The EPA is now allowing the RRP REFRESHER course to be taken 100% online every other recertification.

On February 17, 2016 EPA completed changes to the Lead-based Paint Program. The Lead Renovation, Repair & Painting (RRP) Refresher Course, will no longer require a hands-on component and can be completed 100% online every other recertification. Renovators who take the online training will be certified for three years, while renovators who take the class room with hands-on training will be certified for five years.

Benefits:

– If allowed to expire you will have to take an 8-hour course to regain your certification.
>> It’s Convenient
– Take the class in the comfort of your own home.
– May start and stop as you wish.
>> Saves you time and money
– Train without losing production time. Cost is just $124, less than the classroom version, and includes the $25 WA State Department of Commerce fee.

The accreditation is good for 3 years. WA and OR residents and any EPA regulated state may use this course. To qualify for EPA RRP Re-certification using this method, the following criteria must be met:
Must not live in any of the following states: AL, DE, GA, IA, KS, MA, MS, NC, OK, RI, UT, or WI.
Your current RRP Renovator Certification must be valid.
You must COMPLETE the online course before it expires.
You must provide a copy of your most recent RRP Certificate (PDF files only)
You must provide an uploaded photo of yourself (JPG files only)

The cost is $124.

Our trusted training partner (ProTech) is working with us to provide you access to this course.

Prerequisites: Must not live in any of the following states: AL, DE, GA, IA, KS, MA, MS, NC, OK, RI, UT, or WI. Your current RRP Renovator Certification must be valid.

Materials: Computer with internet connection.

BPI CEUs: tbd

Instructor: Online

Location: Online Anytime

The Blower Door and Pressure Diagnostics one day class is designed to provide new and current Building Analysts with the information needed to complete building envelope diagnostics in accordance with, the BPI Building Analyst Technical Standards and the Washington State Department of Commerce Weatherization Specifications.

Each attendee will participate in classroom work and hands on work in the lab using blower doors and manometers to complete building envelope diagnostic testing. Each attendee will participate in the diagnostic testing in order to complete a Diagnostic Test Report (required by Washington State Dept of Commerce) for the test house.

Attendees must come prepared for classroom work and for crawling and climbing in confined spaces. Please bring your calculator and flashlights.

Specific tasks in the classroom will include:

1. Review Basic Building Science Principles

2. Review the use of manometers and pressure.

3. Learn about what information a blower door can provide.

4. Understand how the blower door relates to the ventilation standards, ASHRAE 62.89 and 62.2010.

5. Be able to turn a CFM50 into ACH@50, ALA and CFM”n”.

6. Be introduced to the house depressurization chart and learn how to use it for predicting outcomes of house tightening.

Specific tasks in the Lab will include:

1. Using a manometer to measure pressure.

2. Using a blower door to measure house leakage.

3.Using zonal pressures to determine zone connectedness to inside and outside.

4. Use a pressure pan to determine duct system connectedness to outside.

5. Take dominant duct leak test and all doors closed effect test to determine HVAC interaction with the building envelope.

6. Measure fan flows to determine ventilation effectiveness in relation to building tightness.

Prerequisites: Prerequisite: Some previous experience using the blower door.

Materials: Bring a calculator

BPI CEUs: 4

Instructor: Chris Clay

Location: Bellingham, WA

This workshop focuses on basic safety testing of combustion appliances. Procedures to determine appliance drafts will be reviewed. Proper use of the digital manometer, draft gauges, chemical smoke and techniques for resolving pressure problems will be emphasized. This is not a combustion appliance repair course, this course is about identifying existing problems and predicting how house tightening or duct repair will cause problems, or make existing problems worse.

Learning Objectives

1. Review products of complete combustion and incomplete combustion.
2. Understand the effects of carbon monoxide and other products of combustion on home and occupants.
3. Know where to reference carbon monoxide levels and the appropriate action to take for protection of technician and occupant health.
4. Be able to inspect and identify problems with exhaust pipe: corrosion, configuration etc.
5. Be able to inspect and identify problems with the wiring of the appliance: melted, corroded etc.
6. Be able to identify the combustion appliance zone.
7. Be able to identify the type of combustion appliance (furnace, water heater, space heater etc.) and it’s venting type (atmospheric, induced, direct).
8. Understand the effects of building tightness, exhaust ventilation, and duct leakage on the ability of an appliance to draft.
9. Obtain a working knowledge of solutions available to correct to pressure-induced drafting problems.
10. Obtain a working knowledge of methods used to lower carbon monoxide levels in the exhaust of appliances.
11. Be able to make appropriate recommendations from information gathered according to established standards. 

Be able to conduct the following tests

1. Combustion Appliance Zone (CAZ), worst-case set up
2. Measurement of depressurization in the CAZ
3. Measurement of draft in the exhaust pipe or flue under worst-case and best-case conditions
4. Measure carbon monoxide levels in ppm in ambient air and undiluted exhaust
5. Know where and how to test for spillage
6. Know where and how to test for gas leaks

Prerequisites: none

Materials: pen and paper suggested

BPI CEUs: 4

Instructor: Chris Clay and Jim Harmon

Location: Bellingham, WA

If you visit homes to provide health or inspection services of any type, you will benefit from the Essentials for Healthy Homes Practitioners Course. The training will help you understand the connection between health and housing and how to take a holistic approach to identify and resolve problems that threaten the health and well-being of residents.

Everyone from a public health nurse visiting a client to an environmental health professional doing a rodent inspection will gain insight into how housing and health are related and actions they can take to improve the health of their clients. This two-day course brings together professionals with a variety of perspectives and experiences in a series of exercises — keeping the training lively and engaging.

The training complements hazard-specific training in lead-based paint, radon, mold, pests, and asbestos. It identifies root causes of health problems in a home and links them to seven principles of healthy housing: keep it dry; keep it clean; keep it pest-free; keep it ventilated; keep it safe, keep It contaminant-free; and keep it maintained. Course participants will have a better understanding of how to collaborate to make healthy homes a reality in their community.

Prerequisite:  Candidate must hold either the BPI Building Analyst or BPI Quality Control Inspector credential before taking the Healthy Homes Evaluator exam.

The Healthy Home Evaluator assesses and characterizes home based environmental health and safety hazards by integrating qualitative observations with quantitative diagnostics to determine and prioritize recommendations that address existing and potential hazards.

The Healthy Home Evaluator communicates the identified risksand hazards to the occupant with the goal of improving health and quality of life.

Prerequisites: Candidate MUST hold either the BPI Building Analyst or BPI Quality Control Inspector credential.

Materials:

BPI CEUs: N/A

Instructor: Proctor

Location: Bellingham, WA