Build the knowledge behind a confident inspection.
Learn how a house works, how defects connect, and how to explain what you find. SOPHI’s live online home inspection course gives Utah students time with experienced instructors, guided study, and a practical foundation for the work ahead.
Learn live with SOPHI
Choose instructor-led fundamentals when you want more explanation, a structured learning experience, and the opportunity to work through questions with a real person.
Complete Utah’s licensing steps
Utah requires accepted national certification, insurance, and a state license. SOPHI’s course completion certificate documents your education. It does not replace those requirements.
Why choose live home inspection classes?
Some students arrive with construction experience and want to connect their knowledge across building systems. Others are starting a new career and need room to ask basic questions. Live instruction gives both groups a place to examine the reasoning behind an inspection finding.
Understand the whole house
Study how roofing, drainage, foundations, framing, electrical, plumbing, heating, and ventilation affect one another. Follow the evidence beyond a single visible symptom.
Ask while the lesson is fresh
Join the discussion by Zoom, ask for a different explanation, and work through inspection examples with your instructors and classmates.
Turn observations into reports
Learn to explain what you observed, why it matters, what you could not inspect, and when further evaluation is appropriate.
Find gaps before they become habits
Use quizzes, guided resources, and the SOPHI Student Dashboard to reinforce lessons and identify subjects that need more attention.
Learn with the people who wrote the curriculum.
Suzanne and JJ Greive co-authored SOPHI’s Home Inspection Fundamentals curriculum. Their lessons connect inspection experience with the questions students ask in class, from understanding a building component to communicating a concern to a client.
Utah now requires a Private Home Inspector license.
Utah introduced private home inspector licensing in 2026. If you are preparing to enter the profession, follow the current requirements from the Utah Division of Professional Licensing (DOPL).
Earn an accepted national certification
DOPL lists current certification through ASHI, InterNACHI, or ICC Residential Combination Inspector. Each organization sets its own requirements. An association membership by itself is not certification.
Arrange both insurance policies
Provide at least $500,000 in general liability coverage and $500,000 in errors-and-omissions coverage. DOPL must be listed as the certificate holder on the insurance documents.
Apply to Utah DOPL
Submit your application and supporting documents and pay the required state fee. Obtain the Utah license before practicing as a private home inspector.
Keep your qualifications current
Maintain the required certification and insurance, follow your certifying organization’s continuing-education rules, and renew your Utah license as required.
Requirements reviewed September 23, 2026. DOPL’s published qualifications do not list a mandatory state-approved 120-hour course. Verify current application requirements and fees with DOPL.
Planning an InterNACHI certification path?
InterNACHI is one of Utah’s accepted certification organizations. Its CPI process includes an online exam, membership, ethics and standards courses, four mock inspection reports, and an affidavit. Additional coursework and ongoing membership and education obligations apply.
SOPHI can help you build subject knowledge through live teaching. You still complete InterNACHI’s requirements directly. Course tuition does not include InterNACHI membership or guarantee its certification.
Apply the fundamentals in Utah
Bring better questions to the homes you inspect.
From Salt Lake City and the Wasatch Front to Logan, Provo, and St. George, a house’s location, age, construction, and maintenance history shape the inspection. A broad foundation helps you recognize which conditions deserve a closer look.
Roofing and water movement
Connect roof condition, flashing, drainage, grading, and foundation evidence. Consider how rain, snowmelt, and irrigation can move water toward a building.
Heating, cooling, and ventilation
Build an understanding of equipment, airflow, insulation, and visible installation concerns. Learn the limits of a visual inspection and when a specialist is needed.
Older homes and newer alterations
Practice recognizing transitions in materials and systems, visible repair evidence, and the limitations created by finished surfaces or inaccessible spaces.
Scope and professional judgment
Keep general home inspection, specialty testing, engineering, and repair work distinct. Describe what you can support, and recommend the appropriate next step.
SOPHI teaches live online from Washington. Utah students participate remotely; this offering does not include a Utah classroom or local field inspections.
A deeper foundation for $995 cash tuition.
Your tuition covers SOPHI’s live online fundamentals course, instructor interaction, guided learning resources, quizzes, and a completion certificate when course requirements are met.
Ask us to confirm the total before paying by credit card. National-certification fees, association dues, the Utah license application, insurance, tools, and business expenses are separate. Confirm current class availability and written enrollment and refund terms before paying.
Utah home inspector training questions
Does SOPHI’s certificate qualify me for a Utah license?
No. It documents completion of SOPHI’s course. Utah requires current certification through one of DOPL’s accepted organizations, the required insurance, and a state license. Complete those steps separately.
Why take this course if it is not required by Utah?
Choose it if live explanations, structured study, and the ability to ask questions help you learn. Our focus is building inspection knowledge, observation skills, and clear reporting. The course is optional additional education, and it does not guarantee certification, employment, or income.
Can I attend from anywhere in Utah?
The course is taught live by Zoom from Burien, Washington. You can participate remotely from Utah with a suitable internet connection and device. Ask us about class availability and enrollment details.
Where can I find dates and class times?
Use our current class information page for the schedule. Check the listed time zone when planning attendance from Utah.
Do I need construction experience?
You can begin with limited building knowledge or use the course to broaden existing experience. Talk with an instructor about your background, study needs, and goals before choosing a class.
Find out whether live training fits your goals.
Tell us what you already know, where you need more confidence, and which certification path you are considering. We’ll explain what SOPHI teaches and which steps you will complete separately.
