10 Steps to Performing a Roof Inspection Course

Welcome to InterNACHI's free, online "10 Steps to Performing a Roof Inspection Course." This course is provided by our accredited college at internachi.edu.

Goal:

This course's goal is to teach the student how to perform a residential roof inspection and recognize general roof defects.

Objective:

After successful completion of this training video, the student will be able to:

  • perform an inspection of a residential roof system;
  • verify the installation of the roof covering and underlayment follows common building practices or the general recommendations of most roof covering manufacturers; and
  • confirm that the installation of the roof covering is such that water intrusion will be prevented.

Because more than three-quarters of all homes use asphalt roof shingles, this course focuses primarily on that type of roof.

Course includes:

  • 16.0 InterNACHI® CE credit hours;
  • 7,395 words in the course;
  • 7,395-word course textbook;
  • 45 minutes of instructional video;
  • technical illustrations and inspection images; 
  • inspection and writing assignment;
  • research and writing assignment; 
  • 10 quiz reinforcement study quiz questions; 
  • 25-question final exam (drawn from a larger pool);
  • instant grading;
  • a downloadable, printable Certificate of Completion. 

You will learn the following topics:

  • visual-only inspection techniques;
  • inspection tips;
  • narratives and disclaimers;
  • roof covering materials;
  • asphalt shingles;
  • fasteners;
  • deck sheathing;
  • slope;
  • underlayment;
  • ice barriers;
  • drip edges;
  • offset patterns;
  • roof valleys;
  • nail penetration; and
  • flashing.
Upon completion of this course and passing the 25-question final exam (drawn from a larger pool), the student can download and print their own Certificate of Completion, which is auto-generated in their own name.

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.  

Members will need their unique username and password. Forgot your password?
10 Steps to Performing a Roof Inspection Course
Course #3204, Student Catalog
www.nachi.org/roof-inspection 



Student WorkTime CalculationEstimated Clock Hour Time for the Average Student
Attendance for "Seat Time" 1# of minutes of student attendance / 506.6
Participation in Learning Activities 2# of minutes of online student participation / 500.5
Interactivity 3# of minutes of student interactivity / 500.5
Reading the Course Text 4# of words in the course / 100 words per minute / 501.5
Reading the Course Textbook 5# of words in the book / 100 words per minute / 500.8
Academic Engagement 6# of words in the course / 100 / 501.5
Direct Communication 7# of minutes of communication / 500.5
Instructional Video Learning 8# of minutes of video / 500.8
Reinforcement Q & A  9# of questions X 1.85 / 500.5
Writing Assignment of the Inspection  101.0 hours per assignment1.0
Writing Assignment of the Research  112.0 hours per assignment2.0
Academic Activities for an Inspection  122.0 hours for each inspection assignment2.0
Performing an Inspection  134.0 hours for each inspection4.0
* nachi.org/catalog-credit-hour-calculation
15.6
Total clock hours
16.0 clock hours
16.0 InterNACHI CE Hours
1.6 CEU


In keeping with InterNACHI's commitment to continuing education, the online course is open and free to all members and can be taken repeatedly without limit.

Reminder to members:  InterNACHI's Code of Ethics 1.10 requires that you comply with all government rules and licensing requirements of the jurisdiction where you conduct business.  InterNACHI's courses and Standards generally exceed the Standards of Practice that you are required to abide by locally.

This course has been approved by:

More InterNACHI online inspection courses. 

Some features that make InterNACHI's courses superior to existing continuing education options:

  • The course is free for all InterNACHI members.
  • The course is written in pure XHTML code for quick loading.  The course loads fine on old computers and loads fast, even with dial-up.
  • The course is designed using a hierarchal menu coupled with a sequential page navigation.  This provides the student with the option to easily repeat areas of weakness.
  • The course permits the student to start, stop and restart any part of the course as often as desired.
  • There are a variety of images within the course, including diagrams, illustrations and pictures of actual roofs.
  • The 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 exam have numerous advantages over traditional exam systems:
    1. The course, quizzes and final exam incorporate built-in intelligence which identifies and strengthens each student's unique subject weaknesses.
    2. Not only is each question weighted with regard to score, but each answer is weighted, as well as the correctness of each answer being weighted.
      1. Answers to easy questions are weighted such that the student is penalized, in terms of score, for answering incorrectly, but rewarded modestly for answering correctly.
      2. Answers to difficult questions are weighted such that the student is rewarded, in terms of score, for answering correctly, but not penalized for answering incorrectly.
      3. Answers to questions regarding basic safety, or questions every inspector should know the answer to, are weighted such that the student is severely penalized, in terms of score, for answering incorrectly.
  • Upon passing the final exam, the student can print out a Certificate of Completion which is auto- generated in their own name.

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.

Why online inspector education is better than classroom inspector education.