![]() I made friends with a roofer who let me shadow him one day. The liability is apparently just too much.Īs it was explained to me, the problem became students would get up on roof, and someone who didn’t realize they were afraid of heights would freak out, and it would take hours talking the student off the roof. The official AHIT policy is no students are allowed to go into an attic and many roofs they did not allow us to climb onto which I felt was a real loss of a learning experience. But you generally just put these things into into bypass mode and inspect as normal. Even when I am inspecting homes that are only 10-20 years old, I still don’t come across these often. ![]() The majority of homes I inspect are 40-90 years old. Split duct system I think I’ve come across once. Īnd unless you’re inspecting mostly new homes, you may not seen them. Newer more modern information is available here at NACHI for free. My training was done through Carson Dunlop $4500 and just finished.ĥ40hrs over several months and 35 tests. So Alberta is licensed but does notrequire association only training. Unfortunately we in Canada have the same things happen here So I guess I come back to my original question -** Is AHIT still considered a top provider of Home Inspector education?** And on our State required field practice inspections the official AHIT policy is no students are allowed to go into an attic and many roofs they did not allow us to climb onto which I felt was a real loss of a learning experience. I wasn’t going to say anything until I started getting emails from them offering “…this completely updated book from AHIT.” for $245. I anticipated some salesmanship but it was sprinkled much more through the 14 days than I was expecting. “ If you use someone else’s reporting software you might be shooting yourself in the foot”. ![]() I don’t even want to get into how much time was spent selling AHIT products and services. But more modern developments like split ductless HVAC and WIFI controlled water heaters were never mentioned at all. For example our printed material said nothing about AFCI outlets, although the instructor did cover these in class. Many people commented on this during class.īut my biggest concern is all the advances that have been made in home systems that were not covered because of the age of our materials. The majority of these images were seriously fuzzy, too dark or too blown out to clearly understand what was being illustrated. The instructor admitted most of the photos shown in class were 22 years old. The PowerPoint slide deck the instructor used during those 14 days mirrored the technical manuals, with most of the dated photos from the 1990’s, and none dated more current than 2006. The material in these technical volumes were written 20 years ago (copyright 1996), with the last update of any kind done 10 years ago. For reference materials we received spiral bound b&w copied manuals. As the training went on my classmates privately brought up many of my same issues in During The Break Parking Lot Conversations. Several people recommend them as a good source of training, but after living in that classroom for 14 straight days I had some concerns. Recently I completed my required education for the State Inspectors License as provided by AHIT which as you may know costs just under $4,000. Is AHIT still considered a top provider of Home Inspector education?
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