Bang! Two Down - Two to Go

[Joseph Burkeson, CMI]

In my quest to attain the ICC Residential Combination Inspector, today I sat for and passed the B1 & E1 exams. If anyone is interested let me know and we can discuss it on this thread. Hopefully in about 2-more weeks I will have completed the full series.

Had no trouble with the B1 test finished it with a 1/2-hour to spare. The E1 test was much harder then I expected (should have studied) if it wasn't for may background and being able to answer about a 1/3 of the questions without looking them up I wouldn't have had time to do the 20 or so really tough questions.

For instance, they gave you Volt-Amps & Voltage you had to size the circuit base on the Ampacity Table. They gave you Type, Number of Conductors in a Raceway & Ambient Temperature in Degrees F, you had to size the circuit breaker. I do not believe that someone without a good broad-based knowledge of both electric theory & code will be able to pass this test.

Well in any case I passed, on to M1 & P1, wish me luck.

[John Bowman]

Joe B.,

Congrats. This will look great on your business resume'.

John B.

[Dale Duffy]

Great Job, you should be very proud....!

[John Onofrey]

Joe,

You raise the bar for most all of us! Congrats.

[Brian E. Kelly]

Nice job Joe.
I didn't think you really cared for open book tests though.

[Jay Schwartz]

Congrats Joe!

I have been doing my studies as well. Greg has been a great help. I encourage everyone to get it done. ICC certification is great to have.

[Greg Bell]

Congrats Joe,

I know that you have worked very hard for today.

[Joseph Burkeson, CMI]

Thanks for the support, scheduled today for M1 & P1 on May 1st, a week refresher for each subject will hopefully be enough time gear up to pass these two exams. Many folks who have already passed this series have said I passed the hardest two already, from their lips to God's ear.

[Joseph Burkeson, CMI]

Originally Posted by jburkeson

Thanks for the support, scheduled today for M1 & P1 on May 1st, a week refresher for each subject will hopefully be enough time gear up to pass these two exams. Many folks who have already passed this series have said I passed the hardest two already, from their lips to God's ear.

Done! Passed both P1 & M1, I can now apply for the Residential Combination Inspector Certificate, on to the next project.

[Brian E. Kelly]

Well done Joe.

[gbeaumont]

Hi Joe,

Congrats, all 4 in a month is quite the achievement, and I hope it spurs other towards that goal (including me ) well done mate =D> =D> =D>

Regards

Gerry