| If you are home buyer looking for a home | | | | No home inspector can become a NACHI member |
| inspector its crucial that you have someone | | | | without a commitment to adhere to the NACHI |
| upon whose expertise you can rely. This is | | | | standards of home inspection practice and |
| the person who is going to inspect your | | | | promise to abide by the associations code of |
| potential new home and determine if the | | | | ethics. 24 hours each year must be spent in |
| foundation is sound, if the roof is in good | | | | continuing education in home inspection to |
| shape, if the electrical system is in good | | | | maintain NACHI membership. |
| working order and if the heating and air | | | | |
| conditioning systems are safe. | | | | Should a new home inspector wish to join |
| | | | NACHI one who has not conducted an actual |
| One way to tell if your home inspector is | | | | live home inspection she or he must submit |
| reliable, knowledgeable, experienced and | | | | four mock home inspections for the perusal of |
| reputable is to look for someone certified, | | | | the organizations review committee before |
| with an affiliation with a recognized home | | | | they are allowed to perform their first real |
| inspector association. One such is the | | | | home inspection for a client. |
| National Association of Certified Home | | | | |
| Inspectors NACHI. | | | | Within 10 days of being accepted a NACHI |
| | | | member, the home inspector must log onto the |
| A home inspector who is licensed only | | | | organizations message board, and within 30 |
| indicates that she or he has fulfilled the | | | | days he or she must complete the two free |
| minimum requirements to conduct home | | | | online courses on standards of practice and |
| inspections. In many states there is no | | | | home structure. Within the first 45 days the |
| licensing requirement for home inspectors. | | | | home inspector must complete the |
| NACHI has strict membership requirements and | | | | comprehensive electrical course found on the |
| prides itself on the fact that fewer than | | | | NACHI site, and must take and pass each |
| half of the home inspector NACHI applicants | | | | course quiz. By the end of 60 days the new |
| are accepted. The others either dont pass the | | | | member has to have taken the free roofing |
| organizations rigorous certified home | | | | course and passed the online quiz about it. A |
| inspector exam or in other ways dont fulfil | | | | free membership photo ID must be in her or |
| the requirements for membership. | | | | his possession within three months of |
| | | | membership initiation, and each year the |
| Home inspectors who belong to NACHI have | | | | member has to take the online inspector |
| passed the online home inspector exam each | | | | examination again and earn a passing grade. |
| year with a score of at least 80 out of 100. | | | | |
| They must also pass an online course called | | | | Eight hours of advanced level coursework on |
| Ethics Obstacles Course. They must take and | | | | home inspector practice standards must be |
| pass an online quiz on home inspector | | | | completed within two years of joining NACHI, |
| standards of practice and sign an affidavit | | | | and each member must attend a minimum of one |
| that they will behave honourably in their | | | | educational seminar or NACHI chapter meeting |
| practice of their professional. | | | | every two years. |
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