Lead-Safe Work Practices for Home Inspectors Course
Welcome to InterNACHI's free, online Lead-Safe Work Practices for Home Inspectors Course.
Goal:
The goal of this course is to teach home inspectors about lead-safe work practices required by contractors regulated under the EPA rule for lead-based paint. The course will help also home inspectors to use lead-safe work practices to prevent the creation of lead hazards during the process of performing home inspections in pre-1978 housing and child-occupied facilities. As a trained inspector, you play an important role in helping to prevent lead exposure.
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- list what contractors must do to comply with the lead-safe rule;
- observe methods used by contractors to perform work that is lead-safe;
- ensure renovation is performed safely in accordance with lead-safe work practices;
- educate clients about lead paint and the importance of hiring certified contractors;
- describe how the presence of lead paint is confirmed;
- communicate to clients the dangers of lead-based paint and their rights under the EPA rule;
- inspect a work area and identify non-compliance;
- assist contractors in their compliance with the regulation; and
- oversee work practices of contractors.
The course includes:
- 97,628 words;
- 50 minutes of video;
- student book;
- study guide;
- inspection and writing assignment;
- research and writing assignment;
- 16 quiz questions in 1 quiz;
- 35-question final exam (drawn from a larger pool);
- instant grading;
- a downloadable, printable Certificate of Completion
This course does NOT make you EPA-certified. To become an EPA Lead-Safe Certified Contractor, take InterNACHI's EPA-approved RRP course.
This course has been approved by:
- the International Association of Certified Home Inspectors;
- the Master Inspector Certification Board;
- the International Association of Certified Indoor Air Consultants;
- the Certified Commercial Property Inspectors Association; and
- many government agencies and licensing boards.
Lead-Safe Work Practices Course Course # 3006 | ||
Activity | Assignments | Estimated hours for the average student |
Academic Engagement | Reading online course instructional material at 140 words per minute | 0.6 |
Watching and listening to instructional video | 1.0 | |
Taking quizzes | 0.5 | |
| Taking the exam | 1.1 | |
Conducting a directed and independent inspection study performed according to the Standards of Practice, including the development of an inspection report | 4.0 | |
Submitting an inspection and writing assignment | 0.5 | |
Submitting a research and writing assignment | 0.5 | |
Total | 8.2 | |
Preparation | Studying & reviewing instructional material in preparation for taking quizzes and exam | 9.0 |
| Reading the downloaded student course book including taking the quizzes with the book | 10.9 | |
Reading, research, and studying related to completing the research and writing assignment | 4.0 | |
Studying and preparing for inspection processes according to a Standards of Practice, including capturing and storing digital images with a camera or device, making observations, evaluating conditions, deducing, formulating opinions, communicating observations in written form, attaining competency in performing inspections and using an inspection checklist or software and other inspection tools in producing a report. | 10.0 | |
Total | 33.9 | |
Sub Total | 42.1 | |
Overall Total | 42.0 hours / 0.5 SCH | |
And, in keeping with InterNACHI's commitment to Continuing Education, this 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.
The course covers the following topics:
- What is lead-based paint?;
- Health risks of lead;
- Symptoms of lead poisoning;
- Tiny amounts of lead;
- Why are dust and debris a problem?;
- A little dust goes a long way;
- "Sweetener packet" math;
- Contractor discusses lead;
- Parent discusses child's poisoning;
- Now you know; and
- Lead-safe work practices.
Upon completion of this course and passing of the 35-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).
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 pictures of actual roofs.
- 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.
