 downloadable pages of course material
Final exam
Printable certificate of completion
Open to all
Cost: $199.95 This course teaches the inspector to us an infrared camera on an inspection.
Two Certified Master Inspectors® demonstrate how to recognize defects related
to moisture, insulation, structure, electric, air infiltration, and energy loss. Over
70 images of actual defects are interpreted. |
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*Online video
2 hour video
34 downloadable pages of course material
Final exam
Printable certificate of completion
Open to all
Cost: $99.95 This advanced course teaches the inspector how to inspect and measure stairways,
ramps, hallways, doors, landings, handrails, and emergency escape and rescue openings.
Watch as a Certified Master Inspector® performs egress inspections at several
residential dwellings. A mock-up stairway, ramp, and door are also evaluated in
a studio setting. Over 50 defects and safety hazards are identified. |
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*Online video
2 hour video
18 downloadable pages of course material
Final exam
Printable certificate of completion
Open to all
Cost: $99.95 This advanced course teaches the inspector how to identify components of gas-fired
and electric water heater tanks, recognize defects and safety hazards in relation
to modern standards and requirements, explain flammable vapor ignition resistance
systems, and evaluate TPR valves. Watch as a Master Plumber inspects cut-away
water heater tanks in a studio setting and a Certified Master Inspector® performs
inspections on water heaters on location. |
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This mini course teaches inspectors how to recognize vermiculite and how to report
its presence using guidelines drawn from the EPA, IAC2 and InterNACHI. |
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This mini course teaches inspectors how to recognize polybutylene plumbing and
how to report its presence. Sample reporting language which gives the client
advice about polybutylene plumbing is included at the end of the course. |
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This mini course teaches inspectors how to recognize missing or obstucted basement
and bedroom emergency egresses. |
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Online
10 sections
173 photos of defects
Open to all
Cost: Free This tutorial helps inspectors recognize very common defects and how to author
a comment describing each defect. |
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This course is an online loop of over 2,000 inspection illustrations. |
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This simulated exam contains over 2,500 questions typically found on state and
local licensing exams. The correct answer is revealed after each question is
answered. |
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This course is an open book test of your knowledge and understanding of InterNACHI's
Code of Ethics. Its purpose is to encourage our members to read and understand
the Code of Ethics. |
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Online
Open to all Cost: Free This quiz helps the inspector find out if he/she is over or under inspecting
according to InterNACHI's Standards of Practice. |
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This online exam alerts the inspector to areas of technical weakness. The exam
is graded instantly with a weakness pie chart. |
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InterNACHI's photo message board is an interactive way to learn from others in
the inspection industry. Many threads are technical and educational in nature. |
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*Online video show
Dozens of episodes
Many episodes are educational
Open to all Cost: Most episodes are free NACHI.TV is the inspection industry's online TV show. All episodes always available
from anywhere, anytime. Many are educational. Episodes include subjects such
as inspecting stairways, environmental issues, green building, water quality,
and electrical inspections. |
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InterNACHI's online inspection glossary is searchable and includes thousands
of inspection terms and their definitions. |
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These inspector success tips are designed to keep the technically strong inspector
in business and to allow his/her fellow citizens benefit from his/her good works. |
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Over 100 sections
Open to all
Cost: Free
This course takes the real estate agent/student through the entire inspection
process, from writing an inspection addendum to handling post-closing complaints,
covering nearly every inspection-related scenario, all with an emphasis on limiting
agent liability.
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Some features which make InterNACHI's online course superior to existing continuing
education options:
- Most courses are free.
- The courses are written in pure XHTML code for quick loading. The courses load fine on old computers and load fast, even with dial up.
- The courses are designed using hierarchal menu coupled with sequential page navigation. This provides the student with the option to easily repeat areas of weakness.
- The courses permit the student to start, stop and restart any part of the course as often as desired.
- There are a variety of images referenced within the courses including diagrams, illustrations and pictures of actual defects.
- Some illustrations can be enlarged for clearer viewing by clicking on them.
- The text is integrated into InterNACHI's Inspector Glossary. Rolling over blue colored terms provides their definition.
- The final exam uses multiple choice questions that reference the images.
- The course's quizzes and final exams have numerous advantages over traditional
exam systems:
- The courses, quizzes and final exams incorporate built-in intelligence which identifies and strengthens each student's unique subject weaknesses.
- Not only is each question weighted with regards to score but each answer is weighted
as well as the correctness of each answer being weighted.
- Answers to easy questions are weighted such that the student is punished, in terms of score, for answering incorrectly but rewarded modestly for answering correctly.
- Answers to difficult questions are weighted such that the student is rewarded, in terms of score, for answering correctly but not punished for answering incorrectly.
- Answers to questions regarding basic safety or questions every inspector should know the answer to are weighted to such that the student is severely punished, in terms of score, for answering incorrectly.
- Upon pasing the final exam the student can print out a certificate of completion which is auto generated in their own name.
*Online video courses:
InterNACHI and NACHI.TV have teamed up to create next-generation online education with NACHI.TV streaming video technology and InterNACHI’s state-of-the-art online education
and testing systems. You need not be a member of InterNACHI, these courses are
open to all. Each course includes:
- free, downloadable course materials (yours to keep).
- inexpensive online video class.
- free online, final exam.
- free printable certificate of completion.
- InterNACHI, MICB, IAC2, ASHI, and state continuing education approval.
InterNACHI requires that that each inspector taking an online video course logs
in with unique identification at the start of the course, when he or she begins
watching the video portion of the course, and when he or she begins the final
exam. This identification is linked both to individual e-mail and mailing addresses,
and to a credit card to prevent fraud. Our video partner (Reports, Inc.) stores
information about when each inspector purchased the video portion of the course
and when they viewed that video. This information is stored with that inspector’s
unique internet protocol (IP) address and is verified by InterNACHI before allowing
the inspector to take the final exam. Finally, InterNACHI stores the time of the
final exam, how long the inspector took to complete the timed exam, his or her
final score as well as each question asked and which answer the inspector provided
for that question. All this information is stored securely over distributed databases
and can be verified by InterNACHI at any time.
Online and video courses:
InterNACHI members who desire for InterNACHI to automatically submit proof of
completion to their state for continuing education credti purposes need only give
us their state license number by clicking here: http://www.nachi.org/state-licenses
The student's (InterNACHI member's) information is recorded on InterNACHI's servers for membership
compliance verification and automatically logs completion into InterNACHI's online
continuing education log.
InterNACHI members will need their username and password. If you have forgotten your password CLICK HERE (instant response) or email fastreply@nachi.org and request it (don't forget your name). Non-members are welcome to take many
of the courses at no charge as well and can acquire a password at the first page
of each course.
We are asking that everyone send their comments and suggested additions to us
to help us improve our courses. If you find errors let us know. Please contribute
by emailing fastreply@nachi.org.
Classroom courses:
InterNACHI and InterNACHI Chapters also host many approved classroom courses.
See www.nachi.org/events.htm
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