The CBPCA 2008 HERS Basic Certification Training provides the classroom and field training required to qualify as a California Field Verification and Diagnostic Testing Rater under the new 2008 Standards. This course will qualify you for rating new and existing homes for Title 24, Part 6, field verifications and diagnostic testing of homes for utility HVAC incentive programs.
It will also provide:
Prerequisites: None
Dates and Locations: See CBPCA HERS Training Schedule
Cost: $675
Registration: Pre-registration is required. Please register by calling the CBPCA HERS Training hotline at 888-931-1116. Your confirmation will be e-mailed to you along with the address and times of the training.
If you have questions about the class or the registration process, or if you have technical questions about the state regulations or the job of a HERS rater, you can call our CBPCA HERS Training hotline at 888-931-1116.
One day of the Basic HERS class is spent doing hands-on testing and data collection in houses. The benefit to the home owner is that they essentially get a free energy audit (without a written report). If you know of someone who would like to volunteer to have their house audited during the class, please contact the CBPCA. All houses must have built-in heating and air conditioning systems and residents must be home during the audit.
Important Note: The California Energy Commission (CEC0 is currently evaluating the applications for recertification and the course curriculums of all HERS Providers as required by the 2008 Building Energy Efficiency Standards. The CEC has ruled that a Provider cannot certify raters to work under the 2008 Standards until both the Provider and the Provider’s curriculum are approved and certified. Therefore, if the CBPCA’s application and curriculum are not approved by the time a class takes place, it will be necessary for all students to take a half-day make-up class and to take the CEC approved exam. The CBPCA will offer these make-up classes as soon as we get approvals from the CEC and will make them very affordable.
Successful completion of this course along with completion of the additional steps required will certify the participant as a California Field Verification and Diagnostic Testing Rater. This certification and association with a HERS Provider will enable the rater to perform duct testing, and refrigerant charge testing (EPA license required*) for additions, alterations and new homes.
Training will include:
the CEC approved 2008 compliance requirements;
Upon completion of this three-day course, you will be given a CEC-mandated written test. Once you pass the written test, you will be able to arrange to perform a blower door test and refrigerant charge test in the field under the observation of a trainer using the testing equipment that was demonstrated in the classroom training**. Upon successful passing of the written test and completion of your field tests, you will be given a certificate of completion for the CBPCA Basic HERS certification training.
Before you can provide rater services certified by the CBPCA, you will need to complete the following steps:
The CBPCA is required to audit 5% of each type of the jobs that you perform each year. The cost of the audits will be approximately $200 each and is the responsibility of each rater.
As a member of the CBPCA, you will be eligible to purchase testing equipment at a discounted rate.
* An EPA hazardous materials license is required to work with refrigerant
** The CEC requires a trainer to be present for the first field verification/diagnostic testing performed by the Rater. The cost of this supervision is approximately $150 per field check.
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