Atlanta’s
Home Inspectors Business School offers a five
week training course with four hour classes being
conducted twice a week. Five actual home inspections
will be performed on homes and students have the
opportunity to learn and ask questions as the
inspections are performed. Emphasis on understanding
and using the ICC code book in detail is leaned
heavily on throughout the course. The process
of marketing one’s business to give the
student a cutting edge in the industry is explained
and taught.
1) A comprehensive training of the exterior
of the home and what to look for on the exterior
of the home. This is to include numerous types
of sidings placed on the exterior of a dwelling
2) A workable
knowledge of the foundation of a home to include
footings, monolithic concrete walls and cinder
block walls.
3) A complete
and thorough knowledge of the plumbing system
to the home including the working knowledge
of a septic system and the type of fresh water
supply and drain plumbing in the dwelling. A
complete knowledge of drain, waste and vent
piping will be explained
4) An intense
overview of the framing components of the structure.
This is to include areas from the sill plate
to the roof construction and roof decking
5) A working
and complete understanding of the electrical
system of a home. One will understand the types
of wire including service entrance, the operation
of the meter pan and the panel board. Detail
is explained in the operation of GFCI’s
and arc fault breakers
6) An
exceptional working knowledge of the furnace/air
conditioning heating and cooling unit and how
the integrated units operate in conjunction
with each other. This is to include high efficiency
units
For
a complete listing of the various subjects covered
throughout the course please feel free to take
a look at our Full Course
Outline.