How PHII Training Works

Course lessons are interactive and all the learning material is available online

Interactive course lessons make learning content available from your computer, laptop, tablet, or even your smartphone! Learn when and where you want at your convenience!

PHII's interactive home inspection training provides a complete learning experience. The course is 100% online, and we also include an offline option. The course is composed of hundreds of pages of learning material with online testing and instant results.

What You Will Master

• The major components and systems of a home
• What to inspect, how to inspect it, and what not to inspect
• How to complete a professional inspection using a pre-inspection agreement, checklist, and tools of the trade
• Completing and presenting a professional report to your client
• How to market your services and expand your business
• And much more

Online Course
The online course enables you to complete your training from any computer with Internet access. You can start immediately and finish quickly or go back, re-take lessons and use as much time as you need.

Offline Option
We also provide an option for a backup USB thumb drive so that you can study course materials without being online, then take quizzes when you get back online. This is great for times when you don't have Internet access.

The basic home inspection course contains 20 lessons you can master in as little as 1-2 weeks

This is the must-know information for home inspectors. When you have successfully completed the basic course you will be ready to start inspecting homes.

Aligned with National Standards
There are components and systems that you are required to evaluate and include in your report. These include the Site, Grounds, Grading, Exterior, Structure, Roof, Plumbing, Electric, Attic, Insulation, Ventilation, Interior, Bathrooms, Kitchen, Basement or Crawlspace, Heating, Air Conditioning, and Garage or Carport.

The course will show how to inspect each required component. You will learn through online testing, flash cards and by completing field assignments.

Advanced Home Inspector Training
Also included is a 13-lesson Advanced Course to help you recognize proper construction techniques and component installation. The Advanced Course contains the information needed to pass the National Home Inspector Examination (NHIE), which requires detailed knowledge from several licensed trades. Some states require passing the NHIE to become licensed.

Advanced Course Topics
The Advanced Course covers greater details about the Structure, Exterior, Roof & Chimney, Plumbing, Electric, Insulation, Ventilation, Interior, Heating & Fireplace, Cooling, Pools & Irrigation, Analysis, Reporting, Ethics, Business Operation, Sales and Marketing. The Advanced Course can also be used for continuing education credits (CECs).

The course contains online practice tests, lesson quizzes, and exams. The course provides instant feedback on quizzes/tests and shows you what you missed so you can go back and review as much as wanted. There is no maximum limit to the number of times you can take the quizzes/tests so you can repeat the questions until you are confident that you know the material and achieve a passing score.

The course includes hundreds of online, interactive flashcards to help you practice the objectives for each lesson. Flash cards are a learning retention tool rather than a quiz, which allows you to practice the main ideas from a particular lesson prior to taking a test. The flashcards quiz you over what you are expected to know prior to taking an end-of-lesson quiz. You can then go back and review the relevant course material. You can easily skip flashcard questions you already know by clicking to the next flashcard.

The course lessons are self-paced and available on-demand 24/7. There are no set times you need to be online taking the course and you may spend as much or as little time reviewing the lessons as you'd like. The lessons contain text that you read, audio clips, streaming videos, color illustrations, diagrams, and flashcards to help you learn the material. You may jump around in the course and repeat lessons and you can always go back and review lessons at your convenience.

Unlimited Student Support

If you any questions or problems, we are always a toll free phone call away 12 hours a day on weekdays and 8 hours on Saturdays. The course also has a student-instructor forum where you can post questions to the instructors and get answers that way or see frequently asked questions/answers asked by other students. Our goal is to help you succeed in the wide-open field of professional home inspection.

We pride ourselves in taking care of students after enrollment with great support and discounts on other products and future courses. You can call 605-427-2908 to speak to us or you can use our Online Course Support system to quickly get your question directly to us at any hour or day of the week. We answer every question as quickly and completely as possible.

Start training today, and get ready to start your new career as quickly as you want, backed by PHII professional support!

The Basic and Advanced Courses are rated at 90 hours and 32 hours respectively. These estimates are for someone with no experience coming into the course. However, students can move through the lessons as quickly or as slowly as they wish so the time it takes may vary depending on the individual. Typically, the courses can be completed in 2-3 weeks if you are working at it pretty steadily. You also have the flexibility to stretch the courses out over a period of a few months if you get busy doing something else and only want to do the course part-time. The courses have no set expiration times so you can take the lessons at your own convenience!