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•HVAC Certificate
Price: $3095.00
Hours: 320
The HVAC Technician Certificate is a comprehensive HVACR training program for heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration installers and technicians. This program is designed for learners using an online, mentor facilitated, self-paced environment that are interested in:
- Entry-level into the HVACR industry
- Continuing education for upgrading skills, or
- Becoming Certified or Licensed (NATE, etc)
The content presented throughout the program are learning objectives that have been identified by HVAC/R industry groups as key knowledge for a HVAC/R technician. All industry organizations are promoting education, training and certification. Some of these are ARI (Air Conditioning Refrigeration Institute), NATE (North American Technician Excellence), RSES (Refrigeration Service Engineer Society) and ACCA (Air Conditioning Contractors of America), to mention a few.
NATE has endorsed our courses with "Recognized Training" status. This program follows the general consensus among industry leaders regarding the knowledge and skills needed by HVAC/R industry workers. If you wish to see what the industry recommends for study, ARI , NATE and NSSB (National Skills Standards Board) each have an HVAC curriculum guide/outline posted on their web sites.
The HVAC Core Technician Certificate program is offered in 8 course sections, with a subscription length of 120 days per course. Each course contains 12 modules. The modules cover specific HVACR concepts by incorporating a presentation that utilizes some or all of the following; text reading assignments, web site tours, applied exercises, inline quizzes, industry terminology definitions, video clips, animations, images, handouts and a 20 question module final exam. All courses include a mid term and a final exam.
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•Home Inspection Certificate
Price: $2895.
Hours: 200
The National Institute of Building Inspectors (NIBI®) was established in 1987 to provide educational programs, occupational training, and technical support for the home inspection and construction industries. NIBI offers classroom training programs, special seminars, field-training, continuing education programs, and a web-based online learning program.
Since its inception, NIBI has provided home inspection training for over 3,000 home inspectors in the United States and Canada. NIBI programs are open to the general public. Special sessions are also provided by arrangement for individual groups or organizations.
The individual Lessons of the Home Inspection Course have received credits or approval from various organization and governmental entities. The American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI), the National Association of Home Inspectors (NAHI), the California Real Estate Inspectors Associations (CREIA), and 15 governmental agencies and other organizations have approved NIBI® Online courses for membership renewal credits or continuing education credits.
The NIBI Online Home Inspection Course currently consists of an Introductory Lesson and 11 Technical Lessons bundled in a subscription series as one Course. The Course covers the major elements of a house and the principal issues and components of a home inspection. All Lessons start with detailed information on residential construction, including basic building design and construction materials and practices. The focus of all courses, however, is on home inspection-including: standards of practice, defects recognition, inspection guidelines, and reporting methodologies. Each core course also includes appendices containing extensive glossaries, reference articles, inspection procedure lists, and common defect lists.
Each learning unit is independently formatted, so students can take the course in any order desired, or switch between units; however, the suggested format is to either complete the units as listed above, or alternate between a structure/building components course and a mechanical systems course.
With the NIBI Online Learning Program Courses, students learn in part through extensive questioning. There are hundreds of review questions in each individual course. Assessments-graded exams-are included at the end of each major segment of each course, with typically 6-10 graded assessment per core course. Each exam consists of 20 to 30 or more "multiple choice" or "select all that apply" questions. An aggregate grade of 75% is required for course completion credit.
The testing structure is flexible and can be revised to meet most specified criteria, including proctored exams when necessary. Five other standard question formats can be also used. Exams are graded instantaneously with scores supplied directly to the student.
The program monitors test results to weed out problematic questions. Exam questions are added/rotated regularly to ensure testing program integrity. A "final" 200-question exam covering all topics is used with the subscription series; final exams can be added to any course, as required.
The NIBI Online® Learning Program also provides student tracking, which monitors access times, sections reviewed, tests taken, and other administrative functions to ensure that all key components of each course are completed by each student. In addition to passing assessments, all core sections of a course must be completed to receive full credit.
The National Institute of Building Inspectors and NIBI are registered trademarks of ProTeam, Inc., a N.J. Corporation. NIBI is affiliated with HouseMaster®, a network of home inspection franchises throughout North America. NIBI administrative offices and training center are located in Central New Jersey, approximately 45 miles west of New York City and 20 miles north of Princeton, N.J.
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