Obtain your education and experience one of the following ways:
1. Be actively licensed as an apprentice for 3 months during the 12 month period prior to filing the inspector application and complete 90 hours of core real estate inspection courses and complete at least 25 inspections while licensed as an apprentice.
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2. Complete 120 hours of core real estate inspection courses. Of the 120 hours, 30 hours of core inspection education must contain 10 hours credit each for the structural, mechanical and electrical systems found in improvements of real property. In addition to the 120 hrs, one of the following requirements must also be met:
A. Complete 60 hours in an experience training module (provide letter from the education provider or a course completion certificate); or
B. Complete 60 hours of inspecting with a licensed professional inspector who can provide a letter certifying attendance; or
C. Have 2 years as an active licensed professional engineer, engineer-in-training, or licensed or registered architect (provide a license history); or
D. Have 3 years of personal experience in a field directly related to home inspecting (provide 2 reference letters from persons other than the applicant who has personal knowledge of the applicant's work).

Obtain your education and experience one of the following ways:
1. Be actively licensed as a Real Estate Inspector for 12 months during the 24 month period prior to filing the professional application, complete 128 hours of core real estate inspection courses (8 of which must be related to the study of standards of practice, legal issues or ethics related to the profession, this hour requirement includes the 90 completed as an apprentice) and complete at least 200 inspections (175 of which are performed under indirect supervision while licensed as a Real Estate Inspector and 25 of which were completed under direct supervision as an apprentice).
or
2. Complete 328 classroom hours of core real estate inspection courses. Of these hours, the following courses must be taken: 30 hrs in Foundation Systems, 25 hrs in Roof Systems, 30 hrs in Framing, 25 hrs in Electrical Systems, 25 hrs in HVAC Systems, 25 hrs in Plumbing, 12 hrs in Building Enclosure, 6 hrs in Appliances, 8 hrs in Standards of Practice/Legal/Ethics, 8 hrs in Standard Report Form/Report Writing, and 6 hrs in other core inspection approved courses. In addition to the 328 hrs, one of the following requirements must also be met:
A. Complete 120 hours in an experience training module (provide letter from the education provider or a course completion certificate); or
B. Complete 120 hours of inspecting with a licensed professional inspector who can provide a letter certifying attendance; or
C. Have 3 years as an active licensed professional engineer, engineer-in-training, or licensed or registered architect (provide a license history); or
D. Have 5 years of personal experience in a field directly related to home inspecting (provide 2 reference letters from persons other than the applicant who has personal knowledge of the applicant's work).

To renew your license on Active status you must provide proof of professoinal liability insurance and complete 32 hours of commission approved core/continuing education real estate inspection courses every two years (16 hours during each of the two years). You must submit copies of course completion certificates to TREC prior to renewing online.