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Oregon home inspector certification
The Construction Contractors Board certifies Oregon home inspectors, who must pass the National Home Inspector Examination and work for a CCB-licensed business.
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- Who certifies
- The Construction Contractors Board. Certification is needed by anyone who advertises, bids on or performs residential home inspections of more than one structural component.
- Business
- You must own or work for a CCB-licensed business endorsed as residential general, residential specialty, or home inspector services contractor. The home inspector services endorsement needs no pre-license education or test, and carries a $15,000 bond and $100,000 per occurrence of liability insurance. Its bond and insurance requirements are lower than those of the general or specialty endorsements.
- Education
- At least 20 qualifying points from a list of items. A certificate from an approved provider, with a 3-hour class minimum, counts 1 point for each listed subject. A 3-credit-hour college course in home inspection counts 10 points. Each ride-along with an Oregon certified home inspector counts 1 point. Inspection or construction experience, recommendations from Oregon certified home inspectors (1/2 point each), and building codes certifications also count.
- National exam
- The National Home Inspector Examination, administered by PSI. It has 200 multiple-choice questions and runs four hours. The fee is $225, and you keep the score report to submit with your application.
- Application
- Submit the signed application with copies of the documents for your 20 points, the PSI report of your passing exam, and payment to the CCB.
- Fees
- $150 to apply. $150 to renew certification every two years. The CCB business license renews for $400 every two years.
- Continuing education
- 30 hours of continuing education from approved providers every two years. Certified home inspectors are exempt from the regular CCB residential continuing education requirement.
- Out-of-state applicants
- The packet says the national exam may be transferable to other states that use it. The certification pages give no other route for an inspector certified elsewhere.
Sources
- Oregon Construction Contractors Board, “Oregon Construction Contractors Board : Specialty Licenses & Certifications : State of Oregon”
- Oregon Construction Contractors Board, “Oregon Certified Home Inspector Certification Application”
- Oregon Construction Contractors Board, “Oregon Construction Contractors Board : CCB License : State of Oregon”