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Optimus Associates and Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors announce
First candidates in the country to gain
Diploma in Home Inspection

         

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Optimus Associates are pleased to announce an alliance with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors under the umbrella of the Safe As Assessment Centre.  The combined strengths of RICS and Optimus Associates have lead to the achievement of the first candidates in the country to gain the Diploma in Home Inspection.  Our congratulations to the candidates for all their hard work.

The Safe As Assessment Centre now has a proven track record of supporting candidates through assessment and verification.  Our customer focussed commitment means that we are able to demystify the Diploma and provide candidates with the answers to their questions and enable them to achieve the Award in the most time efficient way.

In response to requests for further information Optimus Associates have put together a range of workshops for anyone needing further advice and also assistance in the in the achievement of the HI Diploma.

Workshops can be arranged anywhere in England & Wales
contact Pauline Whittle for more details,
telephone 01788 552204  or e-mail

Information workshops

Information Workshop for Surveyors, Solicitors & Estate Agents

The Process for a Surveyor to Become a Home Inspector

Inspecting Large or Unusual Properties 

Aims and Objectives: 
To provide information and background on the Housing Reform Act 2004 and the commercial implications for those involved in the process.

Aims and Objectives:
To put the whole process of becoming a Home Inspector and its commercial implications into perspective.

Aims and Objectives
For surveyors who work with large and unusual properties and need advice on the special requirements and considerations for producing home condition reports.

Duration:  Half a Day Duration Whole Day Duration:  Whole day
Content 
XXX
  Housing Act 2004 – relevant sections
●  Income stream
●  Pack contents
●  Where the solicitor fits into the process
●  Where the Estate Agent fits into the process
●  Where the Surveyor fits into the process
●  How the Home Information Pack is stored
  How the Home Condition Report is stored

Content
Morning
●  Why bother  - income stream
●  How to achieve the Diploma
● 
Pre-existing reports
●  HCR’s – the process explained
●  Condition ratings
  External test
●  NOS
●  Storyboards made simple
  Registration
●  CPD/LLL
●  Profiling
  Skills match
●  eNVQ
●  HI Licence
●  Uploading of HCR’s
Afternoon 
  Detailed look at reports with photographs, deciding on condition ratings.
●  Going round an empty property and looking at defects.  Analysing how the report would look. 
●  Condition ratings
●  Justification and wording
●  Software
●  Energy data

Content
XXX
●  Legislation
●  Construction
●  Defects and how to remedy them
●  Undertaking a survey of a large or unusual property
●  Produce site notes and a Home Condition Report

Cost £95  + VAT per delegate COST £175 + VAT per delegate

e-mail for details

e-mail for details

   
   
   
  Cost £175  + VAT per delegate  
  e-mail for details