Home Inspection Training Opens Doors... That might otherwise remain closed!
"In Co-operation with OAHI"
"Partners in Education"
The Home Inspectors Institute®'s "Introduction to Residential Home Inspection" is accepted by the OAHI -ONTARIO ASSOCIATION OF HOME INSPECTORS (also known as CAHPI - Ontario) towards their Baseline Academic Requirement - Introduction to Home Inspection (Option requirement). (where reference is made to an "Introductory Home Inspection Course").
Please note that this is only one of several courses required by the Ontario Association of Home Inspectors (OAHI) in order to obtain an RHI designation.
No matter what you hear or read... No one course will make you an instant home inspector!
In a nutshell their are 3 requirements to become a Registered Home Inspector through The Ontario Association of Home Inspectors (also known as CAHPI - Ontario).
Technical Requirements - You need to have a related background - if you don't meet the technical requirements - additional courses will be required (over and above those below in 2).
Baseline Requirements - There are 5 courses required along with an option (our "Introduction to Residential Home Inspection"course fulfills the option requirement).
Practical Requirement - You need to perform a certain number of inspections over a specific time frame
Anyone may join as a student member and receive a discount on any courses and seminars that OAHI offers directly. Students must meet the OAHI technical requirements or they will be assessed additional training requirements (courses in areas of weakness)
Once the Technical and Baseline requirements have been met, student members may upgrade to Associate status. Only at the Associate level of membership, are you allowed to advertise you affiliation with OAHI. Associate members may set up their inspection business and continue towards fulfilling the Practical Requirements. All the information is spelled out on their web site www.oahi.com and we suggest that you take the time to completely understand the process.
ASSOCIATIONS:
While home inspection remains unregulated in Canada and Professional Affiliation not mandatory , it is often considered a very important step towards establishing a successful and credible professional career in the home inspection industry. There are several educational requirements required in order to get your professional designation. We suggest that you may wish to visit The Ontario Association of Home Inspectors web site at: www.oahi.com for more information on this process.
There are other associations that you may wish to consider as well such as:
The Canadian Association of Home and Property Inspectors (CAHPI) at www.cahpi.ca The American Association of Home Inspectors (ASHI) at www.ashi.com
Our "Introduction to Residential Home Inspection" is a fast paced, action packed 9-day course. It offers the winning combination of formal classroom instruction as well as several practical home inspections. This course is ideally suited to individuals who are either Provincially Registered in a related discipline, have significant expertise in construction, or a related field and are seeking a possible career change (please refer to our course prerequisites).
Some of our students have been able to get the cost of their tuition covered by Human Resources Development of Canada. (We regret that we cannot guarantee results in this area as eligibility appears to be dependent on each individual HRDC office's criterion – which often differs from one location to the next)
Our office will be pleased to discuss the details of any of our courses with an HRDC counselor should the need arise. Please have them contact us by calling the Registrar- Kim Courtney at (613) 860-0700.
