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HomeFit Assessor

This accreditation offers building professionals and housing quality inspectors an opportunity to rate existing homes with the HomeFit tool. Prerequisite qualifications required. This accreditation will also allow you to assess to Healthy Homes Standards.

Please fill out the application form below.

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What you need to know

The HomeFit training webinar focuses on teaching an in-depth understanding of HomeFit and the assessment process.

Participants will be able to become an accredited HomeFit assessor and receive a subscription to the online tool. The course includes online self-led modules which include facilitator instruction recordings and reading materials.

This accreditation verifies your knowledge on the HomeFit assessment tool.

pricing
Pricing (excl. GST)

$325 Member price
$490 Non Member price
$325 Future Thinkers

where
Where

Online

This training takes 3-4 hours

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NZRAB CPD Points

80 NZRAB points available

HomeFit Assessor course FAQs

Participants need to meet either one of the following qualifications:

  • Principles of Home Performance (HPA Level 1) - find information here
  • Home Performance Advisor (HPA Level 2) - find more information
  • Eco Design Advisor (EDA) -find more information
  • Member of NZIBI (NZ Institute of Building Inspectors)
  • Member of BOINZ (Building Officials Institute of NZ)
  • Member of NZIBS (NZ Institute of Building Surveyors)

or 3 years relevant building/inspection experience

If you meet the requirements, please fill out the above online application form. Once this is approved you will receive an email to pay for the course and will then be enrolled upon payment.

The training takes roughly 3-4 hours.

After the successful completion of the training, participants are required to complete an online exam, submit a mock assessment and sign the HomeFit Assessor Agreement, which contains the terms and conditions under which they agree to operate as a HomeFit assessor including insurance requirements.

The course fee includes:

  • Online training materials
  • Online exam and mock assessment
  • Subscription to the HomeFit Assessor web-app for one year

Assessor Agreement
The Assessor is required to take out and maintain insurance policies of a type and level reasonably specified by NZGBC from time to time. As a minimum, NZGBC requires assessors to have $2 million in public liability insurance cover and $100,000 in professional indemnity. Read the full assessor agreement.

  • Your details listed in the HomeFit Online Check and the NZGBC directory
  • Access to the HomeFit Assessor web-app for completing assessments and generating reports & certificates for your clients
  • Use of the HomeFit assessor logo in your own marketing materials
  • Access to all downloadable resources and templates
  • An online certificate that you can link to or embed in online media

Healthy homes standards are a way of assessing rental properties to ensure they are healthy for tenants and is a requirement for all landlords to meet by July 2025. HomeFit is one way to assess to to healthy homes standards but goes above and beyond this to also meet energy efficiency standards. 

By completing this course and becoming accredited, you will be able to assess homes to both healthy homes standards and HomeFit standards.

We have an annual renewal system where you will be sent a renewal invoice to pay to keep your accreditation current.