Tennessee Home Inspector License Training

As stated above, once you complete our online course, you become a certified home inspector. Upon completion of the course, we’ll email your home inspection certification and issue you your certification number. That number is what you’ll want to put on your business cards and home inspection reports. You also will need to take the Tennessee home inspectors exam, for which we prepare you.

The TN Home Inspector Exam can be taken at a third party testing facility in Chattanooga, Jackson, Johnson City, Knoxville, Memphis, or Nashville.

The average fee for a home inspection right now in Tennessee is $360. The amount you charge for a home inspection will vary based on age and square footage of the home. Our course will teach you how to price a home inspection correctly.

Yes. We work very closely with InterNACHI.  In fact all of our graduates receive a free one month membership to InterNACHI.

Yes. We work closely with the American Society of Home Inspectors. In fact, we train you specifically to the ASHI standards of practice and our training school is a Gold Level Member with ASHI.

In 2016 NAHI merged with ASHI, so NAHI no longer exists as a home inspection membership organization.

No. We’ll automatically email your home inspection certification upon completion of our online course.

We include our mold and radon introductory bonus courses free of charge to students who enroll in our online home inspection course. We also offer mold and radon certification courses. Through our partnership with ECAN, LLC, we offer a Mold Assessment Technician certification course, and a 16-Hour Radon Measurement Technician certification course. This course is also approved by the National Radon Proficiency Program (AARST-NRPP) or National Radon Safety Board (NRSB).

We have an arrangement with www.homeinspectionform.com wherein our graduates receive a free copy of their Report Form Pro Nitro home inspection reporting software. That is the report that most of our graduates start with since it is so easy to use. Normally selling for $400, the Report Form Pro Nitro home inspection reporting software can be printed and filled out by hand or filled out on your smartphone, tablet, or computer. You can even put in photos easily. They also have a mobile app version of their home inspection report that can be used on an Android or Apple mobile device. At the end of the day, all that matters is that you have a home inspection report form that you’re comfortable with, and these are both good home inspection report options.

Yes. We provide you with a list of tools needed. The total cost of tools comes out to a little under $200, including the non-invasive moisture meter.

Starting and running a successful home inspection business requires more than just a home inspection license. ICA’s membership portal, Edcetera Home Inspection, empowers home inspectors to start and grow their careers by connecting them with experts and providing content on topics not covered by other home inspection training. Delivered via live webinars, on-demand videos, video courses, Facebook community, blogs, and podcasts, members can gain:

• Business Management Skills
• Advanced Home Inspection Training
• Marketing & Networking Training
• Access to Tools & Templates

Join a community of home inspection professionals, master new skills, and find ongoing support to succeed in every stage of your career. New students who enroll in a home inspection licensing course with ICA receive a one-year membership for free!

We provide resources that will help get your business up and running. Our membership portal, Edcetera Home Inspection, contains everything you need to start and grow your business, including live webinars, business templates, downloadable PDFs, and more.

No schools are allowed to give the home inspection exam in Tennessee. That test is given by a third-party testing company. You can take that home inspection exam any day of the week. You just need to schedule the test one week in advance.

Actually, the way it works is once you complete our course and pass the Tennessee exam, you will send the board a copy of your certification from us along with your score sheet from the Tennessee exam. Then you will be issued your TN home inspection license.

Yes. In fact, the majority of our graduates will start their own successful home inspection business after completing our course. We also train you on the whole marketing and business start-up side of things.

We have full support for all students and graduates, both during and after the home inspection course. Even if you have questions when you are on a home inspection, we can assist via phone, email, or text.

No. We train students from all different backgrounds to be successful home inspectors in Tennessee and being a contractor is not necessary to become a home inspector.

Clock hours earned at Inspection Certification Associates may not transfer to another educational institution. Clock hours earned at another educational institution may not be accepted by Inspection Certification Associates. You should obtain confirmation that Inspection Certification Associates will accept any clock hours you have earned at another educational institution before you execute an enrollment contract or agreement. You should also contact any educational institutions that you may want to transfer clock hours earned at Inspection Certification Associates to determine if such institutions will accept clock hours earned at Inspection Certification Associates prior to executing an enrollment contract or agreement. The ability to transfer clock hours from Inspection Certification Associates to another educational institution may be very limited. Your clock hours may not transfer and you may have to repeat courses previously taken at Inspection Certification Associates if you enroll in another educational institution. You should never assume that clock hours will transfer to or from any educational institution. It is highly recommended and you are advised to make certain that you know the transfer of clock hours policy of Inspection Certification Associates and of any other educational institutions you may in the future want to transfer the clock hours earned at Inspection Certification Associates before you execute an enrollment contract or agreement.

If for any reason an applicant is not accepted by the school, no money will be exchanged.

A student who at any time withdraws, is withdrawn (including expulsion) by the institution, or otherwise fails to attend class is entitled to a full refund of any fee, regardless of whether the fee is included in tuition, paid to the institution for tangible goods or services not delivered to or fully provided to the student.

If a student fails to begin class on the program start date as written in the enrollment agreement or as amended by the institution, the refund shall equal the sum of all refundable fees paid and, if the student has institutional loans, forgiveness of the amounts owed by the student.

If after the program has started and before expiration of twenty percent (20%) or less of the period of enrollment for which the student was charged, a student withdraws, is withdrawn (including expulsion) by the institution, or otherwise fails to attend classes, the refund shall be a pro rata portion of refundable fees. If applicable, the refund shall include forgiveness of institutional loans. For example, if a student’s last day of attendance equals ten percent (10%) of the period of enrollment for which the student was charged, the institution is entitled to retain only ten percent (10%) of the refundable fees charged for the period. However, in no instance will the institution be responsible for any refund in excess of the amount paid by or on behalf of the student for the period of enrollment for which the student was charged.

Except in cases detailed above, if after expiration of twenty percent (20%) of the period of enrollment for which the student was charged, a student withdraws, is withdrawn (including expulsion) by the institution, or otherwise fails to attend classes, the student may be deemed obligated for one hundred percent (100%) of the refundable fees charged by the institution up to the last period of enrollment charged.

For a student who cannot complete one (1) or more classes because the institution discontinued such a class during a period of enrollment for which the student was charged, the institution shall refund the sum of all refundable fees paid and, if the student has institutional loans, forgive the amounts owed by the student.