Due to state licensing requirements in Washington state, all new home inspectors must take a 120 hour class in the fundamentals of home inspection and complete 40 hours of field training, prior to be allowed to sit for the state licensing exam. There are several courses now approved by the state to provide fundamentals training. The longest running, and most established program offered by a state college, is at Bellingham Technical College.

The next fundamentals class at Bellingham Technical College begins on January 4th. I was checking the registration statistics today and discovered that we only have two slots left in the class and we are still thirty days out from classes beginning. This is a college level class offered through the state community college system.

Anyone interested in enrolling in this class should plan to do so quickly because the initial 14, of the 16 possible, enrolled in the first week of registration. Hyping someone to take the class is not my goal, as you can see there is plenty of interest, but anyone who is mulling it over, trying to figure out if they want to take the class or not, had better make a decision pretty soon or the class will be full.

 

        

        

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5 Comments on Bellingham Technical College -- Washington State Approved Fundamentals of Home Inspection Training

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I probably missed it in an earlier post - but do you teach these classes?  And can Canadians take them too?
9:39pm • #1
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Liz,

There are four instructors. I am one of them and run the administrative wing of the course. Sure, Canadians can take them too.
9:44pm • #2
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Wow! 120 hours? Here in TN the State requirement is 90 which is in line with what may privately run schools and most other states require. Why 120?

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4:32am • #3

Michael, It is because we have a more comprehensive course than most private courses.  Even at this, it is just a bare minimum.  The class also includes the state required 40 hours of field training.
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Liz,

We are also working on a simpler class, a supplement, that covers structure, electrical, plumbing, heating. That might be more to your liking and it lasts a week.
1:19pm • #6

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