9-Hr. MD Home Inspector Partial CE Package

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.

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

In the water heating systems and plumbing world, there are many different types and pieces of equipment. And code requirements must be met—no masking tape to hold two pipes together in the installation, right? Each piece of equipment is typically designed for a specific purpose: heating water, moving water, and doing so safely.

This three-hour continuing education course covers water heating capacity and fuel types, flue types, tankless water heaters, heat pump water heaters, and more. How about that manufacturer's data on the equipment? The course covers how to decipher what all that means. On deciphering, home inspection uses almost as many acronyms as the government—but you need to know the correct meaning of each acronym related to plumbing service pipe and gas piping materials, along with the proper installation methods that comply with the code requirements.

Course highlights include:

• Recognizing various components, types, and operations of water heating systems
• Determining water heater tank sizing, data tag info, fuel and flue types, and overall capacities
• Identifying the unique issues associated with tankless water heaters
• Recalling details for combination boiler system applications and heat pump water heaters
• Determining plumbing material acronyms for various materials
• Identifying the purpose of venting and related code requirements