What courses would you like to see?

[Chris Morrell]

Hey folks,

What topics would you like to see covered in new courses? Between all the courses that InterNACHI offers for free, and the advanced courses at NACHI.TV, a lot is already covered. Is there anything that you guys think is missing? Anything that we should be going into in more depth? We're planning our 2011 education schedule right now, so any feedback would be great.

Cheers,

[Nick Gromicko]

New construction phase inspection.
Meth labs and grow operations.
Anything commercial.
More advanced, specialized training. The http://www.nachi.org/mastering-roof-inspections.htm is amazing.

[Buck Hartley, CMI]

Some on-site training. I missed the last ones.

[Wayne B. Wilson]

Meth testing to go towards certification

[Russell J. Hensel]

Damn people want a certification to smoke meth now? INACHI has gotten way out of hand!

[Wayne B. Wilson]

Testing not smoking lol
Getting to be a problem around here , We do have a lab that will do swabs , I thought it be a good idea to be certified

[Russell J. Hensel]

METH

CERTIFIED!

See there is a logo and everything for ya!

[Bob Elliott]

Here is a GOOD ONE!

"Information collection for the report".
Show how different Inspectors collect information in a video and how much time each takes as well as how long it takes to assimilate into the actual software or report.
Discuss why some methods may leave gaps in information while others may be to time consuming .

[Marcel R. Cyr]

Defect Recognition:

When is it a Defect
is it broken
does it need repaired
does it need replaced
is it a safety issue

When to call out a Contractor
When to call out an Engineer
When to call out an Architect

These are items that I see most having a hard time with.

[Wayne B. Wilson]

Originally Posted by rhensel

METH

CERTIFIED!




See there is a logo and everything for ya!

Wow it really looks like a wanted picture in the post office lolol

[Sean Fogarty]

How about a video on pool and spa inspections!
(You should have one of the girls do that one)

[Kenton H. Shepard, CMI]

How 'bout a course on inspecting historical brick? I'm interested in that and have started the research. Basically a course on types of brick and when what you see is a defect and when it's OK.

Anyone besides me interested in that? Inspectors in Boston, Chicago, Philly, Atlanta, etc.?

[Bob Elliott]

Originally Posted by kshepard

How 'bout a course on inspecting historical brick? I'm interested in that and have started the research. Basically a course on types of brick and when what you see is a defect and when it's OK.

Anyone besides me interested in that? Inspectors in Boston, Chicago, Philly, Atlanta, etc.?

That would be good also.
Not a whole lot of information on the old Grey Stones around here.
Most of it is just passed on.

[Scott Gilligan, CMI]

Originally Posted by kshepard

How 'bout a course on inspecting historical brick? I'm interested in that and have started the research. Basically a course on types of brick and when what you see is a defect and when it's OK.

Anyone besides me interested in that? Inspectors in Boston, Chicago, Philly, Atlanta, etc.?

What do you want to know...Everything here in Philly is brick and stucco.

[Marcel R. Cyr]

That would be great Kenton, and Scott is in the perfect area for this topic. We do have a few old buildings around here, but no stucco.
The interesting part of this topic would be how they built these buildings with two and three brick wyths and framed floor joist right in the walls with fire cuts and basically how the structure went together compared to today's standards.
Worked on a few of those that were 160 years old.