Description

Note: These are ongoing virtual course(s) that you will take at your discretion, whenever it is conducive for you. The date/times listed at the top of this page do not reflect the day/time it takes to complete the course(s), so please ignore the displayed date of October 31.

Promo Codes for Members:
Members of record can access the 4-credit course free of charge, and the 1-credit course for a $10 discount each, by entering the respective course promo codes at checkout. Promo codes for each course is listed here: https://www.wisbuild.org/online-courses-preview. Non-members must submit payment when registering. 

Course Overviews:
Four Credit Course:
This course covers construction lien law, dispute resolution & contracts, building codes, and risk management and liability to satisfy the recent 4-credit requirement on these topics.

Adapting to Market Trends: A How-To For Housing Trades:
Taught by the Home Improvement Research Institute, this course covers trend topics that impact the industry such as interest rates, psychological factors that influences consumer behavior and sentiment, project activity, mortgage rates, and challenges for the building industry. 

Legal Pitfalls in the Building Industry:
Taught by Robert Procter of Axley Attorneys, Robert goes over in-depth some of the most common and trouble legal occurrences in the building industry, such as: how to avoid litigation, problems with contracts and how to mitigate them, how builders can and should protect themselves, warranties, construction standards, and more.

Universal Design:
This course covers a range of topics on how to build homes for people with diverse abilities. Topics such as contrasting colors, mechanisms with low physical effort and other key mobility features, along with the Fair Housing Act is covered. 

Courses cannot be taken twice, in back-to-back renewal periods. The three one-credit courses listed above were taught as part of the 2023 Trends in Housing Conference. If you already received credits as part of attending that event, you cannot retake these courses for credit. Please refer to this link for additional continuing education opportunities.

Testimonials
The WBA hit a home run by working with On3 Essential Learning for WBA. This was an extremely educational 4 credit course. I hope all the builders are taking advantage of this valuable resource. - Mark Pekarske, Pekarske Builders