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Advanced Home Inspection Course

Advanced Home Inspection CertificationLength: 32-Hours (Online) Fees: $399

Master the advanced systems, codes, and skills required to dominate your market. PHII’s Online Advanced Course delivers 13 comprehensive lessons, hundreds of interactive flashcards, and realistic practice quizzes engineered to maximize your exam preparation and ongoing professional growth.

The curriculum goes beyond the basics to cover advanced report analysis, business operations, professional ethics, and risk management to limit your liability. It also delivers information on ancillary inspections such as swimming pools and renewable energy systems. While these specialty areas are outside the scope of a standard home inspection, they are mandatory topics required to pass the National Home Inspector Examination (NHIE).

Our automated learning management system tracks your exact progress. Complete interactive lesson quizzes, instantly analyze your feedback, correct mistakes on the fly, and resume exactly where you left off—whether you are studying on a laptop, tablet, or phone.

When you finish the course and pass the final exams, you will possess the knowledge and skills needed to pass many different types of exams. You will aso feel more confident and informed about all areas of residential home inspection.

What You Will Master:

  • Exam-Targeted Building Codes: Clear breakdowns of the residential building codes most frequently tested on state licensing and national exams.
  • High-Risk Defect Identification: In-depth training on spotting critical liabilities like EIFS defects, aluminum branch wiring, and polybutylene piping.
  • Advanced Mechanical Systems: Deep dives into complex, modern HVAC configurations and structural components.
  • Ancillary & Specialty Inspections: Learn the protocols for high-revenue add-ons required by the NHIE, including swimming pools, spas, and renewable energy systems.
  • Defensible Report Writing: Standards-compliant structural modeling and business techniques to limit your liability and deliver flawless reports.

Your Premium Training Package Includes:

  • Full 32-Hour Online Course Access & Interactive Flashcards
  • Official PHII Certificate of Completion
  • Lifetime Online Course Material Updates
  • Toll-Free, Dedicated Live Instructor Support
  • FREE InspectHost Business Website ($149 Value) — Start marketing your brand immediately.
  • FREE 1-Year AHI Professional Membership ($289 Value) — Instantly build national credential authority.