Continuing Education Policy

To maintain your InterNACHI membership and home inspector certification (if applicable), you must:

Substantially adhere to the InterNACHI Standards of Practice or the standard required by law in your jurisdiction;
Abide by the InterNACHI Code of Ethics;
Maintain an Online Continuing Education Log;
Every three years, pass the free InterNACHI Online Inspector Examination with a score of 80 or better; and
Continue learning (at least 24 hours each year), per InterNACHI's Continuing Education Policy.

24 Hours of Continuing Education:

InterNACHI's Continuing Education requirement for members is very straightforward: twenty-four (24) hours of acceptable Continuing Education per year (based upon the date you joined) are required to maintain InterNACHI membership. InterNACHI membership is based upon the day you join. There are two exceptions:

New Members: New members are not required to complete any Continuing Education within the first calendar year after they join InterNACHI. For example: A new member who joins InterNACHI on July 1, 2016, needs to complete 24 hours of Continuing Education by July 1, 2018 (two years after they join as a new member).
24 Rollover Hours: A member may apply a maximum of twenty-four (24) additional CE hours ("rollover hours") to the following year only. For example, if a member completes 30 hours of CE in one particular year, that member has 6 rollover CE hours hours to apply to the following year. For another example, if a member completes 50 hours of CE in one particular year, that member has a maximum of 24 rollover CE hours to apply to the following year only.

What Qualifies?

InterNACHI's qualifying subject matter is quite broad. Anything reasonably deemed to be inspection-related can be considered qualifying, including CE credits earned from other inspection associations, training classes provided by schools other than InterNACHI, construction seminars, and code enforcement training. Courses, classes, webinars, and seminars all qualify.

The ratio is a direct 1:1 (one-to-one). That means if you completed a 2-hour qualifying course, you will receive 2 hours of CE credit from InterNACHI. If you completed a 10-hour qualifying training class at another school (other than InterNACHI), that will count for 10 hours of CE.

Some examples are:

A mold seminar that lasts 2 hours qualifies as 2 hours of Continuing Education.
InterNACHI Chapter meetings qualify for 1 hour of continuing education (even though they may last longer).
A free, online class that lasts 1 hour qualifies as 1 hour of Continuing Education.

Automatically Receiving Credit:

Members who complete InterNACHI's free, online courses will have their education log automatically updated by our education system.

Manually Adding Credit:

Members can also manually add credits to their Education Log by logging into the InterNACHI account and clicking the Education Log tool. A member

Please watch the following short video on how to do that:

More Examples of Continuing Education Activity:

Activity	CE Hours - Max Per Year	Proof you should acquire and save
InterNACHI approved courses	varies - unlimited	Certificate of Completion
Online InterNACHI approved continuing education	varies - unlimited	Education log
InterNACHI committee member	4 hours/year max	InterNACHI
InterNACHI local chapter officer	2 hours/year max	InterNACHI
InterNACHI local chapter meeting	1 hour/meeting	InterNACHI chapter event log
Published in newspaper, magazine, or IQ	1 hour/article - 8 hours max	copy of published article
Author of published inspection book	36 hours/book max	title and isbn number
Guest/host on radio or TV inspection show	1 hour/appearance - 8 hours max	copy of audio/video segment
Write InterNACHI approved educational article	2 hours/article - 8 hours max	InterNACHI approval
InterNACHI's online roofing course completion	4 hours	InterNACHI Education Log
On-site inspector mentoring for fellow member	2 hour per home inspection - 10 hours maximum	Member's name, inspection report, address of inspected home
Assisting with Habitat for Humanity or other charity	varies - 8 hours max	InterNACHI approval
Note: Twenty-four (24) hours of acceptable Continuing Education (CE) per year are required to maintain InterNACHI Membership. All continuing education must be related to the inspection, construction, or design of buildings and related systems. Chapter meetings must have educational speakers to qualify. It is the member's responsibility to maintain documented proof of completed CE Hours in the event of an audit by InterNACHI. Continuing education claimed must be posted to the InterNACHI member's Continuing Education log.

What Does NOT Qualify as CE?

Some things do NOT qualify as continuing education:

Any continuing education that is not verifiable.
In-house training. Any training you receive on the job from the inspection company you work for does not qualify as continuing education:
Ride-along mentoring. Any training you receive by assisting another inspector does not qualify, however we do reward inspectors who mentor fellow members (see table above).
Repeat courses within the same calendar year. Taking the same class or course twice in the same year does not count for double credits.
Indirect subject matter. Business, marketing, accounting, and other subject matter not directly related to the performance of inspections does not qualify.
Books and videos. Buying and reading a book or watching a video about inspections is great, but does not qualify as continuing education.

Unsure? Have Questions?

If you are unsure if something qualifies as Continuing Education you can email our Education Department at nachi.org/contact.

Verification:

InterNACHI members are required to load all details of their continuing educational accomplishments to the members-only education log, including as much detail as possible. All other proof of completion of courses, seminars, etc. should be retained by the member in case further verification is requested.

How does InterNACHI calculate Continuing Education Units (hours) for its courses?

Calculation of Continuing Education Units (CEU or credit hours) uses the prescribed word count formula (Adopted by InterNACHI, AICPA, and NASBA).

[ ( # of words / 140 ) + ( Video time in min. ) + ( # of questions x 1.85 ) ] / 50 = CEUs.

The word count for the text of the required reading of the program is divided by 140, the average reading speed of adults reading technical content. The total number of review questions, exercises and final examination questions is multiplied by 1.85, which is the estimated average completion time per question. These two numbers plus actual audio/video duration time, if any, are then added together and the result divided by 50 to calculate the CEUs for the self study program. If the total minutes are not equally divisible by 50, the CEUs granted may be rounded down to the nearest one-half credit.

Note:

InterNACHI uses "hours" instead of "CEU" or "credits."
Please be sure to upload all of your continuing education accomplishments to the member-only education log. This helps us advise other members of educational options available in their local areas. InterNACHI is accepting of all other associations' continuing education, except for NAHI's.
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