BECOME A HOME INSPECTOR
Even though the Economy is slow, now is a good time to learn to be a Home Inspector!  Get ready for the busy time right now while business is a little slow!  Home Inspectors are in demand and there are only about 700 Home Inspectors for the entire state of Indiana!  We offer personalized, in class training to provide you with the best possible preparation for a career in Home Inspection.  Get started today--read on! 


LICENSING INFORMATION                                                                                                                   Licensing of Home Inspectors started July 1, 2005 and requires those interested in entering the Home Inspection profession to complete sixty hours of pre-licensing training, pass the National Home Inspector Exam, obtain General Liability Insurance and apply for your license.  The State fee for a Home Inspector License is $450 for the first two year license.

 Heartland Home Inspection Training prepares you for the State requirements and prepares you for establishing and operating a successful Home Inspection business. We offer eight day, 64 hour, classes to get you started fast.  Additional training days are available to custom fit your professional training needs.  We believe that in person, hands on training is the best way to enter the profession.  We only offer live, in person classes.  If you do not understand a point, a live instructor can work with you so that you understand the point.  Try that with an internet program or a correspondence course!  We don't believe that any training that is less than 64 hours is adequate.  Please visit all the pages on our web site, then call Don Osborne for more information.  We tell you everything you need to know to be successful.  We remain available to you after the class to answer your questions as you start your business!  Don Osborne, the School Director, has been teaching Home Inspection since 1999, which is longer than anyone in the state of Indiana!  Why not learn from the best and most experienced instructor in Indiana?  Also included in the tuition are the instructor's report forms and business control forms.  

 Radon testing also requires a license from the State Department of Health and the National Environmental and Health Administration (NEHA).  We offer Radon Measurement pre-license training and the NEHA test.

 A Wood Destroying Insect license is also needed from the State Chemist Office at Purdue University.

    2009 CLASS SCHEDULE   Held at 5425 South East Street,  Indianapolis        
        Tuition: $1,500.00
Day Pre-License Course  Monday-Friday 8:00AM-5:00PM                
     July 27-Aug 5                                        
     October 19-28                               
 
Evening Pre-License Course   Tuesday & Thursday Evenings 6:00PM-10:00PM 
     June 2-July 17
     September 28-November 16, Includes Saturday November 7

 
          RADON MEASUREMENT 2008  Held at 5425 South East Street, Indianapolis          
          OCTOBER 26-28, 2009           Tuition: $475.00 and includes the NEHA test 
               (Registration Deadline October 5, 2009)
          NEHA TEST ONLY    FEE $55
          OCTOBER 28, 2009 (Registration Deadline October 5, 2009)   

All pre-license courses include a final review and an ASHI style, two hour final practice test, which must be passed to apply for your State HI License.  Materials include a Training Manual, Home Inspection Training Workbook, the State Home Inspector Standards of Practice, and the use of Inspection and Business Control Forms developed by the Instructor, Don Osborne.  Morning and afternoon refreshments are included.  A rest room is available.  While classrooms are non-smoking, frequent breaks are taken to accommodate smokers.

 INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL (ICC)  PRE-CERTIFICATION PREPERATION               
A new course of study being offered starting in 2009 is a 51 hour course spread over 17 sessions.  It will be offered in late Summer or early Fall 2009.  The sessions will be held on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 7-10PM.  This course will prepare the attendee to take the ICC certification test for Residential Building Inspector.  This course is intended for the Home Inspector or Contractor who wishes to increase their knowledge of the International Building Code, how it is enforced locally, and to add to an individuals professional credentials.  The course will be taught by Robert Laughlin, International Code Council, Residential Combo Inspector.  Cost is $480.00    

POST LICENSING & POST COURSE COMPLETION

After obtaining the Home Inspector and Radon Measurement and Wood Destroying Pest Category 12 license, we offer the Continuing Education you need to maintain your license and to maintain your competitive edge over your competition.  Watch the Continuing Education Page on our website for programs you will want to attend. 

SUPERVISED INSPECTIONS
We now offer a Supervised Inspection service.  The instructor, Don Osborne, will accompany the new inspector during an inspection, watching over the new inspector to ensure that the inspection is conducted and reported properly.  This service will be especially useful for the new inspector who may be a little unsure about conducting and reporting the first few inspections.  Arrangements must be made in advance for each supervised inspection.  Supervised Inspection fee is $100.00 per inspection.

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The Home Inspector Professional is a Generalist, whose job, during an inspection, is to recognize components of the home that would affect habitability.  It is a very serous responsibility that the public expects us to perform.  Much of the public today is very unaware of the types of conditions that will adversley affect their home and look to the Home Inspector for guidance in their purchase decision, making the Home Inspector very much in demand today.  The Home Inspector deals with conditions of the building's components and not with value.  Heartland Home Inspection Training trusts this web site will help you in your decision to become a home inspector and will help guide you after obtaining the Indiana Home Inspector License!                                                                                    

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