Description
Package
content and courses
State Requirements
Wheaton - 12/18-12/20, 8am-6pm
The Expert Package is the BEST choice and features the $225* Pass Payback. We’re so confident in our success path that if you complete all your education and the Exam Prep Edge program with AHIT, we’ll payback the cost of your exam, up to $225*.
Package includes:
- State-approved Professional Home Inspector Online Course providing a comprehensive review of the inspection process, standards of practice, and unlimited practice exams
- This course must be completed before your live training so you’re prepared with the foundational knowledge you need to be successful
- 3 days of live field training where you’ll perform 5 practice inspections with home inspector industry experts
- Exam Prep Edge by AHIT featuring expert-led study sessions available live online or on-demand, domain-specific exams, and unlimited mock exams
- A Practical Guide to Home Inspection, 4th Edition eTextbook featuring easy technical explanations and photos
- 40+ hours of marketing, business building, and technical training courses for the most successful start to your inspection business
- Report Writing Software for delivering inspection reports to your clients
- Discounted Errors & Omissions Insurance
- One-year membership with ASHI
- Two NHIE Prep eTextbooks written by the creators of the National Home Inspectors Exam to help you study for the exam
- Marketing and Operating a Professional Home Inspection Business eTextbook providing AHIT's expert tips for launching a successful business
This package also gives you the education you need to boost your business with more certifications so you can offer the most popular add-on services that homeowners and agents prefer. Increase your income level by adding these extra services - hundreds on each inspection.
- Commercial Certification Course that follows the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Standard E2018-15 and takes you through the vital information needed to become a commercial inspector
- Certified Radon Measurement Technician course with calculations sheet, client service agreement, and six Radon testing devices with analysis
*Exclusions and limitations apply. Click here for full details.
Package Content:
Illinois Home Inspection Live 3-Day Wheaton Course: 12/18-12/20
Provided by AHIT.
IL Professional Home Inspection Online Course
This 60-hour Professional Home Inspection Course is offered to students in a distance-learning format. Through online videos, text, images, and activities, students are provided with the knowledge and skills necessary to obtain employment as a home inspector, set up a home inspection company, or add home inspection services to their current offerings. Designed by AHIT’s team of certified and extensively experienced home inspection instructors, students learn about structures, exteriors, roofing, electrical, plumbing, heating and cooling, interiors, and insulation and ventilation. In addition, students will learn what skills it takes to run a business. Upon completion, students will be able to conduct a thorough home inspection from the point of first contact with a customer to providing a completed home inspection report to the client.
Students receive an online user ID and password via email and can access the online course and
study materials through their account. Students are given activities and review questions throughout the course. A final exam at the end of the course must be passed with a minimum score of 75%.
Upon successfully completing the course, graduates receive a certificate of completion that can be printed online. A toll-free number allows students to call instructional staff to discuss topics, tests, and projects, request additional learning information, and discuss the home inspection field.
Course highlights include:
- Requirements per the Illinois Home Inspector License Act [225 ILCS 441/ and Part 1410]
- Comprehensive coverage of all major home systems
- Foundations, basements, crawlspaces, and structural components
- Roof and ceiling systems, including framing and sheathing
- Exterior inspection of siding, windows, doors, and grading
- Interior inspection of walls, ceilings, floors, stairs, and finishes
- Plumbing, heating, cooling, and electrical systems
- Site conditions, drainage, and environmental considerations
- Identification of common and critical defects
- Emphasis on safety and structural performance issues
- Real-world examples drawn from inspection scenarios
- Guidance on when to recommend further evaluation
- Pre-inspection agreements and inspection limitations
- Clear client communication and professional reporting
- Adherence to industry ethics and standards of practice
- Preparation for licensing exams and professional success
A Practical Guide to Home Inspection, 4th Edition (eBook)
A Practical Guide to Home Inspection, 4th Edition is intended for both beginning and experienced home inspectors. Whether you’re studying home inspection for the first time or are using the materials as a refresher, this guide should be of assistance to you. This book includes all aspects of home inspection. The text not only provides a broad technical background in home systems, but also includes the other things you need to know in order to perform a thorough inspection of those systems. We lay out technical information, provide industry accepted standards of practice (SOP) or guidelines for the inspection, explain instructions for inspecting system components, and point out the defects, deficiencies, and problems you’ll be looking for during the inspection. This guide also includes some advice on how to report your findings to the home inspection customer.
Upon purchase, you will have access to this title for 365 days.
Marketing & Operating a Successful Home Inspection Business, 2nd Ed (eBook)
Tens of thousands of people make a satisfying living with their inspection business. Most inspectors spend a lifetime working on their knowledge and skills and developing an incredible referral base. This success can be and is repeated by new entrants to the inspection business each year.
Upon purchase, you will have access to this title for 365 days.
NHIE Prep Book Set (eBook)
The Mechanical Systems and NHIE Content Manual and the Structural Systems and Business Manual contain over 900 pages of technical and administrative information, as well as information about the NHIE.
Both volumes together will benefit the exam candidate along with being a great technical reference for the experienced home inspector.
- Mechanical Systems and NHIE Content Manual
- Structural Systems and Business Manual
eBook access will be emailed the following business day.
Exam Prep Edge by AHIT: National Home Inspector
Exam Prep Edge by AHIT will help you gain the edge in passing your exam and getting your home inspection career off to the right start. It provides you with the opportunity to prepare for your exam with the following benefits:
Take an initial assessment and receive immediate feedback on the content areas you’ve mastered and the ones you still need to work on.
Improve your exam scores by studying with AHIT's expert instructors through live online study sessions or on-demand recordings. Click here to see the study session calendar.
We believe practice makes perfect. That’s why we provide dynamic topic and comprehensive practice exams with unique questions to get you ready for your upcoming exam. You are able to review your results from each attempt and hone in on those areas where you feel like you are particularly strong and those where there is opportunity to improve.
Our real-time dashboards guide you through each topic while gauging your competency so you know what to concentrate on before exam day.
AHIT Bonus Courses
Get extra business, marketing, and technical training courses for the most successful start to your career.
- Advanced Electrical: Understanding Arc Faults and New Protection Regulations
- AHIT Wood Destroying Organisms
- Be a Top Performer
- Energy Audit Basics
- Geothermal Energy
- Get into the Heads of Successful Realtors
- Green Building
- Introduction to Commercial Inspections
- Irrigation and Sprinkler Systems
- Marketing Solutions to Help you Grow your Business
- Pools and Spas
- Relationship Selling
- Safety Hazards and Accident Prevention for Home Inspectors
- Solar Energy for Electricity and Heating
- Start Your Home Inspection Career Off Right
Inspecting Commercial Properties
Provided by AHIT. This 10-hour online course equips you with the knowledge you need to successfully inspect a large variety of commercial properties with the right process and under the ASTM standards.
This course assumes you are already a qualified and experienced residential inspector. The course brings you up to speed on the differences between home and commercial inspections.
Radon Measurement Professional - Expert Package
Provided by ECAN LLC.
AHIT has partnered with Joe Lyons and ECAN to offer this 16-hour Initial Radon Measurement Technician course that teaches individuals the methods that are used in radon testing for real estate purposes and individual homeowner tests. Our course will also explore how and where to market your new professional service and explain to your client the next steps to take after the initial radon test results. This course is also approved for 16 CEU's with NRPP.
ECAN offers both self-paced online and live, interactive webinar versions of the radon course, and you may choose the course that suits your needs and state requirements.
Course includes:
- Access to the course 1 year
- PDF downloadable course manual
- Quizzes and exam
- Certificate of Completion
- Calculations sheet
- Quick reference sheet
- Equipment Discount $100 E-Perm device
- Attorney-verified radon client service agreement ($300 value)
- 3 – Two packs of Radon testing devices with analysis ($750 in potential earnings)
State Requirements
For Illinois