Home Inspection Schoolss
Home inspection schools provide training for those interested in becoming a certified home inspector. In booming real estate markets like Fresno CA, home inspection is quickly becoming one of the fastest growing professions.Here's what you need to know to become a home inspector:
1) Licensing Requirements in California
2) Duties of Home Inspectors
3) Home Inspection Schools
How to Become a Home Inspector
1) Licensing Requirements in California
In California, there is currently no home inspection legislation that requires home inspectors to be licensed or registered with the state at this time.
2) Duties of Home Inspectors
So, what does it take to be a home inspector in Fresno? At first glance, it might seem easy to be a home inspector especially since there is no state licensing or registration.
But inspecting a home in Fresno or anywhere else is no easy task and a competent professional home inspector must be fully trained in the proper operation of all home systems including:
- Structural Components (foundations, floors and walls)
- Exterior Components (driveway, windows, decks, patios, grading, etc.
- Roofing (coverings, flashings, chimneys, etc.),
- Plumbing (piping, fixtures, faucets, water heating and fuel storage systems, etc.),
- Electrical (wiring, main service panels, sub panels, conductors, switches, fixtures, receptacles, etc.),
- Heating (system location and type, equipment, safety controls, thermostat, etc.),
- Air Conditioning and Heat Pumps (system location and type, cooling and air-handling equipment, controls and ducting, etc.),
- Interior (interior rooms, partitions, ceilings, floors, railings, doors and windows, etc.),
- Insulation and Ventilation (attics, walls, floors, foundations, kitchen and bathrooms, etc.
Here is a good book to help you get started and learn more about this profession:
3) Show me the money!
According to the California Employment Development Department, the average annual wage for construction and building inspectors in 2001 was $50,730.
4) Home Inspection Schools
Home inspection schools offer classes in 3 ways:
- in traditional physical classrooms
- through distance learning or correspondence course
- through online learning.
If you want to be a home inspector in Fresno, here are the home inspection schools that offer training courses:
| School | Phone # | Type offered |
| Allied Schools | 888.501.7686 | Correspondence and Online |
| American Home Inspectors Training Institute | 800.441.9411 | Classroom and Correspondence |
| Contractor State License Schools | 800.459.0544 | Classroom |
| Inspection Training Associates | 888.323.9235 | Classroom and Correspondence |