Designed specifically for all new WAP employees and contractors, our IREC-accredited REA Stick-Built Home course provides students with comprehensive information on weatherization measures and installation techniques for stick-built homes. This course is required for those working through the REA Series. After completing REA Installer Stick-Built and REA Installer Mobile Home, students will have the information needed to challenge BPI Retrofit Installer Technician (RIT) and BPI Crew Leader exams. 

The Weatherization Installer – Stick Built (Shell Tech Stick Built Home) course, when taken in conjunction with the Weatherization Installer – Mobile Home (Shell Tech Mobile Home) course, is in alignment with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory/U.S. Department of Energy designated Job Task Analysis (JTA) of Crew Leader (CL) and Retrofit Installer Technician (RIT).  This course focuses on demonstration and hands-on application with twelve hours in the classroom and eight hours of hands-on lab with the installation of stick-built and mobile home measures. Students get their hands dirty installing attic, wall, and floor insulation, replacing windows and doors, installing weather stripping, sealing and insulating ducts.  Students will also demonstrate competency doing blower door, duct blaster and CAZ testing.  

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What You'll Learn: 

• House as a system - How to install attic, wall and floor insulation. 

• How to install weatherstripping. 

• How to seal and insulate ducts. 

• How to perform blower door, duct blaster and CAZ testing 

• How to replace windows and doors. 

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Why Choose Our Program? 

Our training is tailored to meet the needs of professionals in the weatherization industry. With a focus on hands-on activities, participants will gain the expertise required to weatherize stick-built homes.  

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Program Highlights: 

• IREC Accredited 

• Experienced instructors   

• Hands-on approach 

• Aligned, when taken in conjunction with the REA Retrofit Installer Manufactured Homes course, with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the U.S. Department of Energy designated Job Task Analysis (JTA) of Crew Leader and Retrofit Installer Technician positions.  

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Prerequisites 

• None 

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What to Know Before I Go? 

• Students will need to pass 100 percent of basic field instruction, installation, and testing requirements to demonstrate competency in all areas under the supervision of a field exam proctor. Some instruction, activities and testing will be performed in a group while others will be independent. 

• Students will be given a written exam on the last day and must pass with a score of 70 percent or better.   

• Physical Requirements: Sit or stand for long periods of time. 

• Ability to access attics and crawlspaces. 

• During class time we will be in a warehouse where temperatures can fluctuate according to the weather.  Dress in layers. 

• During lab time, we recommend wearing closed-toed shoes and clothes that can get dirty, stained and cover all skin (long-sleeved shirt and long pants). 

• Workbooks will be provided digitally to the students before class via the "Current Students" page on OTI’s website.  You will need to download the workbook and other reference materials before class starts, and you're welcome to print the workbook and reference materials or access them digitally during class. Some exercises may require internet access to complete fully. If you do not have access to a laptop computer, tablet or smart phone, please contact Lara or Nick. 

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Please read the OTI Student Handbook and email Nick (nick@caporegon.org or Lara (lara@caporegon.org) with any questions or accommodation requests. 

 

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