Commercial Inspection Prerequisite course
Welcome to InterNACHI's free, online Commercial Inspection Prerequisite course. This course will teach good practice and reasonable approach for the performance of inspecting commercial properties through an examination of the International Standards of Practice for Inspecting Commercial Properties. Commercial inspection contracts, forms, addenda and other documents are reviewed. Understanding the Standards of Practice and required agreements and documents is the inspector's first and most important step toward offering commercial inspection services. The questions within the 49 quizzes highlight the important points and concepts in each section, while the instant grading system assures the student that he/she is on the right track. And, in keeping with InterNACHI's commitment to continuing education, this course is open and free to all members and can be taken again and again, without limit.
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The Commercial Inspection Prerequisite course includes:
- 32 sections;
- 49 quizzes;
- 20-question final exam (drawn from a larger pool);
- instant grading;
- a downloadable, printable Certificate of Completion; and
- accreditations and state approvals.
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Purpose
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Core Definitions
- Terminology
- Common Abbreviations and Acronyms
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Use
- Royalty-Free Use
- Conflicts
- Substantial Compliance
- Disclaimer of Liability
- Inspection
- Objective
- Who May Perform the Inspection
- Varying Levels of Due Diligence
- Uncertainty
- Subjectivity
- Not an Architectural or Engineering Service
- Not a Warranty, Guarantee or Insurance
- Research
- Objective
- Document Procurement
- Documents to Be Reviewed and Included
- Interviews
- Pre-Inspection Questionnaires
- Reliance
- Fraud
- Previously Generated Reports
- Walk-Through Survey
- Objective
- Access Responsibility
- Revisits
- Inspector Safety
- Roof
- Exterior
- Wood Decks and Balconies
- Basement, Foundation and Crawlspace
- Heating and Ventilation
- Cooling
- Plumbing
- Electrical
- Fireplaces
- Attic Ventilation and Insulation
- Doors, Windows and Interior
- Life Safety
- Cooking Area
- Report
- Limitations, Exceptions and Exclusions
- Ethics
- Commercial Inspection Agreement
- Request for Documents and Person(s) with Knowledge
- Professional Services Contract
- Thermal Imaging Addendum to Commercial Inspection Agreement
- Accessibility Report
- Green Features Report
- Commercial Fire Doors
Upon completion of this course and passing of the 20-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. It counts as eight InterNACHI
Continuing Education hours.
Non-members may view only the first page of the course.
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Some features which 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:
- The course, quizzes and final exam incorporate built-in intelligence which identifies and strengthens each student's unique subject weaknesses.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.