U.S. EPA Approves InterNACHI as Accredited Training Provider

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InterNACHI has been accredited by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to offer Renovation, Repair and Painting training at the InterNACHI House of Horrors® and classrooms throughout the United States to members who want to become U.S. EPA Certified Renovators.

InterNACHI’s Renovator Initial Course, EPA-approved for purposes of certification under Section 402 of TSCA, is a combination of a 6-hour of online course (free and online for members) and 2 hours of hands-on training (for a fee).

In general, anyone who is paid to perform work that disturbs paint in housing and child-occupied facilities built before 1978 must be certified. Become a U.S. EPA Certified Renovator webpage provides information on how to become a Certified Renovator.

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I am certified for HVACR do I need more?

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I am certified for HVACR do I need more?
Jim Bowline northstateinspections@yahoo.com or
jim@northstateinspections.org

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Hi, Jim. Do you need more to do what?

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If I wasn’t to do just testing I would still need the 8 hour course? Will this course be offered in Florida any time soon?

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Correct. It’s an 8 hour course. EPA doesn’t cut it down shorter.

Yes. It will be offered in Florida soon. Possibly May or June.

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What dates are available in January, I will be in close to boulder January 4-9th , can I take the 2 hour then?

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We do not have any classes for January. We had one in April. We’ll have some more classes soon in both Colorado and Florida.

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Will you be having any classes in the Detroit Michigan area/

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Possibly. It’s up to the local Chapter there. InterNACHI provides resources for members to create and manage their own local Chapters using Form your own InterNACHI(R) Chapter. It costs you nothing. - InterNACHI