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