How to Get Your License to Become a Termite Inspector
Termites inspectors are trained and licensed professionals who have studied the habits and life-cycle of termites, and are familiar with the typical locations for termites infestations in both residential and commercial buildings. Sometimes termite inspectors are also building or home inspectors, but that is a relatively new trend in the inspection industry. Termite inspectors come from a wide variety of backgrounds, including working in other areas in pest control. While the training needed to to pass the exam to become a licensed termite inspector is relatively brief, many states do require a significant apprenticeship period where you work with an experienced termite inspector up to several hundred hours before you can be fully licensed as a termite inspector.
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Take a termite inspector apprentice course at a local university, community college or trade school. These courses can vary in length from an intense two-day workshop to a few-week class that just meets for an hour or two a day.
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Find an active termite inspector who is willing to take you on as apprentice. Depending on the circumstances and the hours, it might be a paid or an unpaid apprenticeship. Sometimes the school where you took you termite inspector apprentice course will have a program to help place apprentices with local inspectors.
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Take the licensing or certification exam required by your state to work as a professional termite inspector. Different states have varying standards and names for the required certifications, but the licensing exams all cover similar material regarding the life cycle and places to look to find termites. Check with the agriculture department or pest control board in your state for further details.
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Tips & Warnings
In some states, termite inspectors are called wood destroying organism or WDO inspectors, as they are also inspecting for other wood-destroying pests as well as termites.
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