Did you ever consider becoming a home inspector?
The Home Inspectors Institute (Ontario) offers home inspection training and education classes for prospective home inspectors
10 Reasons
Why Home Inspection is an Ideal Business Opportunity,
Career Change or New Career Choice.
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No franchise fees*. Minimal startup costs.
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Relatively short term startup training (period may vary dependent on each individuals previous experience).
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A home-based business with limited overhead costs.
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Can be conducted on a full or part-time basis.
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Unlimited income and potential for expansion.
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Growing demand for home inspection services.
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Cash flow benefits of onsite payment for services provided.
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Transportable skills - if you move to another location.
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Flexibility - set your own hours.
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An important, exciting and lucrative career.
* there are no franchise fees associated with our courses.
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There has never been a stronger demand for home inspections and qualified home inspectors as there is today. This is due, in part, to deficient construction practices, materials and workmanship as well as awareness of environmental hazards and a need to protect today's consumer who is better informed and wants maximum value for what is often the largest financial investment of his/her life.
Home Inspectors ® has established a comprehensive introductory home inspection training course through The Home Inspectors Institute ® and in cooperation with The Ontario Association of Home Inspectors - OAHI. It is one of several courses required for home inspection certification. Our Introduction to Residential Home Inspection training course was specifically designed for qualified individuals interested in starting their own home-based business in one of the fastest growing sectors of the building/construction industry. Entrepreneur Magazine predicts that over 90% of all homes purchased over the next few years will require home inspections. Experts in real estate are now predicting that the home inspection industry will grow by 400% in Canada and the USA by 2005 with a forecast of 10 to 15 million inspections needed over the next five years.
The Home Inspectors Institute ® is a privately owned and operated home inspection school located in Ottawa Ontario which offers an insight into this profession for anyone seriously interested in becoming a home inspector. Our Introduction to Residential Home Inspection training course provides a winning combination of formal classroom sessions and onsite inspection experience. Our head trainer has been a professional home inspector since 1980 and has years of practical experience and tips and tricks of the trade to share with students.
So What Makes our Course Different from Others?
Our course isn't the least expensive or the longest offered but it has often been called "The Best" by many of our graduates who have attended courses offered elsewhere. Be it Government sponsored, community college or professional association courses - there just is no comparison - period!
WHY? - Because our course is unique - we combine classroom training with actual practical inspection sessions. Students are tested daily on their work and are provided invaluable feedback on all aspects of their inspection presentation - from reports to commentary. They also gain wonderful insights from hands-on inspection experience in the field from someone who knows - something not offered by many other home inspection courses!
How can you be expected to conduct a successful home inspection if you have never witnessed one? A question we feel that is often overlooked by many educational institutions. To ask someone to go out and conduct a home inspection after formal classroom training is insane. How can you anyone utilize what they are learning if they don't know or understand what they are trying to achieve as a desired result - the inspection! This is like asking someone to complete a jigsaw puzzle without providing them with a picture of it.
We believe that our course offers the best curriculum possible for an introductory course. We go out on Day 1 and provide our students with a unique opportunity to witness an actual home inspection conducted by one of the industry's best inspectors. Students get to witness the inspection process, the rapport necessary between the inspector and their client and the type of questions that may be asked. Students are then asked to test their powers of observation by attempting their first inspection report as a benchmark and are generally surprised to find out just how much they missed as the inspection process. Inspection details and findings are reviewed in detail on Day 2. Over the course of 9 days, students get to witness their own improvement in defect recognition and report writing skills.
Many students come to us after having completed other home inspection training courses. Often, the reason is that they have no idea where to begin and are desperately in need of mentoring. Doesn't it make sense to witness the final product first and then strive to learn and work towards achieving that goal? Our graduates all feel that our course was well worth their financial investment and gave them the information they so desperately needed to set them on a career path.
Classess are always kept small to promote student interaction and provide an excellent student/teacher ratio. Students always have ample opportunity to ask the questions they want and receive the answers they need.  Personal attention is provided to each student to assist in even class progression.
Our Introduction to Residential Home Inspection is not your typical introductory course - We don't dwell on the history of the profession - we deal with the real issues - the important ones that will have an impact on your business success.
- How to set up your business - What works and what doesn't
- Former Student Progession - Often past graduates now in the business, will be guest speakers and share their start up stories
- The Home Inspection Process - Our systematic approach
- Report writing - What you need to put in a report, accurately and effectively. Dealing with clients & agents- What to say and what not to say - staying out of trouble
- Defect recognition - Do you know what you are seeing?
- Technical issues
- Associations - Options available
- The Exam - Our exam results provides students with detailed information as to their strengths and weakness's
- One-on-one feedback - Each student is provided with candid individual feedback from our staff as to their progress during the course and suitability towards profession.
All these issues are presented to students by our instructor - Paul Wilson who is one of Ontario's most respected and reputable home inspectors. He has completed over 14,500 professional home inspections since 1986 and is well qualified to impart his knowledge to students. Mr. Wilson is a very effective teacher and speaker and has been featured on CBC Television on numerous occasions to comment on housing in Ontario.
Student response to our home inspector training program has been extremely positive and many of our graduates feel this is "must have" training for anyone considering becoming a home inspector in the future. "This is the first tool any prospective home inspector should purchase" and "The best technical training course I've ever taken. Lots of great information on report writing and business startup needs. Paul knows his stuff! Take this course before any others."(please refer to our "course feedback" link from the navigation bar on the left)
Home Inspectors ® is poised for expansion just when our services are needed the most! Through our Home Inspectors Institute ® we are offering a unique opportunity to establish businesses which will be among the fastest growing success stories of the millennium. Home inspection is often a natural and logical career progression for professionals or tradespeople in construction related occupations wishing to change career paths.
Home Inspectors ® says it all: our unique registered name and logo is synonymous with the industry we represent. Our reputation for service and integrity since 1980 and our immense experience gained by conducting over 14,500 home inspections without a single legal judgment against us, has earned the respect of the legal profession, real estate community, educational facilities and financial institutions.
Don't miss out on this exceptional opportunity enroll in our introductory home inspector
training to corner the market in YOUR AREA before someone else seizes it first!
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