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Building Official Comprehensive
Washington Association of Building Officials - WABO

Building Official Comprehensive

Washington Association of Building Officials - WABO

The Building Official is the lead person when it comes to building, plumbing, and mechanical permits. The Building Official is the lead person responsible for enforcing the state adopted building codes. This includes providing interpretations, setting policies, updating codes, handling questions or complaints from the public, and working with departments ensuring projects meet all requirements prior to occupancy. This course considers the building officials role as a leader in the department, jurisdiction, community, and building safety profession. Types of leadership, personal attributes, diversity, communications, team-building, collaboration and education are examined.

Visit the program website Melissa Mullins COAP Administrator Code Official Accreditation Program (360) 628-8669 coap@wabo.org

Financial information

Total tuition

$394.00

Total required fees

$56.00

Books and supplies

$387.00

Locations

Lacey

Instructional methods

Online, E-learning, or Distance Learning

Is this program offered on evenings and weekends?

No

Program details

30 Weeks

Length of training

Certificate

Award type

N/A

Credits

300

Clock Hours (Total)

Additional details

Award name

Certificate

Education Prerequisites

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Prerequisite courses and other requirements

Permit Technician Comprehensive, Building Inspector Comprehensive, Plans Examiner Comprehensive, or Building Officials, or Acting Building Officials, or Building Code Administrators with a current ICC CBO certification

Is this program approved to train veterans?

No

Program languages

English

Certification/license obtained as part of training program

N/A

Certification/license test preparation provided

N/A

Employment performance results

Data is unavailable for one of several reasons: In some cases, the institution has not provided the Workforce Board with data to independently evaluate program performance. We encourage all schools to provide this data on an annual basis. In other cases, the program joined Career Bridge recently and student data has not been reported yet. In other cases, the program is too small or too new to provide reliable results.

Student characteristics

Data is unavailable for one of several reasons: In some cases, the institution has not provided the Workforce Board with data to independently evaluate program performance. We encourage all schools to provide this data on an annual basis. In other cases, the program joined Career Bridge recently and student data has not been reported yet. In other cases, the program is too small or too new to provide reliable results.