Applications are now open for the Home Energy Professional (HEP)
Quality Control Inspector (QCI) pilot exam.
*Currently open to U.S. participants only. Plans to expand globally are under consideration for future phases.
PILOT EXAM IS FREE OF CHARGE.
AEE’s Quality Control Certification Exam is built on rigorous national standards, ensuring their credibility and recognition across the industry supporting the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP).
De l'expérience
Hold a Home Energy Professional EA Certification to qualify for QCI.
Application
Check the criteria, prepare documentation, and submit your application for review.
Examen
Prove your knowledge by passing a 50-question exam.
QCI Certification
A Quality Control Inspector (QCI) is a residential energy efficiency expert who reviews, inspects, and verifies the appropriateness, quality, and completion of energy retrofit work by conducting site visits, performing diagnostic testing, and evaluating work practices and documentation to improve the indoor environment, safety, durability, comfort, and energy efficiency of the building for the client.
Prerequisites
Active BPI or AEE Home Energy Professional Energy Auditor (EA) Certification.
*For the pilot exam, if a candidate does not hold a current EA, they must meet the Energy Auditor (EA) pilot prerequisites AND take the EA pilot exams.
Note: Candidates who do not pass the EA pilot exams will not be eligible to receive the QCI certification.
Remplissez votre demande
Submit your application and register for the exam.
By submitting the application you’re applying for the certification and registering for the exams through remote proctoring. The application should be received by the certification department four weeks prior to the desired exam date. For additional information, visit the HEP QCI Candidate Handbook.
Multiple Choice Exam
The remote proctored multiple-choice exam is comprised of 50 questions that the candidate must successfully pass within a 2.5-hour limit.
For more information on Remote Proctoring Procedures, please visit the Examens de certification de surveillance à distance.
Additional Information about QCI Certification or File a Complaint
If you have any questions about QCI certification or would like to file a complaint against an individual QCI or the QCI Program, please contact an AEE Certification Team member, ici.
This work was supported in part by the National Laboratory of the Rockies for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), operated under Contract No. DE-AC36-08GO28308. Funding provided by the Office of State and Community Energy Programs. The views expressed in the article do not necessarily represent the views of the DOE or the U.S. Government. The U.S. Government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the U.S. Government retains a nonexclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this work, or allow others to do so, for U.S. Government purposes.
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