InterNACHI® has been awarded another state contract: Condo Pilot Program.
InterNACHI® is hiring Wind Mitigation Inspectors for the new My Safe Florida Home Program.
And join us at the biggest home inspector event in 2024 in Florida. Go to the InterNACHI Inspector Convention in Feb 2025.
InterNACHI® is the world's leading association for home inspectors. We provide free training, online testing and certification, business development, marketing support, and discounts on everything from home inspection software to E&O insurance to your next truck and more. Check out the membership benefits.
InterNACHI® School (internachi.edu) is the only home inspector college accredited by a national accrediting agency of the U.S. Department of Education to provide tuition-free online training, examination, certification, and continuing education to InterNACHI® members in Florida.
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The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR website for home inspectors) requires individuals to complete 120 hours of state-approved training, pass a state exam, and submit an application to the state. InterNACHI has a state-approved pre-licensing course (free and online) and a state exam available. View Florida's approval of InterNACHI®
Florida DBPR requires individuals to pass a home inspector exam. Florida approves InterNACHI's home inspector licensing exam, which is online and open to everyone. Click below for information on scheduling and preparing for the exam.
Florida requires licensed home inspectors to carry insurance. Get a quote on home inspector insurance.
In addition to attaining a state license, we recommend becoming certified by InterNACHI. InterNACHI® is the world’s leading association for home inspectors. We provide free training provided by our college, online testing and certification, business development, marketing support, discounts on everything from home inspection software to E&O insurance to your next truck, and more. To become an InterNACHI Certified Home Inspector and attain the Certified Professional Inspector CPI® designation, complete the home inspector certification requirements. The certification is free and online for members.
Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) requires home inspectors to take Continuing Education to renew their license. Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) approves InterNACHI® as a provider of free, online education courses for home inspectors in Florida.
Renew Your FL Home Inspector License
Experience world-class inspection training and inspector events at the House of Horrors® in Weston, Florida. The InterNACHI® House of Horrors® in Florida is an entire house with 1,000 defects built under our roof at PRO-LAB's headquarters. Register for a free event, take training, test-drive inspection tools, attend an inspector chapter meeting, and inspect the House of Horrors®. Experience the Florida House of Horrors®.
Attend a free, live online class for home inspectors offered by InterNACHI® Webinars by visiting www.nachi.org/webinars.
Visit www.nachi.org/certified-inspectors/browse/us/florida.
Visit www.nachi.org/chapters.
Florida DBPR provides documents for home inspectors, including the Florida Standards of Practice for Home Inspections.
Florida-licensed home inspectors may inspect, sample, and identify visible mold, assuming the visible mold discovered during the home inspection is less than 10 square feet in area.
Florida-licensed home inspectors who complete InterNACHI's Wind Mitigation Course (free and online for members) are qualified to perform wind mitigation inspections in Florida.
To perform 4-point inspections in Florida, visit InterNACHI's 4-Point Inspection Certification Program.
"A home inspector, upon observing some apparent wood-destroying organism (WDO) damage during the home inspection, can state that he or she observed damage to wood or the structure, but the inspector cannot state that it is due to a wood-destroying organism. As long as they are NOT diagnosing the condition or stating that it's due to termites or some other pest, they are okay." -- Florida Department of Agriculture (read the email). Get even more details on how to perform WDO termite inspections in Florida as a FL-licensed home inspector. Download a WDO report that is designed for home inspectors to use.
Become an InterNACHI® Certified Commercial Property Inspector. The online training and certification is free for members.
Visit the Certified Commercial Property Inspectors Association (CCPIA) for additional commercial inspection training and resources.
Become an InterNACHI Certified Home Energy Inspector in Florida (free & online certification).
Give InterNACHI's Florida home maintenance books to every client and real estate agent.
Florida-licensed real estate professionals can attain free Continuing Education to renew their licenses by taking InterNACHI free online courses approved by the Florida DBPR. Home inspectors may inform agents of these free CE courses by handing out InterNACHI Real Estate Cards (free for members to order).
Join the discussion with other Florida home inspectors on our message board.
InterNACHI is an approved provider with the Florida DBPR Building Code Administrators and Inspectors Board (BCAIB).
InterNACHI is an approved education provider with the Florida Electrical Contractors Board.
Florida Statutes require the certification of businesses and individuals providing radon services or any other radon-related activity. There are currently six certificates issued by the Florida Health Department: measurement technician, measurement specialist, measurement business, mitigation technician, mitigation specialist, and mitigation business. Each certificate carries different duties, responsibilities, and requirements. Visit the Florida Health Department website for details from the state on becoming a FL-certified radon tester.
For a list of local schools that teach home inspector training classes, please click here.
InterNACHI is an approved vendor of the Florida Department of Education’s Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, a federal and state resource that helps people who have physical or mental disabilities get or keep a job. If you’re interested in becoming a home inspector and have a physical or mental disability, Vocational Rehabilitation may pay for an InterNACHI membership or assist you in obtaining the equipment and resources you will need. If you or someone you know has a disability and needs assistance, visit one of the Vocational Rehabilitation Centers in your area. You’ll find a list online at: http://www.rehabworks.org/office_directory.shtml
InterNACHI's Marketing Team will design a new logo for your inspection business, re-design your existing logo, and design and customize your business cards, flyers, and brochures. Design work is free to members with every custom print order on InspectorOutlet.com. Take a look at the free design work we've done for our members (free to members). Contact the Inspector Marketing Department today.
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View education provider approval for the Florida Electrical Contractors Board.
View Approval for Florida DBPR Building Code Administrators and Inspectors Board (BCAIB).
View 2024 approval for Florida Mold Assessor and Remediator CourseView 2024 approval for Live Wind Mitigation Inspections & The 1802 Form Class.
View approval for How to Perform Tree Inspections
View approval for Infrared Thermography Inspection Training
View approval for Fundamentals for Inspecting the Exterior
View approval for Advanced Stucco and EIFs Inspection Training course 2023
View approval for Advanced HVAC Training for Inspectors course 2023
View approval for Advanced Inspection of Crawlspaces course 2023
View approval for How to Inspect Water Heater Tanks course 2023