InterNACHI

Log Home Inspection course

Welcome to InterNACHI's free Log Home Inspection course.  Developed by InterNACHI's own Kenton Shepard, this course is the largest, most in-depth log home inspection course of its kind.  This course teaches the inspector to perform an inspection on a log home.  It includes a review of framing, finishes, and decay issues.  And, in keeping with InterNACHI's commitment to continuing education, this log home course is open and free to all (even non-members), and can be taken again and again, without limit.
 
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The Log Home Inspection course includes:
  • 73 sections (240 pages long);
  • many photos and diagrams;
  • 100-question final exam (drawn from a larger pool);
  • instant grading;
  • a downloadable, printable Certificate of Completion; and 
  • accreditations and state approvals.  
The course covers the following categories:
  • Introduction
  • Inspector Liability
  • Combined Disclaimers
  • Trees
  • Logs as Building Material
  • Tree Structure
  • Tree Growth
  • Spiral Grain
  • Microbes in Trees
  • Decay and Stain Fungi
  • Decay Fungi
  • Stain and Mold Fungi
  • Log Home History
  • Manufactured Log Homes
  • Handcrafted Log Homes
  • Other Types of Log Homes
  • Wood-Destroying Creatures
  • Introduction to Wood-Destroying Insects
  • Termites
  • Carpenter Ants
  • Wood Wasps
  • Wood-Boring Beetle Comparison Chart
  • Anobiid Beetles
  • Round-Headed Borers
  • Flat-Headed Borers
  • Ambrosia Beetles
  • Wood-Destroying Insects
  • Wood-Destroying Birds
  • Wood-Destroying Animals
  • Chinking
  • Mortar-Based Chinking
  • Modern Chinking
  • Wall Logs
  • Lower Wall Logs
  • Settling
  • Checking
  • Windows and Doors
  • Exterior Corners
  • Log Home Defects
  • Soil Movement
  • Foundations
  • Wood Decay
  • Design and Construction Problems
  • Settling Problems
  • Repair and Restoration
  • Finishes
  • Types of Exterior Finishes
  • Factors Affecting Log Finishes
  • Evaluating Log Finishes
  • Roof Framing
  • Log Home Performance
  • Energy Performance
  • Fire Performance
  • Codes and Standards

Upon completion of this course and passing of the 100-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 and consumers may take the course.  It is open and free to all.
 
Members will need their username and password.  If you have forgotten your password, CLICK HERE (instant response) or email fastreply@nachi.org and request it (don't forget your name). 
 
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Take the free, online Log Home Inspection course now  (open and free to all).  
 
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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:
    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.
 
 
 

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