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Foundation Evaluation and Repair

This class will provide the student with a qualitative understanding of residential foundation design and performance characteristics. The student will be provided with information on the construction of various types of foundations as well as information regarding an evaluation of the causes of common foundation problems and methods to repair them. This course will provide information intended to enhance the student's ability to acquire and evaluate information during the claims adjustment process.

States:  Texas 12.29.2012, Georgia – no expiration date

CE Credits:  2.0

Basic Building Construction for the Adjuster

The students will learn the basic building components of structure from the foundation up to the peak of the roof and how the components are assembled during construction. The familiarization of building construction will give the new adjuster a reverse engineering perspective when analyzing a structure during the field-adjusting phase of the claims process. The knowledge of the integration of the building components will aid the adjuster in the fix or replace decisions during the claims handling process.

States:  Texas 6.28.2013, Mississippi 12.31.2012, Georgia – no expiration date

CE Credits:  2.0

Residential Foundation Evaluations

This class will give the student a qualitative understanding of residential foundation design and performance characteristics. The student will be provided with information on the engineering process used to evaluate the performance and condition of residential foundation, which will enhance the students’ ability to acquire and evaluate information during the claims adjustment process.

States:  Texas 6.28.2013

CE Credits:  2.0

Moisture Movement in Buildings

This course will provide an understanding of water vapor properties and its movement, importance of proper humidity control, harmful effect of excessive moisture on common building materials, causes of condensation and the design and construction factors influencing moisture movement in buildings.

States:  Texas 6.28.2013, Georgia – no expiration date

CE Credits: 2.0

Construction Defects

The licensee will obtain a knowledge of how to recognize the nature and extent of the distress or changed conditions associated with the most common types of construction defects and understand the design-build process by which construction defects are produced including the contribution of design, installation and material factors. Additionally, the licensee will understand the process of documenting construction defects for potential claims.

States:  Texas 11.6.2012

CE Credits:  2.0

Hail and Its Effects on Shingle Roofing Systems

The licensee will obtain knowledge of how hail is formed and the physics of the impact damage that can occur as a result of the various factors that are present on a typical residential composition shingle roof. The licensee will be able to identify the types of roof damage that can be caused by hail strikes and other non-hail events.

States:  Texas 11.29.2012

CE Credits:  2.0

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