16-Hr. TX Home Inspector Partial CE Package
This partial package includes 16 of the 32 continuing education hours you need to renew your Texas home inspector license.
Courses included in this package:
- Texas Inspector Legal & Ethics and SOP Review (9/1/23-8/31/25) (46863) (8 mandatory hours)
- Inspection Report Writing and Risk Reduction (50041) (3 elective hours)
- Pools and Spas (50050) (4 elective hours)
- Electrical Bonding (47064) (1 elective hour)
The Texas Real Estate Commission (the Commission) developed the course materials with the assistance of a content writing group using information gathered from publications, presentations, and general research. The Commission provides this information with the express understanding that the information is of a general character and neither the Commission nor its employees, agents, consultants, and/or affiliates are engaged in providing legal, accounting, or other professional advice.
This eight-hour course covers legal and ethical aspects of inspection practices in Texas, with an emphasis on TREC rules and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and their real-world applications. The course content serves the public interest by ensuring that consumers are protected by inspectors who know and comply with the requirements and laws, while helping inspectors uphold the professionalism and ethical reputation of the state’s home inspection industry.
Course highlights include:
- Documenting inspection results using the Standard Inspection Report Form REI 7-6
- Tips for writing reports that communicate useful, easy-to-understand details for clients
- Key TREC Rule changes and applying them in your inspection practices
- Managing requirements of and departures from SOPs
- Duties, responsibilities, and ethical practices of Texas home inspectors
- Hot topics to raise awareness of industry concepts, legalities, and best practices
- Structural, HVAC, electrical, appliance, plumbing, and optional systems SOPs
- Activities to support recall of key concepts and hands-on practice and discussion with peers
This three-hour inspection report writing course is designed to reinforce how to report within the Standards of Practice, and the proper recommendations an inspector should or should not make when determining if a professional evaluation is needed. Inspectors just starting out, as well as seasoned inspectors, will learn how to effectively write a report to reduce their liability and provide the client with valuable information. Students will leave with a stronger ability to generate an effective and defensible inspection report.
Course highlights include:
- Why claims are filed against home inspectors
- What home inspectors should never do
- Methods for improving report writing and communication skills
- How clients use home inspection reports
- Best practices for avoiding errors and omissions claims
- Keywords and phrases to use in inspection reports
- What to exclude in inspection reports and conversations
- Key points found in inspection agreements
Maximize your earning potential by adding Inspecting Pools and Spas to your service offerings. This course is taught by a seasoned inspector who has inspected thousands upon thousands of pools and spas. Learn about the complex and often misunderstood areas of Pool and Spa Inspections during this comprehensive yet fun course. Get ready to dive into an additional revenue source.
This online Electrical Bonding self-study course satisfies one hour of continuing education credit to licensed home inspectors. Within this course, students will spend time reviewing electrical bonding; the path of electrical current; grounding; and proper and improper installation of bonding. Students are required to successfully complete all exercises, unit exams, and a final exam to demonstrate understanding of content.