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Education

The National Modular Housing Council offers classes online. classes  events

Click here for NMLS/SAFE Act approved Mortgage Loan Originator licensing
                 courses
and registration.
Click here* for a 5-Hour Continuing Education Installer Course 2010 Schedule.
Click here* for a 15-Hour Continuing Education Installer Course 2010 Schedule.
Click here* for an Installer Course Registration Form (Online fill out and print).
Click here for the State Fire Marshal certification forms.
Click here* for the letter to installers with schedule for 2009.
 

(See schedule and registration form for details. The most recent updates are found in the latest "On the Home Front" newsletters.)

“Keeping you SAFE”
Click here to register for the 20-hour NMLS/SAFE Act approved Mortgage Loan Originator licensing course. Courses are offered to KMHI members at a discounted rate of $200 and are limited to 30 students per course. Register now!

5-Hour Continuing Education Installer Course 
The 5-Hour Continuing Education Installer Course is sponsored by the Kentucky Manufactured Housing Institute and is approved by the Kentucky Certification & Licensure Board (815 KAR 25:080), Manufactured Housing Inspection Division. The course and instructor have also been approved by the State Fire Marshal's Office. You will receive 5 hours of credit for recertification as a manufactured home installer.

Recertification Requirements:

  • If you have been initially certified as an installer, you must complete 5 hours of continuing education between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31 of each calendar year. 

  • Upon completion of the 5-hour seminar, you can obtain your recertification form. If you pre-registered for the KMHI training, you will be issued your course certificate when you sign-out at the end of the day, or if you registered on site, KMHI will send you a certificate by mail within 7 days after completion of the course. 

  • It is the student's responsibility to complete the recertification application, attach a copy of the course certificate, send a copy of the application and certificate to the State Fire Marshal's Office, along with a renewal fee of $50. This must be done to be recertified by the state. 

  • KMHI will also send a copy of the class roster to the State Fire Marshal's Office for its records. 

  • Your state recertification application forms must be submitted to the State Fire Marshal's Office prior to December 31. State recertification forms can be obtained by contacting the State Fire Marshal's Office at (502) 564-0364 in Frankfort.

Click here* for a 5-Hour Continuing Education Installer Course 2010 Schedule.
Click here* for an Installer Course Registration Form (Online fill out and print).
Click here for the State Fire Marshal certification forms.

(See schedule and registration form for details. The most recent updates are found in the latest "On the Home Front" newsletters.)

15-Hour Initial Certified Installer Course 
The 15-Hour Initial Certified Installer Course is sponsored by the Kentucky Manufactured Housing Institute and is approved by the Kentucky Certification & Licensure Board (815 KAR 25:080), Manufactured Housing Inspection Division. The course and instructor have also been approved by the State Fire Marshal's Office. You will receive 15 hours of credit for the purpose of certification as a manufactured home installer.

Subject matter for this course is devoted to the proper and legal (code) set-up and installation of manufactured homes in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Emphasis is made on the manufacturer's instructions and the Kentucky Code to instruct potential applicants to become a manufactured housing certified installer. You must satisfactorily complete the 15-hour course, course exam, and installer experience form prior to applying for your initial certified installer certificate. If applying for "certified manager", no experience form is required.

Certification Requirements:

  • Upon completion of the 15-hour seminar, you can obtain a state certification application form. If you pre-registered for the KMHI training, you will be issued your course certificate when you sign-out at the completion of the exam on the second day, or if you registered on site, KMHI will send you a certificate by mail within 7 days after completion of the course. 

  • It is the student's responsibility to complete the certification application, attach a copy of the course certificate, send a copy of the application and certificate to the State Fire Marshal's Office, along with a fee of $100. This must be done to be certified by the state. 

  • KMHI will also send a copy of the class roster to the State Fire Marshal's Office for its records.

  • Your certification application form must be submitted to the State Fire Marshal's Office as soon as possible. You can obtain the state certification form by contacting the State Fire Marshal's Office at (502) 564-0364 in Frankfort. 

  • After you have been certified for 12 months, you must complete 5 hours of continuing education each year, in order to renew your certification. 

Important note: Remember -- as of January 1, 1998, ALL licensed Kentucky manufactured home retail companies must have at least one certified installer or certified manager in its employment.

Click here* for a 15-Hour Continuing Education Installer Course 2010 Schedule.
Click here* for an Installer Course Registration Form (Online fill out and print).
Click here for the State Fire Marshal certification forms.

(The most recent updates are found in the latest "On the Home Front" newsletters.

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