Structural Issues for Home Inspectors Course

Welcome to InterNACHI's free online "Structural Issues for Home Inspectors Course." This course is provided by our tuition-free college, InterNACHI® School.

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Goal:

The goal of this course is to teach inspectors how to inspect the structural systems and components of a home.

Objectives:

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will:

understand the major systems and components of a home;
be able to inspect the foundation and framing components;
find major structural defects; and
describe observed indications of structural defects and their implications.

Course includes:

34.0 InterNACHI® CE credit hours;
20,863 words in the course;
20,863-word course textbook;
50 minutes of instructional video;
technical illustrations and inspection images;
inspection and writing assignment;
research and writing assignment;
40 quiz reinforcement study questions in 3 quizzes;
40-question final exam (drawn from a larger pool);
instant grading; and
downloadable, printable Certificate of Completion.

You will learn the following:

Introduction
Observe and Report
What You Need to Know
Common Structural Terms
Common Foundation
Common Framing
Inspector Safety
What to Look For Outside
Lot
Exterior
Decks and Porches
Roof
What to Look For Inside
Roofing Structure and Attic
Basement and Crawlspace
Floors
Walls and Ceilings
Windows, Doors, and Mouldings
The Report
Report Writing
Conclusion
Acknowledgments

Structural Issues for Home Inspectors Course
Course #3400, Student Catalog
www.nachi.org/structuralcoursereleased2007

Student Work	Time Calculation	Estimated Clock Hour Time for the Average Student
Attendance for "Seat Time" ¹	# of minutes of student attendance / 50	19.0
Participation in Learning Activities ²	# of minutes of online student participation / 50	4.5
Interactivity ³	# of minutes of student interactivity / 50	0.9
Reading the Course Text ⁴	# of words in the course / 100 words per minute / 50	5.2
Reading the Course Textbook ⁵	# of words in the book / 100 words per minute / 50	3.7
Academic Engagement ⁶	# of words in the course / 100 / 50	2.0
Direct Communication ⁷	# of minutes of communication / 50	0.5
Instructional Video Learning⁸	# of minutes of video / 50	0.7
Reinforcement Q & A ⁹	# of questions X 1.85 / 50	1.5
Writing Assignment of the Inspection ¹⁰	2.0 hours per assignment	2.0
Writing Assignment of the Research ¹¹	3.0 hours per assignment	3.0
Academic Activities for an Inspection ¹²	4.0 hours for each inspection assignment	4.0
Performing an Inspection ¹³	6.0 hours for each inspection	6.0
* nachi.org/catalog-credit-hour-calculation		34.0
Total clock hours		34.0 clock hours 34.0 InterNACHI CE Hours 3.4 CEU

And, in keeping with InterNACHI's commitment to Continuing Education, this course is free to members and can be taken again and again, without limit.

This course was developed originally by InterNACHI's Joe Farsetta and Nick Gromicko.

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:

Upon completion of this course and passing of the 65-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 username and password. If you have forgotten your password, CLICK HERE (instant response) or email fastreply@internachi.org and request it (don't forget your name).

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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 photos. 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.