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AHIT, or American Home Inspectors Training, offers online interactive training, live classes, and software to help you became an individual certified home inspector or own your own business. AHIT is approved by organizations such as the ASHI and NAHI, and has been offering training since 1993.
If you’re looking to become a home inspector, AHIT offers classes, involving hands-on coursework and tutorials, in 32 nationwide locations. (Call 800-441-9411 to register for a class nearest you). AHIT also offers online courses that are instructor-led, self-study, and home correspondence courses. AHIT offers classes on marketing solutions, inspecting different areas of a home, assessing new construction, and much more. Another option from AHIT are their video training, which can be purchased as package (For $475 USD) or individually (each chronicles a different aspect of home inspection, at $75 USD a piece). AHIT also sells books and exam prep materials for ASHI, NAHI, CREIA, and other exams.
AHIT offers comprehensive packages for different regions (that comply with each state’s regulations) that include either a start-up course or an online course (whichever you choose.)
Overall, AHIT provides both resources and options for someone who wants to become a certified Home Inspector, and is definitely recommended. Prices aren’t listed on the site and must be received by inquiry.
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Inspection Training Associates, the professional home inspection school of Kaplan, offers online and home-study to help you begin or enhance your career as a home inspector.
To learn more information, visit http://www.home-inspect.com/courses/ to determine which online course is for you. ITA offers a basic home inspection introductory course, a DVD/home-study version of the same course, a national online home inspection course, a fast track home inspection course, and a fast track enhanced residential inspection course. (The fast track is designed for someone with previous experience in housing inspection.)
ITA also offers continuing education courses, one for home-study, which is $99 USD, and one is online with a variable tuition.
Overall, Kaplan’s ITA offers affordable, comparable home inspection education, and is recommended for anyone looking to begin their home inspection career.
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Click to www.homeinspectioncourse.com, and you’ll find access to the Allied Home Inspection Online Course, which guarantees success and expertise for budding home inspectors.
Allied Home Inspection Course chronicles how to inspect a house quickly and efficiently, providing you with more turnover. The course includes an online course with study materials, an included professional association membership (to increase your contacts), and a Home Inspection DVD. The course also uses a Real Homes - Real Inspections video, which shows you multiple different houses as they are inspected, to give you a concrete idea of how an inspection really works. (You can also download this video for free on the site).
Allied Home Inspection Course is a comprehensive, easy online program that’s main focus is to help you become an efficient home inspector. The greatest benefit of the course is the benefits you receive after - as a professional alumni, you’ll receive discounts on software, office supply rewards, course rewards, and membership and association rewards.
Though Allied claims it’s price is competitive, it’s not listed on the site. To get a quote and learn more, visit www.homeinspectioncourse.com.
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The Professional Home Inspection Institute, or PHII, offers home inspection tutorial courses at an impressive flexible schedule. PHII offers online coursework with optional, supplemental fieldwork and classroom courses.
PHII offers home inspection certification, advanced continuing education inspection, defection recognition, virtual home inspection, simple home construction, home framing, marketing and business development, manufactured/mobile home inspection, structural pest inspection, environmental hazards, infrared thermal insulation inspection/remediation, residential mold inspector certification, commercial mold inspector certification, mold remediation, and radon measurement courses. PHII also offers report tools and resources for use in your anticipated home inspection career.
The website provides a course demo if you’re interested in enrolling in PHII. When you specify which courses you want to take on PHII, you also have the ability to add two courses for free.
Overall, PHII offers an extremely varied and comprehensive approach to home inspection - and is definitely worth investigating if you’re looking for a home inspection course.
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NIBI, or the National Institute of Building Inspectors, offers both classroom tutorials and an online course in order to help you become certified as a home inspector.
NIBI is based in Bound Brook, New Jersey, NIBI offers classes from six to eight week intervals that certifies home inspectors for both New Jersey and New York. NIBI’s online courses span from introductory inspection to roofing, plumbing, and hot-water systems to exterior, heating, and cooling systems. These online courses are reasonably priced, ranging from $50 to 100 USD.
NIBI also offers a Home Inspection Primer DVD, which preps the new home inspector for their career, for $29.95 USD (plus S+H). NIBI is a great resource to research further especially if you are an individual in NY or NJ looking to become a certified home inspector.
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NARIES, or the National Association of Real-Estate Inspection and Evaluation Services, has been training real-estate professionals since 1994.
NARIES’ real-estate inspection certification course includes a course that’s extremely comprehensive - it covers the ethics of the business, sixteen separate areas within home inspection that are taught (NARIES refers to them as modules - 8 home inspections and 12 report writing training modules), and standards of practice. The course also details how to correctly fill out reports. The course comes with a binder of vital information, available separately for $295 USD, as well as a list of other suggested materials. The course comes in three configurations, programs, A, B, and C. A, B, and C are varied and progressively more expensive. NARIES also offers a certification exam.
NARIES is a home-based/correspondence-based program, so it’s flexible, and also covers a wide variety of topics. Be forewarned, though: This site may not be for you if you’re a novice home inspector. Though it’s aimed at the budding inspector, it’s extremely confusing and difficult to both navigate and understand. And, it’s classes are on the pricier side. Another company might be a better choice.
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GIHI, the George Institute for Builders and Home Inspectors, offers professional home inspection, environmental testing, and continuing education classes for those who are or want to be home inspectors. GIHI is certified by the George Nonpublic Post Secondary Education Commission, the State of South Carolina and the State of Tennessee’s Home Inspection Boards, and classes are held in the GIHI facility in Alpharetta, GA.
The classes are in-person, in-classroom, and range from 1 day to 6 weeks in length. The site has an easy-to-view upcoming class schedule, accessible under the ‘Class Schedule’ tab on the website. GIHI offers both basic home inspection classes as well as mold and radon certification and residential energy assessment.
If you’re a nearby resident, and prefer classroom training as opposed to online, GIHI may be a great choice for you. If you’re looking for more information or class prices, call 770-490-8803 today.
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IFREC is “the largest privately owned real-estate school in Central Florida offering superior real estate related education since 1983.” IFREC offers classroom courses given at locations around Florida - in northern Orlando, Kissimmee, Celebration, Tavares, Orange City, Merritt Island, Melbourne, Vero Beach, and Stuart.
IFREC offers several courses, including their 40-hour home inspection course, onsite inspection course, ABC’s of home construction course, manufactured housing course, and an eco-inspection course. IFREC also offers two online courses, designed for professional supplement only, which are the 40 hour fundamentals of home inspection with the final exam, as well as the 100-hour fundamentals of home inspection with the final exam.
IFREC is a great way to become certified, or prepare to become certified, if you’re a Florida resident and live near aforementioned areas. If you’re interested, call 888-647-7277.
The University of Richmond
The University of Richmond, VA offers home inspection training from their School of Continuing Studies. Paired with AHIT, The University of Virginia offers classroom home inspection on their campus for the following dates in 2009: March 28 - April 4, July 18-25, and November 14-21.
The courses cover basic home inspection, reporting, and education on the topics of roofing, foundation, insulation, and furnace and electrical components. The courses may be taken as a basic foundation for home inspection training or simply a professional supplement.
If you live in the surrounding area and are interested, visit www.scs.richmond/edu for more information and registration.
CUNY York College
CUNY York College offers home inspection certification through their continuing education certification programs, in the form of several required courses that cover the basic principles of home inspection, structural exterior and roofing, interiors, insulation, ventilation, and electrical, heating, cooling, and plumbing.
All students get a free one-year membership with NACHI (National Association of Certified Home Inspectors). The classroom courses include 100 hours of classroom teaching and 40 hours of fieldwork, for a total of 140 hours.
If you’re interested in attending CUNY York’s home inspection training, visit www.york.cuny.edu for more information and the ability to register.
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