Previously, we have looked at the 120 hour fundamentals course, the 40 hours of field training and the college itself. Today, I wish to focus on what I believe to be one advantage of taking the course at BTC. We have online study guides and practice quizzes that are interactive and setup to help our students study for their essential licensing exams. The tests may be taken in the privacy of the student's home and this is typically done about … (4 comments)
Bellingham Technical College, pictured above, is one of the most respected of all of the technical colleges in the state. Initial planning for a vocational college in Bellingham goes clear back to the year 1952. The 21-acre campus, which is still the home of the college today, was established here in 1957. BTC offers a diverse curriculum: Construction and Engineering Technology Culinary Arts Fisheries and Aquaculture Health … (1 comments)
This is a state approved course and provides students with the mandatory 120 hours of classroom fundamentals training in the profession of home inspection. The second element of training that is state mandated, for anyone entering the field of home inspection after September 1, 2009, is 40 hours of approved field training. That field training must include a minimum of five home inspections and five reports that meet the state standards. In the past, as the … (5 comments)
fundamentals of home inspection: Home Inspection Training at Bellingham Technical College (Fundamentals of Home Inspection), Part 1
- 08/13/09 06:20 PM
Washington state law, effective September 1, 2009, mandates that all individuals who are entering the field of home inspection must have completed an approved 120-hour minimum course in the fundamentals of home inspection. That basic course, which must be approved by DOL, has strict guidelines on the curriculum offered and ALL training must be completed in a classroom setting. Videos or online training by correspondence courses is not included in the 120-hours. There are presently three fundamentals courses approved by Washington state. One is offered by Bellingham Technical College -- a part of the state community college system. The other two approved courses … (5 comments)
fundamentals of home inspection: Washington State Approved Home Inspector Training
- 07/31/09 02:27 AM
This week those of us who teach in the program have another of the approved fundamentals of home inspection classes coming to an end at Bellingham Technical College. Today completes this classes fourth week. At this writing, this is the only approved course in the state that is available to the public without a prospective inspector having to first purchase a franchise. This course is open and available to the public. We have people from all areas of the state coming to town to take the class. Those of us who teach the class enjoy it. Actually, the fundamentals course (120 … (5 comments)
This makes the BTC offering the first, and at this point the only, course in the state that will be accepted by the DOL as basic or fundamentals training in home inspection. The Bellingham Technical College 120-hour course has received conditional approval. This helps alleviate the recent catch-22 situation that was faced by many home inspectors across the state and is explained here. … (5 comments)
Steven L. Smith, King of the House Home Inspection, provides information for real estate buyers, sellers and real estate industry professionals.
Blog posts emphasize issues commonly found in Bellingham, WA and Whatcom County. Smith is Washington State Licensed Home Inspector #207, a state licensed structural pest inspector, ASHI certified inspector #252760 and one of the most experienced inspectors in the northwest corner of the Pacific Northwest.
Steven L. Smith is lead instructor of home inspection at Bellingham Technical College and teaches classes for Washington State University and the Washington State Department of Agriculture. Steve was a two-term member of the state licensing board.
This is the fourth installment in my series on state approved fundamentals of home inspection training offered at Bellingham Technical College.
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