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It doesn’t matter whether you want to become a home inspector in Conway, Little Rock, Fayetteville, Fort Smith, Jonesboro, Hot Springs, or Bentonville ; our home inspection classroom course will fulfill the Arkansas home inspection licensing requirements. What are you waiting for? Enroll now and begin your new career as a home inspector in Arkansas!
The next step in qualifying for your Arkansas home inspector’s license is to sit for the National Home Inspectors Exam, which is required by the Arkansas Home Inspector Registration Board. ICA’s classroom training program includes a 200-page online study guide with more than 700 practice questions. By taking the practice questions, our graduates will be prepared to take the exam with confidence.
The Arkansas Home Inspector Registration Board also requires home inspectors to register with the Arkansas Secretary of State. As a condition of registering, applicants must provide evidence of general liability insurance coverage of not less than $100,000. After passing the NHIE exam and having been issued your Arkansas home inspector license, you’ll be ready to either start your own home inspection business or go to work for an existing inspection company.
Renewing and Maintaining Your Arkansas Home Inspector License
Arkansas home inspection licenses must be renewed annually. To renew your license, Arkansas requires a minimum of 14 hours of continuing education each year, which can be in the form of online training. Through Inspection Certification Associates’ affiliations the International Association of Home Inspector (InterNACHI), continuing education can be arranged free of charge for ICA graduates.
As a condition of maintaining your Arkansas home inspector’s license’s good standing, home inspection methods must meet minimum criteria. Inspections are to be conducted in accordance with the standards of practice and codes of ethics established by the Arkansas Home Inspector Registration Board.
What ICA’s Home Inspection Classroom Training Covers
Here’s a summary of the topics included in ICA’s Arkansas home inspector classroom training:
- Introduction to Home Inspections – Overview of the home inspection industry and the life of a licensed home inspector
- Business and Legal Aspects – Starting a home inspection business, the importance of written inspector/client pre-inspection agreements, error & omissions and liability insurance requirements
- Inspection Process – Home inspection methods and industry standards
- Roofing – Roofing terms and roof types, roof materials, basic and advanced roof inspection techniques, detecting roof defects
- Exterior of the Home – Site grading and drainage, siding or stucco and trim, exterior defects, porches, decks, balconies and railings, paving and vegetation
- Structural Components – Foundations and footings, beams, joists, trusses, framing, techniques for inspecting structures and detecting structural defects
- Interior of the House – Interior rooms and walls, attics and insulation, windows and doors, bathrooms, kitchens and kitchen appliances, basements and crawl spaces
- Plumbing – Water supply lines, waste piping, septic systems, connections, vents, drainage, bathroom and kitchen faucets and fixtures, water heaters, fuel storage tanks and lines, sump pumps and ejector pumps
- Heating System – Heat sources, fossil fuel combustion requirements, forced air heating, hydronic heating, space and wall heaters, fireplaces and chimneys, wood stoves and vents
- Air Conditioning – Basics of refrigeration, split cooling systems, ductless systems, geothermal and air source heat pumps
- Electrical Systems – Theory of electricity, service drops and distribution, wire gauges, main panels and subpanels, switches and outlets, ground fault interrupters, electrical fixtures, smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors
- Marketing Your Business – Strategies, tips and techniques for starting, growing and operating a successful home inspection business
- Commercial Inspections – Performing commercial building inspections, understanding ASTM international standards (formerly American Society for Testing Materials)
Once you’ve passed the exams, registered with the Secretary of State and received your Arkansas home inspector’s license, you’ll be qualified to perform home inspections anywhere in the state!
Here’s More of What’s Included with ICA Arkansas Home Inspector License Training
In addition to the most comprehensive home inspector training in available in Arkansas, here are some of the other benefits you’ll receive when you train for your Arkansas home inspector license through Inspection Certification Associates:
- Lifetime access to all ICA online home inspection training materials
- Graduates of our program will be certified as both residential and commercial inspectors
- Unlike most other home inspector training schools, Radon and Mold introductory bonus courses are included at no extra cost.
- Free Report Form Nitro inspection report software, which is an app for generating inspector/client agreements and issuing final reports using mobile devices. It’s a $399 value, but is included free with your ICA Arkansas home inspector license training. ICA students may upgrade to Spectora home inspection software as part of our exclusive partnership – or use Report Form Pro Nitro software, which is included in our home inspection training at no charge.
