NSPIRE Inspection Training

This course is much more than just a maintenance course. We discuss regulatory requirements, online systems, and required reporting in a way accessible to all. We also teach effective oversight and daily planning methods, which are key to full compliance with REAC NSPIRE. Above all, we discuss what can be done to create better living environments and how to reduce the stress of deferred maintenance.

NSPIRE’s requirements align with the International Building Code (IBC), International Code Council (ICC), UFAS/ADA Accessibility Requirements, and fire and life safety standards. The ACE Certification course addresses the basis for NSPIRE standards while sharing all requirements: We do not simply gloss over the bare minimum. The NSPIRE Specialist ACE Certification seminar provides a comprehensive understanding of all standards clearly and concisely. It’s important to us that everyone can learn these sometimes tricky rules.

NSPIRE standards refocus the inspection process on Health and Safety, essential Building Safety Codes, and Unit Conditions. These new physical inspection requirements are a new way of thinking that everyone from executives to property managers to professional inspectors to maintenance professionals must know. Those used to conducting HQS and UPCS Inspections need to understand the step-by-step requirements of what makes something a deficiency. They also need to know how to test components properly. Our training gives you all that in a way that’s easily understandable and complete.

Here are a few of the details of NPSIRE that you need to know:

• Fire labeled doors are now thoroughly inspected, and issues found are considered life threatening.   

• Ramps require handrails and other new standards must align with accessibility requirements.   

• GFCI outlets are required near water sources – but there are important exceptions.  

• Outlets are all to be tested manually now – hazards may not be visible to the naked eye.  

• Inspections have step-by-step instructions now. 

• There are new blocked egress rules, loosening the restrictions dramatically in some places and adding new requirements in others. 

• A simple piece of wood used to hold open a fire door is considered to be a life-threatening hazard.  

• You’ve got to look for the little things like a door stop on a fire labeled door or even a chair in the way of a fire door. 

US Housing Consultants will explain NSPIRE standards and procedures (broken down by funding program), the score on the REAC scoring process, and an in-depth analysis of each NSPIRE deficiency. In this seven-hour course, we explain standards and deficiencies, show detailed examples, and describe the step-by-step requirements for each component to be inspected under NSPIRE. After the course, attendees can take an online exam to earn the ACE-NSPIRE Certification.