Frequently Asked Questions About The InterNACHI School

What's the School about?
 Our goals are:
  • to help every student worldwide to find a local InterNACHI Instructor, and
  • to fully support qualified instructors in their teaching endeavors.
We provide instructors with everything they need to:
  1. Offer and conduct their own classes,
  2. Manage their own schedule, and
  3. Set their own fees.
InterNACHI will be your student lead-generating engine.
 
                                     
How does this work?
Here's what we suggest:
    1. Create a Chapter of InterNACHI. It's FREE. It's EASY. Takes 5 minutes to set up the Chapter website. Use that website to: (i) offer a course, (ii) handle student registration, and (iii) collect payments. See my example - http://co.nachi.org/boulder.  Create your own.
    2. We'll list your Chapter website in the Directory.
    3. InterNACHI will constantly send to you (and your website) a ton of potential students (we generate about 1 every 15 minutes).
    4. When you get enough students to register for a class - Teach the class! - (You pick the place, the time, and the price.)
    5. We'll provide you with teaching materials (powerpoint presentations, etc.) You can teach something from www.nachi.org/education; or you can develop your own class curriculum; or you can do a webinar (no experience necessary, we'll help you with the technology).
    6. We'll provide each of your students with a ton of free stuff.
     
    What do I charge per student?
    How much a student pays is directly related to the class content.  As for webinars, you could charge $20 for a 1-hour webinar, with 100 student attendees.  Or remember that InterNACHI membership needs to meet requirements for their membership - https://www.nachi.org/ membership.htm.  These InterNACHI requirements are exclusive of any state requirements placed upon inspectors.  You could offer any one of our online courses https://www.nachi.org/education to those students who are looking for CE credits and prefer live, hands-on classroom training.  I'd charge at least $250 for an 8-hour class per student.  But that's a marketing demand issue you'll have to figure out.  Some classes in NY and NJ for home inspectors are listed for thousands.  Check this out for fees - http://www.home-inspect.com/ courses/
     
    You do not need to be a state approved instructor in order to offer and conduct classes.  For example, there are many marketing 'gurus' who teach home inspectors how to market their services.  Those who are good at that particular subject are typically outside the home inspection industry.  They are not state approved, but students attend their presentations anyways.  http://www. 3daysofsecretsrevealed.com/ 2011/platinum.html

    I don't think any of these following training videos are approved by any state.  http://www.nachi.tv/  But inspectors love them.
     
    Can I teach classes in Canada?
     Yes.  Absolutely. 
    There are students all over the world searching for training.  Create your site to handle registration, we'll send potential students to your site, and you're set.  You pick the place, time and price.  Teach whatever you want.
     
    In NJ, we have a 10 module, 140-hour curriculum.  Does InterNACHI have a similar program?
     Yes. We've also developed a curriculum for NY requirements.
    Any course can be developed to suit your state requirements - no problem. We'll help with that.

    We can develop a comprehensive state-specifici course comprised of these individual courses https://www.nachi.org/education or https://www.nachi.org/pre

    You'll have to help by: (i) selecting the subject matter you want to teach, and (ii) adding state-specific content.
     
    But in NY, we have to be approved.  So what now? The school needs to be approved by NY State; The school needs to be registered by NYS; The classes need to be approved by NYS; The individual class approval typically takes up to 3 months; and The instructor needs to be certified by NYS.
    Yes.  Send us the applications; fill them out as much as possible; and we'll pay for the fees for State approval. 
    Recall, InterNACHI members are required to take a lot Continuing Education courses - https://www.nachi.org/membership.htm  These CE courses must be taken by InterNACHI members in order to meet InterNACHI membership requirements (that's exclusive of any state requirements).
    And instruction via webinars are very profitable.  Instructors can potentially make $1,000 for one 1-hour webinar.  The content of the webinar does not need to be state approved.
     
    Where do I hold a class?
    It does not matter to us.  It matters to your students.  We suggest contacting a local community college that teaches the trades.  They typically will have available large classrooms (with desks, chairs, projectors, chalk boards, bathrooms, cafeterias, parking, etc.)  A community college will usually have excellent training facilities, with HVAC, electrical, plumbing mock-ups and equipment rooms.  Community colleges can help in offering and scheduling classes to their contractor-contacts (and those actively enrolled in the college).  For example, our local community college - http://www.rrcc.edu/hvac/ - has about 20 HVAC equipment pieces displayed for instruction purposes.

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