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Course 900 – Principles of Real Estate Engineering

Course Number: C900 - Online
Course Title: Principles of Real Estate Engineering
Course Level: Core
IRWA Credit Units: 16 QEU / CEU*
*QEU (qualifying education units) and CEU (continuing education units)
Prerequisites: IRWA Course 100 “Principles of Land Acquisition” (or equivalent), or have a minimum of two years right of way engineering experience
Price: $415 USD for members / $520 USD for non-members
Sale Price: $315 USD for members / $420 USD for non-members
Valid from Tuesday, July 16, 2024, at Noon (PDT) through Friday, August 16, 2024, at Noon (PDT)


Course Description
With the use of lecture, questions and answers, exercise methods and graphic illustrations, participants in this course will learn how to use engineering tools and will gain basic skills in reading and interpreting information contained on engineering plans. Participants will also learn how to read, understand and plot simple descriptions using the most common methods of property descriptions.

Credentialing
  • New SR/WA: A core course that is required for the RWA certification.
  • Industry: A core course that is required in all 4 pathways for the RWP certification.

Topics
  • Understanding the basic principles of engineering drawings
  • Understanding and interpreting information on plans
  • Using an engineer’s scale to determine distances
  • Identifying types of highway curves
  • Determining the effects of a project on a property
  • Understanding the background of property descriptions
  • Become knowledgeable of the basic features of property descriptions
  • Become familiar with the most common systems and methods of property descriptions
  • Writing and plotting property descriptions using various methods

Course Tuition includes
Participant Manual (in PDF format; available for download)

Who should take this course
This course is designed for the novice or new non-engineer employee but is also a valuable refresher course for experienced agents.

Anytime you purchase an online class at IRWA University, you have one year from the date of purchase to complete your class. After that time, the class will no longer be accessible. Your progress is saved, however, it is highly recommended that you finish the class as soon as possible from the date of purchase to ensure high retention and application rate of knowledge and skills learned.

All participants will receive a total of 2 attempts to pass the exam with a score of a 75% or better. If a passing grade is not achieved by the second attempt, the participant must re-purchase the class if he or she wishes to take the exam a third time. Please note, IRWA online classes are not approved for State QE or CE credit.