Description
Package
content and courses
State Requirements
This complete package includes all 14 of the required continuing education hours you need to renew your Arkansas home inspector license.
Courses included in this package:
- AC, Heat Pumps, and Furnaces – What's the Difference? (3 mandatory hours)
- Electrical Basics – Panels, Wiring, and Defects (3 mandatory hours)
- HVAC and Moisture Management (3 mandatory hours)
- Inspecting Solid Fuel Burning Appliances (2 mandatory hours)
- Inspection Report Writing and Risk Reduction (3 elective hours)
Package Content:
AC, Heat Pumps, and Furnaces - What's the Difference?
In the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) world, there are many different types and pieces of equipment. All of these have specific names associated with them. Each piece of equipment is typically designed for a specific purpose: heating, cooling, or both.
This three-hour continuing education course covers the differences and similarities between the various types of air conditioning, heat pump, and furnace equipment and their respective components and operations. By building their knowledge base about HVAC system varieties, home inspectors can better serve the public interest through improved inspection report accuracy related to the equipment type installed.
Course highlights include:
- Recognizing various components, types, and operations of cooling and heating systems
- Determining the various efficiency ratings used for cooling systems and heat pumps
- Identifying the different types and components of mini-split systems
- Determining the various types of furnaces, their efficiencies, and testing procedures
- Pinpointing common duct deficiencies and register limitations
- Incorporating standard testing procedures based on equipment type
Electrical Basics - Panels, Wiring, and Defects
This online Electrical Basics - Panels, Wiring, and Defects self-study course satisfies three hours of continuing education credit to licensed home inspectors. Within this course, students will spend time reviewing wiring; fuses; fuse panels; multi-wire branch circuits; neutrals and grounds bus bars; split electrical bus panels; and safety hazards associated with these items. Students are required to successfully complete all exercises, unit exams, and a final exam to demonstrate understanding of content.
HVAC and Moisture Management
What's the purpose of air conditioners and heat pumps? How is moisture managed in a house? How are attics and crawl spaces insulated and ventilated?
These questions and more will be discussed in this three-hour continuing education course. Understanding the load, capacity, and efficiency of air conditioning and heat pump systems can help inspectors educate buyers on these components in the home they're purchasing.
Course highlights include:
- Recognize various components, types, operation, and purpose of air conditioners and heat pumps
- Determine the load, capacity, and efficiency of air conditioning and heat pump systems
- Identify the manufacturer, size, and age of air conditioning and heat pump systems
- Recognize various components, types, and purpose of attic insulation and ventilation
- Recall common fallacies in attic insulation installation and attic ventilation
- Determine types and applications of crawl space insulation
- Recall common fallacies in crawl space insulation installation and ventilation
- Identify the different types and components of various ventilation systems
- Recall the usage and components of unbalanced and balanced ventilation systems
Inspecting Solid Fuel Burning Appliances
Inspecting solid fuel-burning appliances involves a lot more than checking off a box. Inspectors must possess a wealth of knowledge related to these appliances, including the standards to follow and where to go for the information necessary for completing a proper inspection.
This three-hour continuing education course covers the basics, including the principles of combustion, and the brass tacks, including the standards of practice for inspecting solid fuel-burning appliances.
Course highlights include:
- What a solid fuel-burning appliance is
- SOP requirements for solid fuel-burning appliances, including reporting deficiencies
- Standards for inspecting for fire hazards per NFPA 211
- Fuel types used for solid fuel-burning appliances
- Basic installation guidelines and how these appliances work
- Requirements for masonry fireplaces, existing flues, floor protection, and clearances
- Requirements for chimney connectors and vent connectors
- Details on firestops, wood stoves, and hearth extensions
Inspection Report Writing and Risk Reduction
This three-hour inspection report writing course is designed to reinforce how to report within the Standards of Practice, and the proper recommendations an inspector should or should not make when determining if a professional evaluation is needed. Inspectors just starting out, as well as seasoned inspectors, will learn how to effectively write a report to reduce their liability and provide the client with valuable information. Students will leave with a stronger ability to generate an effective and defensible inspection report.
Course highlights include:
- Why claims are filed against home inspectors
- What home inspectors should never do
- Methods for improving report writing and communication skills
- How clients use home inspection reports
- Best practices for avoiding errors and omissions claims
- Keywords and phrases to use in inspection reports
- What to exclude in inspection reports and conversations
- Key points found in inspection agreements
State Requirements
For Arkansas
