Ohio Admin. Code 4781-8-07 - Examination for installers or inspectors
(A) An applicant to
become a licensed manufactured home installer or certified manufactured home
inspector shall contact and arrange with an approved state licensing
examination provider for taking the examination. The applicant shall receive a
passing score on the state exam within six
months
one year of the date of the
application.
(B) The state
licensing or certification examination shall include, but not be limited to:
(1) Ohio law governing manufactured home
installations;
(2) Manufacturer
installation manuals and requirements;
(3) Preparation of the manufactured home site, including
drainage;
(4) Installation of
foundation systems, including calculation of loads from roof to column to
footing and calculation of footing size;
(5) Blocking, perimeter support, and leveling
of manufactured homes;
(6)
Connections of sections and components;
(7) Installation of anchoring systems and
components;
(8) Installation of
vapor barriers, curtain walls, access, and
ventilation for crawl space areas;
(9) Instruction in all areas included on
inspection checklists as provided by the commission
division ;
(10) Work place safety for
installers or inspectors; and
(11)
Code of ethics for installers or code of ethics for inspectors, whichever is
applicable.
(C)
Examination report.
(1) The licensing or
certification examination provider shall provide the commission
division
with a report of all examination results within two
weeks
fifteen business days of the
examination. The report shall contain the following:
(a) The date of the exam;
(b) The applicant's
names
name and
date of birth;
(c) The applicant's
mailing address, and day- time telephone
number;
(d) All examination pass or
fail results.
(2) The
examination provider may notify the applicant of their own results of the
examination,
;
however, only the report sent directly to the commission
division
shall be used to determine if the applicant has attained a passing score on the
examination.
(D) A
minimum score of seventy per cent on the examination, in addition to compliance
with the requirements of rule 4781-9-01 of the Administrative Code is required before the commission
division
may issue a license to an applicant. The commission
division or
its designee shall notify any individual who has failed to attain a minimum
score of seventy per cent.
(E) The
testing agency shall provide an examination under the following conditions:
(1) The examination shall be subject to
review by the commission
division or its designee;
(2) The examination shall have documented
statistically justifiable, objective, and valid
questions;
(3) The examination
shall use multiple versions of the examination and its questions;
(4) The testing agency shall be able to
ensure the security of the examination and its questions;
(5) The testing agency shall verify the
identity of the individual taking the examination;
(6) The examination shall be multiple
- choice;
(7) The examination shall contain items from
each of the subject areas discussed in the installation class requirements and
the inspection check lists;
(8)
Locations for examinations shall have seating availability such that any
applicant who is an Ohio resident shall be able to take an exam at a location
within one hundred miles of the applicants
applicant's
Ohio residence within a three- month period;
and
(9) Regardless of additional
locations, examinations shall be offered in Franklin county a minimum of four
times a year.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4781.04, 4781.14
Rule Amplifies: 4781.04, 4781.08, 4781.14
Prior Effective Dates: 09/12/2006, 01/01/2010
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