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COQB - Code Education

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Board Standard Certificate Courses

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All classes are taught through the NC Community College System.

Community Colleges are the only Board approved Sponsors for Standard Certificate courses. Students have free access 24/7 to all course materials (slides, worksheets) through their CEO ID LOGIN and the NCDOI Code College Online below.

Instructors must have 5 years' experience and hold Level 3 Standard Certificate for the Trade/Code taught.

The Board's mandatory Law and Administration courses are taught by North Carolina licensed attorneys at law.

Contact: Beth Williams, Staff Development Coordinator, beth.williams@ncdoi.gov 

In 2019 nearly 1,600 Code Enforcement Officials traveled 175K miles to 28 Community Colleges to attend Board classroom courses. Check out the video and interactive map links below.

 

 

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NC Community Colleges offering COQB Standard Certificate Courses

This interactive GIS map shows locations of Community Colleges that offer Board courses and 500 NC local government AHJs (blue dots) responsible for issuing building and fire permits and performing inspections for residential and commercial construction. City and Town corporate boundaries are shown in gray. Clicking on certain map features results in additional pop-up information boxes. Enter an address and the map will zoom to the individual parcel level. Users may select an aerial imagery layer using the icons in the upper left corner.

Continuing Education Courses

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Continuing Education courses taught by Board approved Sponsors and Instructors may appear in the schedule above.

Instructors are required to enter student names in the online roster and submit so that CE credit appears in the Code Enforcement Official's (CEO) online account.

Contact: Beth Williams, Staff Development Coordinator, beth.williams@ncdoi.gov 

Education Sponsors, Instructors and Courses

Board Rules require Sponsors, Education Coordinators and Instructors to provide accurate student rosters, grades and evaluation documents for course credit.

Submit new courses for approval.

Sponsor and Instructor LOGIN

Organizations and individuals interested in becoming Board approved education course sponsors and instructors may apply online.

Sponsor applications must include a course submission.

Sponsor Application

Instructor Application

Contact: Beth Williams, Staff Development Coordinator, beth.williams@ncdoi.gov 

Board Approved Online Course Sponsors

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NCDOI Code College Online

Engineering and Codes Division staff maintain a FREE Learning Management System for anyone with a COQB system acccount.

CEO ID LOGIN

Create a new CEO ID LOGIN (use only if you have NEVER attended a Board course)

Code Official account home page

Code Enforcement Official account home page

Contact: Mike Hejduk, Licensing Programs, mike.hejduk@ncdoi.gov 

Code Officials Qualification Board (COQB)

  • COQB - Code Enforcement Officials
  • COQB - Code Education
  • COQB - Board Members
  • COQB - Meeting Dates
  • COQB - Staff Contact Information
  • COQB - Board Statutes and Rules
  • Code Official Log In

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