Communities and Local Government
A selection of images representing communities.
Direct contact 020 7944 4400- contactus@communities.gov.uk
- Housing
- Buying, selling, owning a home
- The Home Information Pack
- Do you want to become a Home Inspector?
Do you want to become a Home Inspector?
Information on how to start a new career as a Home Inspector.
All the information you need is available from the learndirect/Asset Skills helpline which has advice on qualifications, training courses and assessment centres. Call the helpline on 08000 567 160 or visit www.hicareers.co.uk (external link). For general enquiries visit www.homeinformationpacks.gov.uk (external link).
Qualifications for Home Inspectors are offered by two awarding bodies - the Awarding Body for the Built Environment (ABBE) www.abbeqa.co.uk (external link) and City and Guilds www.cityandguilds.com (external link). City and Guilds provide an online search so that you can find your nearest centre. Contact the awarding bodies directly for details of assessment centres and training providers they have approved.
The following assessment centres are all ABBE approved:
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Adapt Assessment
Contact: Barbara Watt
Tel: 0161 282 7984
Email: enquiries@adaptassessment.com
Web: www.adaptassessment.com (external link) -
Association of Building Engineers (ABE)
Contact: Kate Borrill
Tel: 01604 404 121
Email: kate.borrill@abe.org.uk
Web: www.abe-assess.org.uk (external link) -
BRE Assessment Centre
Contact: Home Inspector Team
Tel: 01923 664 829
Email: homeinspector@bre.co.uk
Web: www.bre.co.uk/homeinspector (external link) -
Home Inspector Training Ltd
Contact: Paul White
Tel: 020 8335 1780
Email: paulw@beahomeinspector.co.uk
Web: www.beahomeinspector.co.uk (external link) -
Institute of Maintenance and Building Management (IMBM)
Web: www.imbm.org.uk (external link) -
North Devon College
Contact: Sharla Bowden
Tel: 01271 338 189
Email: sbowden@ndevon.ac.uk
Web: www.ndevon.ac.uk (external link) -
Preston College
Contact: Len Stapleton
Tel: 01772 225290
Fax: 01772 225253
E-mail: lstapleton@preston.ac.uk link here
Web: www.preston.ac.uk (external link) -
Surveyors and Valuers Accreditation (SAVA)
Contact: Hilary Grayson
Tel: 0870 837 6565
Email: hgrayson@sava.org.uk
Web: www.sava.org.uk (external link) -
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
Contact: Safe as team
Tel: 0870 3331600
Email: safeas@rics.org.uk
Web: www.rics.org/safeas (external link) -
University of Wales in Cardiff (UWIC)
Contact: Simon Cousins
Tel: 02920 416749
Email: scousins@uwic.ac.uk
Web: www.uwic.ac.uk (external link)
All of these centres have been approved by the Awarding Body for the Built Environment (ABBE), which is approved by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority and endorsed by Communities and Local Government. For further information contact Roger Bishop, ABBE. Tel: 0121 331 5174. Email: abbeenquiries@uce.ac.uk or visit www.abbeqa.co.uk (external link).
Training costs
There are no specific grants for becoming a Home Inspector. However, the DFES and DirectGov websites provide details about career development loans which could be applied when becoming a Home Inspector. Please visit:
DFES:www.dfes.gov.uk (external link) or DirectGov: www.direct.gov.uk (external link).
