Training Related Links
Listed below are links to additional resources for building-related training, as well as links to more information on disaster recovery and building reconstruction training for areas that have been struck by natural disasters.
- Builder's Series
— Includes several 1-day courses on skills needed to build a home. - Building Diagnostics,
Level 1 (The Duct School) – teaches whole-house diagnostics and how to find permanent solutions to moisture issues, hot and cold rooms, and more.
Energy & Environmental Building Association (EEBA)
- Houses That Work: Educational Series, Introduction to the House as a System, provides strategies and concepts that reduce costly callbacks, warranty, and liability issues.
- EEBA Institute of Building Technology: A 12 module, comprehensive, building science curriculum that offers two levels of participation, the Technology Certification and the MasterBuilder Certification.
Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC) – Offers Building Science training through such courses as Energy-Efficient Florida Home Building and From Blueprints to Residential Energy Code.
National Association of Home Builders Research Center (NAHBRC)
- National Housing Qualified (NHQ) Certified Builder Program
- NHQ Certified Trade Contractor Program
- Develop and Implement a Home Builder Safety and Health Management Program
Southface Energy Institute — Offers courses and training events that are multi-day workshops on building science, one-day seminars on energy codes, certified Home Energy Rating Systems courses, and a Homebuilding School.
University of Florida School of Natural Resources & Environment Program for Resource Efficient Communities — Examples of courses include:
- Performance Under Pressure: Strengthened Homes for Enhanced Resistance to Wind Loads
- Post-Flooding Considerations and Mold
- Residential Roofing and Hurricanes
- Windstorms and Tree Damage
- Building, Buying or Remodeling your Florida Home
Disaster Recovery and Building Reconstruction Training
Emergency Management Institute — Offers courses in Preparedness and Response and Recovery and Mitigation.
Escambia County Windstorm Damage Mitigation Training and Demonstration Center — The Demonstration Center serves as the Gulf Coast regional facility to disseminate information related to all aspects of enhancing the wind resistance of existing and new housing.
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) — The Independent Study Program offers computer-based courses on such topics as A Citizen's Guide to Disaster Assistance, Community Hurricane Preparedness and Introduction to Residential Coastal Construction.