The THITA Home Inspection Course: Modules
Our THITA Home Inspection Course Training Manual Guide shows Students how they will be instructed and consists of various Modules, all of which are Outcomes based.
Forget anything you have heard or learned about the Home Inspection business and profession and clear your mind of all pre-conceptions. Please regard THITA as your guide to self improvement and business success.
Our Training Manual Guide assists your Students during their period of self study and thereafter - remaining as an easy to use referral guide to the profession, its guidelines, its role players, its rules, its pitfalls and its rewards.
Since we at THITA promote, as all other progressive educational bodies do, training by means of “learning outcomes”, we have designed the Training Manual Guide guide to list our intended learning outcomes for each Module i.e. what the essence is that we expect Students to glean from each particular Module. These are the new skills or knowledge that you should be able to apply upon completion of each Module.
We have designed each Module to progressively allow Students to put the new skills into practice as they go along and we have also included various self-evaluation tests which we expect Students to carry out at times which best suit them. Since our Students pay us for the privilege of imparting our knowledge to them, we trust that they will be willing to carry out these self-evaluation tests which are designed to increase their practical application of the theoretical information that we impart to them in each Module.
Our Training Manual Guide introduces Students to the attitudes and values they need to be able to meet ISHI (The Indian Society of Home Inspectors) final assessment criteria and to fulfil their role as a home inspector in a successful business.
The author of the THITA training material, GMR Lourens, developed it in collaboration with Intec College and after many years experience in the field as an Inspectorate in South Africa. The Course has been designed and adapted for use in India and it makes provision for 10 open book written self-evaluation test papers, the results of which students send to us at THITA so that we can keep a record of their progress along with their final examination, practical inspection and its 3 follow up physical inspections at the homes of family and friends that we expect Students to send to us for record and marking purposes.
We have also summarised the Training Manual Guide in a recommended study schedule, which indicates when we advise Students to complete a portion of the course (should be within 13 weeks, but Students can of course complete it at their own leisure or in as short a period as they prefer).
Since it is a self-study course, Students may set their own pace. We do recommend the time-table below in terms of which Students should complete the course in 12 weeks and carry out the 3 practical inspections in the 13th week to submit them to THITA for marking.
Students should also carry out the self-evaluation tests after each Module has been completed.
Prior to embarking on this Course, Students will also be required to complete a Skills Level Evaluation questionnaire which must be submitted to THITA as soon as possible after enrolment. This questionnaire is also required for Students to become a candidate member of ISHI and will be used as a measurement of their current level of skills so it is in their best interests to fill it in without resort to friends and colleagues - that would be defeating its purpose.
Below is an example of how our Student's timetable should look for the duration of the course:
Weeks 1 & 2 - Theory - Module 1 --------------- Self-Evaluation Test Paper 1
Weeks 3 & 4 Theory - Module 2 --------------- Self-Evaluation Test Paper 2
Weeks 5 & 6 - Theory - Module 3 --------------- Self-Evaluation Test Paper 3
Weeks 7 & 8 - Theory - Modules 4 & 5 ------- Self-Evaluation Test Papers 4 & 5
Weeks 9 & 10Theory - Modules 6 & 7 -------- Self-Evaluation Test Papers 6 & 7
Weeks 11 & 12Theory - Modules 8 -10 ------- Self-Evaluation Test Papers 8 -10
Week 13 - Final Exam and 3 practical inspections to submit to THITA.
Since we can only teach Students what we know and impart our expertise in the inspection field, it is important that they take note of the fact that there is prescribed material which they will have to acquaint themselves with in order to make a success as a home inspector.
The THITA Home Inspection Course provides all the prescribed material necessary to “pass” all the tests and the practical evaluation.
We have divided the THITA training Course into ten Modules.
Our THITA Home Inspection Course Training Manual Guide shows Students how they will be instructed and consists of various Modules, all of which are Outcomes based.
Forget anything you have heard or learned about the Home Inspection business and profession and clear your mind of all pre-conceptions. Please regard THITA as your guide to self improvement and business success.
Our Training Manual Guide assists your Students during their period of self study and thereafter - remaining as an easy to use referral guide to the profession, its guidelines, its role players, its rules, its pitfalls and its rewards.
Since we at THITA promote, as all other progressive educational bodies do, training by means of “learning outcomes”, we have designed the Training Manual Guide guide to list our intended learning outcomes for each Module i.e. what the essence is that we expect Students to glean from each particular Module. These are the new skills or knowledge that you should be able to apply upon completion of each Module.
We have designed each Module to progressively allow Students to put the new skills into practice as they go along and we have also included various self-evaluation tests which we expect Students to carry out at times which best suit them. Since our Students pay us for the privilege of imparting our knowledge to them, we trust that they will be willing to carry out these self-evaluation tests which are designed to increase their practical application of the theoretical information that we impart to them in each Module.
Our Training Manual Guide introduces Students to the attitudes and values they need to be able to meet ISHI (The Indian Society of Home Inspectors) final assessment criteria and to fulfil their role as a home inspector in a successful business.
The author of the THITA training material, GMR Lourens, developed it in collaboration with Intec College and after many years experience in the field as an Inspectorate in South Africa. The Course has been designed and adapted for use in India and it makes provision for 10 open book written self-evaluation test papers, the results of which students send to us at THITA so that we can keep a record of their progress along with their final examination, practical inspection and its 3 follow up physical inspections at the homes of family and friends that we expect Students to send to us for record and marking purposes.
We have also summarised the Training Manual Guide in a recommended study schedule, which indicates when we advise Students to complete a portion of the course (should be within 13 weeks, but Students can of course complete it at their own leisure or in as short a period as they prefer).
Since it is a self-study course, Students may set their own pace. We do recommend the time-table below in terms of which Students should complete the course in 12 weeks and carry out the 3 practical inspections in the 13th week to submit them to THITA for marking.
Students should also carry out the self-evaluation tests after each Module has been completed.
Prior to embarking on this Course, Students will also be required to complete a Skills Level Evaluation questionnaire which must be submitted to THITA as soon as possible after enrolment. This questionnaire is also required for Students to become a candidate member of ISHI and will be used as a measurement of their current level of skills so it is in their best interests to fill it in without resort to friends and colleagues - that would be defeating its purpose.
Below is an example of how our Student's timetable should look for the duration of the course:
Weeks 1 & 2 - Theory - Module 1 --------------- Self-Evaluation Test Paper 1
Weeks 3 & 4 Theory - Module 2 --------------- Self-Evaluation Test Paper 2
Weeks 5 & 6 - Theory - Module 3 --------------- Self-Evaluation Test Paper 3
Weeks 7 & 8 - Theory - Modules 4 & 5 ------- Self-Evaluation Test Papers 4 & 5
Weeks 9 & 10Theory - Modules 6 & 7 -------- Self-Evaluation Test Papers 6 & 7
Weeks 11 & 12Theory - Modules 8 -10 ------- Self-Evaluation Test Papers 8 -10
Week 13 - Final Exam and 3 practical inspections to submit to THITA.
Since we can only teach Students what we know and impart our expertise in the inspection field, it is important that they take note of the fact that there is prescribed material which they will have to acquaint themselves with in order to make a success as a home inspector.
The THITA Home Inspection Course provides all the prescribed material necessary to “pass” all the tests and the practical evaluation.
We have divided the THITA training Course into ten Modules.