Commercial Structural Inspector Skills Enhancement Course

Course information

• 18 in-depth lessons covering many of the common fire-life-safety building inspection aspects of the OSSC, including: Chapters 1-10, 12, 14-15, 29-31, 33, and Appendices C, F, H and I.
• A quiz after the completion of each lesson, designed to test the student's ability to effectively navigate the OSSC code book and demonstrate an understanding of the code concepts taught during each lesson.
• Two examinations (a mid-term and a final) designed to test the student's aggregated code knowledge related to the course materials, code concepts and code book navigation ability.
• Students must successfully complete all quizzes as assigned by the instructor. Failure to do so prior to the mid-term examination will result in one (1) point being, equal to one percent, subtracted from mid-term exam score for each quiz missed. Failure to complete any quizzes after the mid-term examination will result in one (1) point being equal to one percent, deducted from the final exam score for each quiz missed after the mid-term. Students whose final score drops below 75% will not be eligible to successfully pass the course. Exams must have a passing score of 75% or higher to be successfully completed.

Once all quizzes and both progress exams have been passed successfully, and the student has met the minimum attendance requirements, the student will receive a Certificate of Completion for the course, issued by the State of Oregon Building Codes Division. The Certificate of Completion is a symbolic testament to the student's code knowledge and ability to understand and effectively implement OSSC codes as an Oregon A-Level Structural Inspector.

Please note: those interested should register immediately once registration is open so that your application can be reviewed for consideration. Although we are aware that many individuals are waiting to take this course, seating will be limited to a maximum of 20 students per course.

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Course length

• This course is approximately 24 weeks in length. Actual length of the course may vary depending on unforeseen, external circumstances, such as wildfires, ice storms, etc. that may affect the ability to present classes.
• Class days that fall on a day when State offices are closed will extend the course by one day for each occurrence.

Required course work

• Lessons are delivered online. Students must attend each remote class and meet the minimum attendance requirements as set forth in the student contract. (See student contract for excused absences)
• The course lectures are administered remotely, twice a week, for a time period of 2-hours per class. Jurisdictional building officials who wish to enroll an employee in the course should be aware that there is a minimum requirement for student attendance. The enrolled employee's attendance in the course should take precedence over other departmental functions during live class times and exams.
• Quizzes are given as homework after the completion of each course lesson.
• Exams (2 total, 60 questions each) will be administered at the mid-point and end of the course lessons.
• Exams are open book. Students may use the OSSC codebook and other approved code reference material during course exams. Students will be given three hours to complete the exams. The exams are administered remotely via Zoom

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