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The “Residential Roof Damage Assessment” course covers the fundamentals of hail and wind damage, the identification of weathering, hail, wind, and mechanical damage on composition shingles, the characteristics of wood shingles and shakes and tile roofs, and the roof repair cost calculations.
The course is designed to familiarize students with the important aspects of damage assessment to residential roofs from a scientific perspective. The module is presented by Timothy P. Marshall, P.E., Haag Engineer, meteorologist, published author, and speaker.
Tim Marshall begins by defining functional damage, and presents an overview of the characteristics of hail and wind. In particular, he discusses the impact energy of hail and pressures exerted by wind. Next, he looks at three major types of residential roofing—composition, tile, and wood—and illustrates the effects of wind and hail on each type. Roofing types are presented in their own sections. For each residential (steep-slope) roofing type, Mr. Marshall introduces the basics of manufacturing, and shows brief examples of manufacturing and installation issues, and weathering. He then illustrates hail, wind and mechanical damage, and contrasts those types of damages with other roofing conditions and anomalies. Finally, he describes the DURA formula, for calculating hail damage, and presents an example repair vs. replacement calculation.
After completing this course, a student should be able to define functional damage; identify the characteristics of hail and wind damage; understand the principle of hail’s impact energy and wind pressure; understand manufacturing basics of composition, tile and wood roofing; identify common manufacturing and installation errors; identify weathering, and differentiate it from hail, wind, or mechanical damage; identify hail, wind, and mechanical damage to composition, tile, and wood roofs; understand the DURA formula for counting, extrapolating, and calculating hail slope-by-slope; calculate and determine whether to repair or replace slopes, using an example scenario; and review spot repair basics.
The course is designed for insurance professionals working in the area of property adjusting.
What CE Credit is available?
Note: To qualify for credit, you must submit completion (including a passed final exam if required) within five days of completing the last quiz. No partial credits will be awarded.
State:
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Adjuster General CE Hours:
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Adjuster Ethics CE Hours:
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Attorney General CLE Hours:
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State's Course ID:
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NH | 2.0 | 470065 | ||
TX (classroom equivalent) | 1.0 | 106283 | ||
NC | 2.0 | C09082 | ||
FL * ( Provider Number: 364169 ) | 2.0 | 1189241 | ||
IL | 0.0 | |||
WY | 2.0 | 27494 | ||
OK | 2.0 | 1027321 |
* This course has been approved by the Florida Department of Financial Services for insurance continuing education credit.
Course Content
At 87% you qualify for TX/NH credit or a PLRB/CPCU certificate. For the other states offered, you must complete a final exam. Submit within 5 days to get CE Credit or Certificate of Completion.