This training is a comprehensive, two-day course designed to increase your confidence and competency in conducting vehicle inspections and completing condition reports in accordance with NAAA industry standards.
The course will cover topics such as:
- Disclosures and announcements for the seller and buyer as it relates to the condition report
- Imaging and best practices
- Different types of damage
- Interior and exterior components
- Structural Damage
- Flood Damage
- Vehicle Grading
- All structural components of a vehicle recognized by NAAA ...and much more!
Matthew Helton
Instructor & Subject Matter Expert
Bryce Beckstrom
Training Administrator & Subject Matter Expert
01
Inspector Preparation
- Why the inspection matters
- Recommended tools to complete an accurate inspection
- Common conditions that require announcements, discovered by the inspector
- Sales channels you affect as an inspector
- How arbitration plays a role in the auction industry
02
Beginning the Inspection
- Importance of the V.I.N.
- Year, Make, Model, Sub series
- Mileage disclosures
- Disclosing color, color codes, and vehicle wraps
- Fuel, Engine, Transmission
03
Different Damages
- Review over 40 types of damages
- Common types of repair that would correct that damage
- Types of damage and the conditions that would require an announcement
- Consistent identifying verbiage from coast to coast
04
Interior and Exterior
- Identify Interior components
- Identify options
- Common locations of those components and options
- Identify Exterior components and what they are made from
- Common damages that will occur to those interior and exterior components
05
Structural Damage
- Significance of Structural damage
- How structural damage affects occupant safety
- Discussion of the three structural types
- Discussion of the four primary bonding methods
- Extensive coverage of the 19 structural components recognized by NAAA
- 5 Structural compromising components
- Exterior indicators that would lead an inspector to look for structural
- Specific damages that would require a structural damage announcement
06
Structural Alteration
- Identify structural alteration
- Threshold between structural alteration and damage.
- Common alterations.Â
- Altered components.
07
Inspector Best Practices
- Job requirements
- Habits of well rounded inspectors
- Importance of accurate photos, safety, and efficiency with condition reports.
- Strategies for encountering unique situations
The Workbook
The participant workbook includes various exercises and examples for the student.
The workbook is utilized as the road map for the course to help the student comprehend and absorb all the information covered in this two day certification.
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Supplemental information
- NAAA arbitration policy
- NAAA grading scale
- Interior and exterior damage glossary
- Common options
- 19 structural components recognized by NAAA
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Structural components Reference Cards
All 19 structural components recognized by NAAA put together on laminated 3×5 cards with a carabiner to carry on the job site.
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