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Our step-by-step training and education courses are designed to be comprehensive enough to start your career as a home inspector immediately.
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Continuing Education
RETS provides both classroom and web based Continuing Education classes for the professional home inspector. These classes are both educational and relevant to the home inspector in the field.
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In-Class Seminars
Report Writing With Technology - Austin
Are you spending WAY too much time writing your report after performing an inspection? I have heard of inspectors spending 1- to 3- and even 4-hours putting their findings into a written format. Staying up until midnight or getting up a 4 am to finish a report just to go out and do it all over again. If you would like part of your life back, spend less time writing reports, and have more time doing whatever it is you like to do then this is the course for you.
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- Oct 19, 2013 at Austin Norris Conference Center
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Texas Standards of Practice / Legal / Ethics UPDATE Course - Austin
RETS is now offering the NEWLY Mandated Continuing Education Course "Texas SoP / Legal / Ethics Update". All inspectors renewing their license after September 1, 2011 are required to take this Mandated Update course. This 8 hour course covers and meets the 6 hour Update requirements...
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- Oct 18, 2013 at Norris Conference Center
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Septic System Training - NAWT Training Program - San Antonio
NAWT has created a successful national certification program for individual sewage treatment (Septic) system inspections that uses five USEPA-proposed management levels as the basis for inspecting onsite waste water treatment systems. Over the past four years, NAWT has trained and examined over 2,000 inspectors. Over 1,100 inspectors are registered on the NAWT website. On the first day of the two-day inspection course the basics of sewage treatment and system types is covered using a troubleshooting perspective. The second day goes through a step-by-step procedure to conduct a system inspection.
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Exterior Cladding Evaluation & Defect Recognition - San Marcos
This course is designed to help the new or seasoned inspector learn more about proper evaluation of the structures exterior cladding (exterior surface finishing). This course will cover the proper installation procedures for wood, fiber cement, Masonite / manufactured particle, plywood, brick, stone, stucco and EIFS cladding.
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- Jul 19, 2013 at Candlewood Suites
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Electrical Inspections - The Shocking Truth!! - San Marcos
This 8 hour "TREC Approved Continuing Education" Advanced Electrical Inspection Course will walk you through the electrical system from the Service Entrance to the Electrical Outlet.
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- Jul 20, 2013 at Candlewood Suites
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Roof Inspections & Defect Recognition
This comprehensive course is designed to help inspectors become familiar with roof structure framing designs, different roof covering materials and defect recognition. Your instructors will cover the TREC Standards of Practice and IRC Code requirements for roof covering and roof structure framing design.
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- Sep 13, 2013 at La Quinta Inn & Suites - Arlington
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Texas Standards of Practice / Legal / Ethics UPDATE Course - Arlington Sept.
Come to class and learn about the NEW Standards of Practice, NEW Report Form 7-3 and NEW Rules for using the new report form. The NEW SoP's and NEW Report Form will be REQUIRED to be used by all Inspectors by September 1, 2013.
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- Sep 14, 2013 at La Quinta Inn & Suites - Arlington
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Septic System Training - NAWT Training Program - Arlington
NAWT has created a successful national certification program for individual sewage treatment system inspection that uses five USEPA-proposed management levels as the basis for inspecting onsite wastewater treatment systems. Over the past four years, NAWT has trained and examined over 2,000 inspectors. Over 1,100 inspectors are registered on the NAWT website.
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- Nov 15, 2013 - Nov 16, 2013 at La Quinta Inn & Suites - Arlington
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Online Courses 24/7
TEXAS Standards of Practice - Legal - Ethics Update Course - Online 2011
This 8 hour course meets all of the requirements necessary for the newly required Texas SoP / Legal / Ethics Update course Texas Home Inspectors are required to have when renewing your licenses after September 1, 2011.
Cost: $125.00
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TEXAS Standards of Practice - 8 Hours
This course has been developed to walk you through the Texas Standards of Practice and to assist you in gaining a better understanding of the intent of these Standards. This course IS TREC APPROVED for 8 hours of continuing education credit. As part of this course, there is a 2.5 hour instructor lead powerpoint presentation. The instructor will deliver insight as well as theintent of the SoP's.
Cost: $125.00
Diving Into Pool Inspections - 16 hours
Maximize your earning potential by adding Inspecting Pools and Spas to your service offerings.
Residential Inspectors who are going to be inspecting swimming pools should have a thorough working knowledge of the technical and practical aspects of swimming pools and their components in order to inspect swimming pools correctly.
Cost: $189.00
Standards / Legal / Ethics - 8 Hour
This course is designed to help inspectors become familiar with the mandated Texas Real Estate Commissions Inspectors Standards of Practice, Legal and Ethic rules. As the student follows along with the course curriculum, the student will gain a broader knowledge of the mandated Standards of Practice, Legal and Ethic rules and requirements.
Cost: $125.00
Standard Report Form / Report Writing - 8 Hours
This course is designed to help inspectors become familiar with the mandated Texas Real Estate Commissions Standard Report Form and Report Writing. As the student follows along with the course curriculum, the student will gain a broader knowledge of the Report Form and it will help the student form a set of best practices for writing reports and communicating with the consumer.
Cost: $125.00
Texas Legal & Ethics Course
This course is designed to help inspectors become familiar with the mandated The Rules of the Texas Real Estate Commission. As the student follows along with the course curriculum, the student will gain a broader knowledge of the Legal and Ethics requirements.
Cost: $125.00
Systems & Standards (Principles of Home Inspections) - 184 Hour Core Course
This book has two primary goals:
** To provide you with a sound introduction to the components, materials and mechanics of building systems that you will encounter and evaluate as a home inspector;
** To provide you with a solid understanding of inspection processes, strategies and standards of practice that will help define the scope of your inspections.
Cost: $745.00
Mastering The Profession - 120 Hour Core Course
Mastering the Profession is for anyone desiring knowledge of the inspection business.
This book covers the inspection process from start to finish. It includes a quiz at the end of each chapter, a checklist for each chapter, and a glossary.
Learning Objectives:
This book has two primary goals:
** To provide you with a sound introduction to the components, materials and mechanics of building systems that you will encounter and evaluate as a home inspector;
** To provide you with a solid understanding of inspection processes, strategies and standards of practice that will help define the scope of your inspections.
Cost: $697.00
Systems & Standards 2nd Edition (Principles of Home Inspections) - 184 Hour Core Course
This book has two primary goals:
** To provide you with a sound introduction to the components, materials and mechanics of building systems that you will encounter and evaluate as a home inspector;
** To provide you with a solid understanding of inspection processes, strategies and standards of practice that will help define the scope of your inspections.
Cost: $795.00
Systems & Standards 2nd Edition - Chapter 1
Cost: $0.00