NRCIA Accreditation · Certified Roof Inspector
RoofGUARD™
Right now you climb a roof to win a bid. RoofGUARD™ turns that same climb into five billable services and a reason to come back every year after.
You climb forty roofs to sell eight, and you give the climb away every time.
RoofGUARD™ turns that same climb into five things you are paid to do, and a reason to be back on the same roof every year after.
What it costs
One annual membership fee.
RoofGUARD™ is an annual membership. The fee covers your Accreditation, NRCIA training and every service authorization below for twelve months.
RoofGUARD™ membership
$4,499
per year
Payment does not constitute acceptance. Every application is reviewed.
Program specifications
- Designation earned
- CRI
- Membership term
- 12 months
- Typical time to complete training
- About 2 weeks
- RoofGUARD™ training and assessment
- Certified Roof Inspector designation on approval
- All five service authorizations
- Reporting software and client management in InspectionPLUS®
- Member directory profile
Who qualifies
Direct entry, but not open entry.
No prior NRCIA program is required. You complete NRCIA training and carry the insurance, bonding and ethics requirements every member carries.
- An active business entity, or documented authorization to inspect under a licensed contractor's umbrella.
- General liability insurance, $1,000,000 minimum per occurrence, plus Workers' Compensation.
- Errors and omissions insurance, $1,000,000 minimum per occurrence.
- Proof of bond.
- NRCIA named as additional insured on general and professional liability, where commercially available.
- No felony conviction within seven years, and no professional license revocation in any state within three.
- Physical capability for a five-zone inspection: interior, attic, exterior, perimeter, rooftop.
- Executed agreement to the NRCIA Code of Ethics, including conflict-of-interest disclosure.
Submit your application
Program selection, business details and required documentation.
Documentation verified
Insurance certificates, proof of bond and license documentation checked against program requirements.
Background disclosure reviewed
Your attestation is reviewed. NRCIA reserves the right to independently verify.
Ethics commitment executed
Code of Ethics and conflict-of-interest disclosure signed and logged to your file.
Approved, or returned with deficiencies
If something is missing, you get it back with specifics, not a rejection letter.
Membership checkout, then portal access
Once you are accepted you complete membership checkout. Designation issued, directory profile live, Academy and InspectionPLUS® open.
Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
That depends on what you do with it. An Accreditation you never bill against is an expense. One you use turns a single roof into five billable services and an annual return visit, and it authorizes you to issue a LeakFREE® certification, which nobody outside NRCIA can do.
Training takes about two weeks. You start working on approval.
No. Payment does not constitute acceptance. Every application goes through document verification, background disclosure review and ethics execution before Accreditation is confirmed. The review exists to protect the standard, which is the reason the designation carries weight.
Yes, and they are an entry requirement rather than an afterthought. Members remain responsible for every license, registration, certification, permit, insurance, training and qualification requirement that applies to their services and their jurisdictions. NRCIA Accreditation sits alongside those obligations. It does not replace them.
Not ready to apply
Talk to us first.
Tell us where your business is now. We will tell you plainly whether RoofGUARD™ is worth it for you, and what it would change.
- A real answer, from somebody who has read your numbers
- No obligation, and no application started
- Usually the same working day
A few questions, then we will come back to you
Stop quoting roofs. Start certifying them.
Applications are reviewed, not processed. Apply first, and once NRCIA accepts you, you complete membership checkout.