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SIX WEEKS

Nights and weekends, Tier 1 first

Built around a full-time weekday job. No daytime classes. Check a week off when the lessons and the matching quiz are actually done — not when you meant to start.

  1. Week 1

    Learn the PCA boundary

    Two evenings. What the report is, who owes you documents, and the walk order. Then one site-walk pass.

  2. Week 2

    Money and the PCR

    Classify deficiencies, write opinions of cost, and separate lender reserves from the baseline. Take both ASTM quizzes.

  3. Week 3

    Focus Four

    Falls, trenches, electricity. These are the modules that make OSHA 30 feel long. Learn the numbers before the videos.

  4. Week 4

    Health, spaces, and programs

    Finish the OSHA track and both practice tests. You should be able to refuse a vault without apologizing.

  5. Week 5

    Procore, while it is free

    Do the product certs on Procore Learn the same week you study the workflows here. Superintendent, then PM, then quality and safety.

  6. Week 6

    Pick a Tier 2 lane

    If VR&E funds more than the core, start B1 tabs or the TREC modules. STSC waits until OSHA 30 is done. InterNACHI only if they will fund a membership or you will.

Crib sheet

The numbers worth taping inside the cover. Verify every code figure against the IRC edition you register for, and every ASTM figure against the standard that comes with the course.

ASTM E2018

ASTM International

Work product
PCR
Not this
Code stamp, Phase I, warranty, bid
E2018-24 threshold
$3,000, or 5+ like items over $10,000 together. Life safety still gets written
Buckets
Immediate, short-term, and long-term only if scoped
FCI
Deferred maintenance ÷ replacement value
Note shape
Observation, implication, recommendation

OSHA 30

ClickSafety, OSHA-authorized outreach

Construction falls
6 ft
Scaffolds
10 ft
Trench protection
5 ft
Spoil setback
2 ft
Trench egress
25 ft lateral, at 4 ft depth
Lines ≤ 50 kV
10 ft, unqualified
Ladder extension
At least 3 ft above the landing
Silica
1926.1153

ICC B1

ICC, PRONTO remote exam

Exam
60 questions, 2 hours, open book, 75 scaled
Weights
4 / 8 / 16 / 14 / 27 / 14 / 17
Scope
IRC dwellings and townhouses ≤ 3 stories
Anchors
1/2 in, 7 in embed, 6 ft o.c., 12 in from ends
EERO
5.7 sq ft (5.0 grade), 24 × 20 min, 44 in sill
Stairs
7-3/4 riser max, 10 in tread min
Guard
36 in high, drop over 30 in

STSC7

BCSP

Weights
23.9 / 28.5 / 17.8 / 16.6 / 13.2
Heaviest
Hazard identification and control
JHA
Steps, hazards, controls, revise
Routes
Inhale, ingest, absorb, inject
Ethics trap
Do not hide a record for a tour

TREC

Champions School and TREC

Levels
Apprentice → Real Estate Inspector → Professional Real Estate Inspector
Sponsor
Only the professional level drops it
Could not look
Not Inspected, plus why
Gate
Weekend practicum in writing before you enroll

Fieldbook is original study material so you walk into each paid course already oriented. It is not the ASTM standard, an OSHA outreach card, an ICC exam, a TREC license, or BCSP’s item bank. Code numbers and blueprint weights change by edition. Confirm them in the book or bulletin you will be tested on. Nothing here is legal, licensing, or benefits advice for your VR&E file.