How to Perform Residential Electrical Inspections Course
Welcome to InterNACHI's free, online "How to Perform Residential Electrical Inspections" Course. This course is provided by our tuition-free college, InterNACHI® School.
Originally developed by InterNACHI's Educational Consultant Gerry Beaumont with help from InterNACHI® member/NEC® trainer Paul Abernathy, this course teaches the inspector to perform the electrical portion of an electrical inspection.
Goal:
The goal of this course is to teach students how to perform electrical inspections at a residential dwelling.
Objectives:
- inspect the various components of the electrical system of a home;
- identify the components of the electrical system of a home;
- understand how the components of the electrical system function and perform;
- describe to clients defects observed in the electrical system.
Course includes:
- 51.0 InterNACHI® CE credit hours;
- 89,000 words in the course;
- 89,000-word course textbook;
- 3.6 hours of instructional video;
- technical illustrations and inspection images;
- inspection and writing assignment;
- research and writing assignment;
- 60 quiz questions in 7 quizzes;
- 100-question final exam (drawn from a larger pool);
- instant grading; and
- a downloadable, printable Certificate of Completion.
You will learn the following:
INTRODUCTION- Note to Student
- Safety First
- Basic Terms
- Simple Theory
- Conductor Sizes
- Quiz #1
HOME INSPECTOR SAFETY AND DANGERS
- Stay Safe
- Standards of Practice
- Working Space and Clearance
- Circuit Identification
- Basics of AC Current
- Electricity Is Shocking
- Warning Signs
- What's an Arc Flash?
- How Serious Is an Arc Flash?
- Precautions for Inspectors
- Quiz #2
SERVICE ENTRANCE
- Service Entrance Cable, Part 1
- Service Entrance Cable, Part 2
- 120/240-Volt System
- Electric Service
- Service Drop
- Service Mast
- Underground Service
- Electric Meter
- Quiz #3
GROUNDING AND BONDING
- Grounding
- Bonding
- Panel and Subpanel
- Quiz #4
- SERVICE PANELBOARD
- Panelboard and Cabinet
- Panelboard Basics
- Breaker Panels & Breakers
- The Main Disconnect
- Service Amperage
- Common Service Equipment Layout
- Subpanel or Additional Distribution Panelboard
- Inspecting Panelboards, Part I
- Double-Tapping Hots & Neutrals
- Incorrect Wire Size for a Breaker
- The “AC” Breaker Size
- Inspecting Panelboards, Part 2
- Fuse Panels
- Inspecting Panelboards, Part 3
- Problem Panels
- Quiz #5
- Three-Phase Panels
- Panel Anomalies
- Panelboard Inspection Checklist
- Quiz #6
ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION
- Wiring Types
- Aluminum Wiring
- Branch Circuit Connections
- Protection of Wiring
- 120-Volt Terminations
- Inspecting Receptacles
- 240-Volt Terminations
- GFCI: Ground-Fault Circuit Interrupters
- AFCI: Arc-Fault Circuit Interrupter
- Lighting Circuits
- Quiz #7
- Quiz #8
| How to Perform Residential Electrical Inspections Course | ||
|---|---|---|
| Course #3300, Student Catalog | ||
| www.nachi.org/electricalcoursereleased2006 | ||
| Student Work | Time Calculation | Estimated Clock Hour Time for the Average Student |
| Attendance for "Seat Time" 1 | # of minutes of student attendance / 50 | 36.1 |
| Participation in Learning Activities 2 | # of minutes of online student participation / 50 | 3.0 |
| Interactivity 3 | # of minutes of student interactivity / 50 | 1.0 |
| Reading the Course Text 4 | # of words in the course / 100 words per minute / 50 | 14.0 |
| Reading the Course Textbook 5 | # of words in the book / 100 words per minute / 50 | 10.0 |
| Academic Engagement 6 | # of words in the course / 100 / 50 | 2.0 |
| Direct Communication 7 | # of minutes of communication / 50 | 1.0 |
| Instructional Video Learning 8 | # of minutes of video / 50 | 3.6 |
| Reinforcement Q & A 9 | # of questions X 1.85 / 50 | 1.5 |
| Writing Assignment of the Inspection 10 | 2.0 hours per assignment | 2.0 |
| Writing Assignment of the Research 11 | 3.0 hours per assignment | 3.0 |
| Academic Activities for an Inspection 12 | 4.0 hours for each inspection assignment | 4.0 |
| Performing an Inspection 13 | 6.0 hours for each inspection | 6.0 |
| * nachi.org/catalog-credit-hour-calculation | 51.1 | |
| Total clock hours | 51.0 clock hours 51.0 InterNACHI CE Hours 5.1 CEU | |
And, in keeping with InterNACHI's commitment to Continuing Education, this electrical course is open and free to all members and can be taken again and again, without limit.
Reminder to members: InterNACHI's Code of Ethics 1.10 requires that you comply with all government rules and licensing requirements of the jurisdiction where you conduct business.
InterNACHI's courses and Standards generally exceed the Standards of Practice that you are required to abide by locally.
This course has been approved by:
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.
Members will need their username and password. If you have forgotten your password, CLICK HERE (instant response) or email fastreply@internachi.org and request it (don't forget your name).
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Why online inspector education is better than classroom inspector education.
Some features that 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.
Why online inspector education is better than classroom inspector education.
"The built-in intelligence behind this course combined with all the images creates a one-on-one, hands-on level of training that is as good as being with Gerry on an actual inspection. Another home run, Gerry!" said InterNACHI's Nick Gromicko.
InterNACHI, the inspection industry's leader in continuing education, is very proud to offer this comprehensive electrical course to all InterNACHI members. The course platform, developed by InterNACH's IT Director Chris Morrell, is currently being used in all other inspection courses.
Special thanks to Mike Rowan, InterNACHI members Paul Abernathy, Mike Holt, and Jeff Pope, contributors to InterNACHI's Web Gallery and message board, and other InterNACHI members for the use of their images and illustrations.
"I hope that this course is a great learning tool for newer inspectors and a useful refresher to our more experienced members. I would like to thank those whose support and assistance have made this possible."
-- Gerry Beaumont.
InterNACHI... #1 in inspection education.
