Online Courses
The WB Foundation offers online continuing education credits for holders of Wisconsin's Dwelling Contractor credentials through its partnership with Slipstream and the B4 Conference, and On3.
These courses are designed to fulfill Wisconsin's continuing education requirements for dwelling contractors (12 credit hours every two years), and are approved by the Wisconsin Department of Safety & Professional Services (DSPS).
Continuing Education Courses
The WB Foundation is proud to offer continuing education courses developed in part by WBA.
Course Content:
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.
Promo Codes for Members:
Upon selecting your desired courses using the button below, please enter the following codes at checkout for the respective classes you are taking.
Four Credit Course: FOUR
Adapting to Market Trends - 1 credit: ADAPT
Legal Pitfalls in the Building Industry - 1 credit: LEGAL
Universal Design - 1 credit: UNIVERSAL
Using these codes, members will be able to receive the 4-credit course for free, and the remaining 1-credit courses for $10 off each, for a total of $39/class.
Instructions:
Click the “register for courses now” button below. Select your desired courses and enter promo codes for the applicable courses. Please ensure you enter your DCQ number at this time as well. Within 48 hours of checking out, you will receive an email from On3 with instructions on how to take the course - be sure to check your spam folder! Upon receiving this email and creating your login, you will have 30 days to complete the course. Upon passing the course (70% required), WBA will submit your credits to DSPS.
Note: 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.
Additional Continuing Education Courses
Still available are free continuing education courses through WBA’s partnership with Slipstream. There are currently no courses that fulfill the new 4-credit requirement, however these courses can be used to fulfill the other eight credits.
For DSPS-approved courses, please select “WI-DSPS” from the credit dropdown option after clicking the link below.
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