Hello, everyone. My name is Ben Gromicko. I'm from
InterNACHI. That's the International Association of Certified Home Inspectors.
We're gonna go over how to become certified.
And these are the three web pages
URL's that I'd like to share with you. So let's go to the first one.
about certification that set match .org
forward slash certification and there are
two steps to become certified first step is
joining it actually the second step is you become certified
pretty simple so let's go back to step 1:
joined internet G as a member we have two options
forty nine dollars a month or 499 dollars
a year there's no contract you can cancel anytime
members when you join
become a member internet she and members have unlimited
access to the online training course
and you learn at your own pace and it's free
to members when you're ready
you can attain more than
30 certifications at no additional cost
so let's say you want to be a home inspector
well that is a certification program
that International provides its online and free to members
so to be certified you first have to
to step number one joyner actually September 2 is
you simply choose which certification you want and you go through the program
at no additional cost and the certification program
is online and free to members okay
so to become certified is really two steps joining that she
step two is you choose your certification
at no additional cost
so if you go here at step one joint Iraqi
you can join at forty nine dollars a month or per year
and you have access to internet is
online training let's go there be go to our
education page you want to go directly its natcher
or forward slash education and here's a
a really long page that lists our entire curriculum
online training courses education courses so
the left hand side is the title of the course
and the right hand side column is where that course has been approved
a roof inspection course for example
when you become a member you can take our roof inspection course free and
online
it's been approved in many states and provinces all over the world
and then our next course is here
so when you become a member
in you have unlimited access
to olive internet is online training courses
learn at your own pace
and when you're ready to be certified
choose which certification so it's really two steps to be certified
so it's choose one let's say you joined as a member
you have unlimited access to the training even taken some courses here in
there
taking some exams and you're ready be certified let's say
it has to be a certified home inspector well you click that's
certified professional inspector and this is how you become a
certified home inspector we call it CP I
certified professional inspector because it's a federally registered
certification mark no one else on the planet
can say I'm a certified professional specter CP I
unless you are trained and certified by Internet G and to get certified
two steps first join internati and second you get certified you choose your
certification at no additional cost
and what are the certification requirements to be a CP I
well that step number two you click that link
me ask you to do a lot of things to pretty high designation
first rejoinder aji second
if the pass the online home inspector exam
it's free online take as many times you want
then have to pass the kind about thats course
and the stairs a Practice Course you've never done any inspections yet the
summit
to our report review committee four Mok inspections
sign a rapid David adhere to the stairs a practice
abide by the code about tix continue with your continuing it
education requirements maintain a continuous
continuing education log excuse me and then
within the first year yet to take all the certification training course
there's a lot take a few weeks but they're all online
free to our members learn at your place
that have access to all that training
if the first become a member join energy
then choose our certification so that's that
certification let's say you wanted to be a home energy inspector
anyone can be a
internet recertified home energy inspector anywhere
you are all over the world and we provide
all the training and certification and marketing
tools that you need three-step process
first step join internet G second step
you take the certification requirements let's see what that is
well we ask you to be a certified professionals but we require it
so if you wanna be a home energy inspector
you first actually have to become certified professional inspector
then on top of that to be home energy inspector
get to take the core training that's focused really about
home energy efficiency issues house is a system
how does energy move throughout a residential
building comforting climate indoor air quality
things like a that's how you become a home energy inspector
we have over 30 certifications from a judge's
he just joined us how to become a certified inspector
it's all about certifications well two steps to join and actually
and then you choose from over 30 certifications
and the certification programs are all online
and free to our members let's say you want to be a
mean Jimmy inspector well
three-step process first step is join and actually
second step is fulfill the CP I
certification requirements we've seen this page before
third step is
you take the fireplace stoves and Jimmy's course that's how you become a
certified chimney inspector
what you get
when you become a certified chimney inspector well you get the use this logo
we designed this logo so that you can put this logo
on your business card on your fires
brochures rack cards and
on your website and if you need
business cards fires pressures for your business
internet she has a marketing team that provides one-on-one consultation with
you
and we'll design your business card for free
or design your logo your business logo for free if you have an existing logo
we can redesign it and we can make it better let's say you want to be
a green building inspector click that link
and the internet connections little slow but there it is
are becoming green survey green building inspector
three-step process first join it actually you become a member of Internet
re
members have unlimited access to our training courses
training courses are online and free to members and when you're ready
you can become certified and you complete
the certification requirements
we require you to be a CP I certificates certified professional inspector
and then on top of that we ask you
to take the free online Green Building Inspection course
with those three steps
you are a certified green building inspector
you can use the logo I lets choose one more
up
I have a question here have a question from
quality care home inspections says doesn't good morning
my question is I was to join in that she do
you assist with the and are pp national exam
with on my course for radon testing or is this something we need to have
in classroom training to become certified for radon testing
well what state or province are you from I would
asked that first I'm because they're
there are certain state specific requirements some states don't
require the sniper training some do I'm
if you are in a state that requires you to be an RPP
AAA rst certified raid on tester
there's two things you have to do one you have to take
approved training and RPP a
rst approved training International provides that training
course its online and free to members second you have to take the exam
it's the nrp paar St
exam our course helps you prepare
for that exam
the exam there's a fee because you take it through that
third-party organization and our PP arst the course
is required to become certified
I'm you can take a through international and if you need the direct link
to that course I can provide that for you just email me I'm on the contact
page
if you go to the ER education page was pretty which we have about
visited before and do a search for
the advanced radon measurement service provider course
here's the main landing page the first page of the course
and to see if it's approved by NR PP
arst we have it there you can take a look at the certifications in approvals
from those two
third party organizations so if you're from a state
that requires you to be certified
and RPP or arst certified
two-step process those two organizations require you to take
training and then pass their exams what internet she provides the training
the training courses online and free to members and then you take the exam
so i hope i
quality care I hope I answered your question good question
and there's the main URL
for today's class nachhatar toward forward slash certification
we go there we have a two step process to be certified
first you join the rachis second you become certified
at no additional cost let's say you wanted to be the Residential Property
inspector
well that simply the certification requirements that we've
reviewed already let's say you wanted to be the
I am let's see how to crawl space inspector
let's say you're in the south or an area
where there's a lot across basis you wanted to show your clients
that you are trained to be in this crawl space you take in specific training
in fact I would use this as a branding opportunity
branding is what distinguishes you from
your competition well take any matches training and certification programs
over 30 the choose from take amal put all those certification low-dose
on your marketing on your website to show your clients
visually quickly the you are trained and certified
in all of these things one of them could be across basis so
to be a certify crawl space inspector first at the joint at CHI
you can access that training then you complete the certification requirements
which is the federally registered trademark certification mark
the CP I certification
and then the third step would be to take our advanced
inspection crawl space course which is a really good
online video course alright
um after you become certified
the scroll down the page I would start marketing and branding your business
internet she has a marketing team available to you
what we do is we consult with you one-on-one
and we help you design and build
your marketing pieces and your brand
a brand is who you are what distinguishes you from the rest
why should I hire you instead of this other
inspector that your brand and your marketing
is getting that message out so we help you design
your business cards brochures flyers
and all that design work is free all you have to do is place an order
whatcha gonna do anyways and we can design your business logo
or redesign your existing one so you go there
sirs you become certified a whole world of opportunity actually a
opens up for you internet chisel as I'm
will provide a lot of business tools an online services
followed by certified inspectors the other website
that I would like to show you is the everything page
nachhatar dork forward slash everything you can't find what you need
you can always go to the everything page
we try to put everything or
you can use our search button at the top right corner
so let's say I wanted to search for I'm something about HVAC
well type in HVAC in our search button and you get
how to inspect the HVAC systems course its Casey system design and installation
become a certified HVAC inspector
home maintenance changing the SP HVAC thought so
use the search told that we have on our website
if you can't find what you need this is a step-by-step
checklist to become a certified
successful home inspector right to
are own and operate a successful home inspection business to run a successful
home inspection business and there are 15 steps
first step is probably guessed it join internet G
why because unita access
all the online training to become certified
you become certified at no additional cost
the certification programs are free in our mind to our members
and there are over 30 serb occasion programs from which to choose
third step is you work with internet is marking team
to design your marketing so it's really good
professionally designed in all that design work is free when you
place an order and we help you brand your business
step four is you take are
business course unless you're an MBA
or have taken I a college course on how to run a business
you really should take this home inspection business course Ahmed step
number four
then every member
has and online members only account
this is the portal through which you access all the tools
that international provides sixth
up you've got 'em put your business online build a great website
and we provide you a free online live class
to help you build a website we show you how to build a free
website and we provide you the tools the Webmaster Tools
is simply drag and drop them into your website nowadays
you don't need any special skills no special skills are necessary to build a
fantastic
free website let me show you how to do it and there are many others
step 4: take advantage of all the benefits
membership benefits are incredible you boost your business
to participate in all these other programs that Internet she
provides you ans you get equipped
you learn how to write great reports there goes on and on
and that's on our not you dot org go back to
that you are not at ORD for its size everything
so we've done all those three URL's
and the main one was the certification
and to summarize there's really
two steps become certified joint international
you join and she is a member there's no contract cancel anytime
and members have unlimited access to our online trainee
the training courses or online and free to our members
and you learn at your own pace and when you're ready you can attain
more than 30 certifications at no additional cost that step 2
step two is you choose your certification it's no additional cost
to members we have many to choose from and that's it for a live cross
about how to become certified my name's Ben gromyko
I'm from Internet G the International Association of Certified Home Inspectors
I see you next time