Advanced Stucco & EIFS Inspection Training for Inspectors Course
Welcome to InterNACHI's free, online Advanced Stucco & EIFS Inspection Training for Inspectors Course. Goal:
Upon successful completion of the training course, the student will be able to properly inspect a building that has stucco or EIFS cladding.
Objectives:
Upon successfully completing this course, you will be able to:
- observe wall cladding on a property and identify the common stucco systems;
- apply non-invasive, visual-only inspection techniques as required by the InterNACHI Standards of Practice;
- identify points of concern about the stucco or EIFS installation or its condition; and
- report your findings to your clients in a concise, factual manner that is specific to the property.
Course includes:
- 8,614 words;
- 7.8 hours of videos;
- student book;
- inspection and writing assignment;
- research and writing assignment;
- 128 quiz questions in 21 quizzes;
- 50-question final exam (drawn from a larger pool);
- instant grading; and
- a downloadable, printable Certificate of Completion.
Advanced Stucco & EIFS Inspection Training Course Course # 3608 | ||
Activity | Assignments | Estimated hours for the average student |
Academic Engagement | Reading online course instructional material at 140 words per minute | 1.1 |
Watching and listening to instructional video | 7.8 | |
Taking quizzes | 3.9 | |
Taking the exam | 1.5 | |
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 | 19.3 | |
Preparation | Studying and 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 | 1.0 | |
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 | 24.0 | |
Sub Total | 43.3 | |
Overall Total | 43.0 hours 4.3 CEU | |
Guest instructors:
- Ronald W. Huffman, P.E., M.B.A., ESEC-Exteriors & Stucco Evaluation Consultants, Inc., Bio of Ronald Huffman.
- Dennis Rose, M.B.A., Technical Director for Total Wall, Inc., Bio of Dennis Rose.
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:
- 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.
Course covers the following:
- What "stucco" is
- What InterNACHI requires
- Non-invasive, visual-only inspection techniques
- How to accurately identify stucco and EIFS types
- How to identify primary concerns related to stucco and EIFS
- How to inspect stucco and EIFS during a home inspection
- What and how to report to your client
InterNACHI... #1 in inspection education.
Mr. Huffman purposely embedded defects in the installation of the materials. Over 20 different installations with over 50 defects are installed for up-close learning. We even spray water on the walls, and then spin the walls around and watch the moisture penetrate the interior of the wall cavity.
Upon completion of this course and passing of the 50-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.
Non-members may view only the first page of the course.
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 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.
InterNACHI... #1 in inspection education.
