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Residential Estimating

2 week program empowers you to write complete, accurate estimates on damaged dwellings. Students take classroom instruction and quickly apply scoping, identification and measurement knowledge to produce their own automated estimates of realistic damages they find in the "Vale House."

Course Overview

Hands-on scoping and estimating exercises yield marked daily improvement in your adjusting skills. Estimating exercises consider actual damages resulting from fire, water, wind, hail, collision and mold found in the "Vale House." Each unit of instruction includes material identification, nomenclature, measurement, repair versus replacement and unit cost analysis.

After successfully completing this course, you will have the skills and knowledge needed to prepare a complete and accurate electronic estimate, using automated system data, from minor to complex interior and exterior residential dwelling damage.

The Vale Residential Estimating course covers the following:

  • Scoping & Estimating Intro
    • Terms & Concepts
    • Principles of Diagramming
    • Trades & Tools
  • Material Identification & Damage Analysis...cont.
    • Rough Carpentry: Floors, Walls, Roofs
    • Interior: Plaster, Drywall, Ceilings, Paneling
    • Millwork: Stairs, Trim, Cabinets, Countertops
    • Doors, Windows, Glass: Types Materials
    • Flooring: Wood, Tile, Vinyl, Carpet
    • Decorating: Paint, Wallpaper, Restoration, Deodorizing
    • Exterior: Siding, Trim, Soffit, Guttering, Fences
  • Material Identification & Damage Analysis...cont.
    • Roofing: Styles, Materials, & Measurements
    • Masonry: Concrete, Block, Brick Chimneys, Stucco
    • HVAC: Types, Insulation, Ductwork
    • Plumbing: Rough & Finish, Water Heaters, Supply, Containment, Drain
    • Electrical: Service, Fixtures
  • Estimating Excercises based upon the following perils -
    • Fire
    • Water
    • Wind
    • Hail
    • Collision & Ensuing Losses
    • Mold

Note: This course utilizes the latest versions of Xactimate, MSB IntegriClaim, Simsol, and Powerclaim. You will be asked to specify your preferred estimating program at the time of registration.

Course Schedule

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Course Locations

Arlington, TX & Harrisburg, PA

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From a Vale Graduate:

"I entered the Residential Estimating program with absolutely no experience in construction or general contracting and within the two week period felt as though I was ready to hit the ground running with property adjusting. This class combined with AdjusterPro's online 40-hour Texas All Lines Pre-licensing course prepared me to the full extent with the tools and field knowledge required to properly adjust residential insurance claims. "

- Jeffrey Stoutenger, California

AdjusterPro & Vale Training Solutions

Through our strategic partnership, AdjusterPro now satisfies Vale's long-standing sponsorship requirement giving independent adjusters access to Vale like never before. We are proud to deliver in a powerful way on our commitment to bringing you the finest adjuster training and educational resources anywhere.

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Did you know?

Vale Training Solutions opened as Vale Tech in Blairsville, PA in 1949 and quickly earned its reputation as the "Ivy League of Technical Schools". 60 years later, Vale has trained an estimated 50,000 adjusters and remains the longest standing adjuster training school in the United States.