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XRF readings, paint chips, dust wipes, soil sampling, room equivalents, hazard standards, interim controls vs abatement and clearance. Every topic gets its own page: the drawing first, then what you need to remember. 62 illustrated pages.
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These are real pages from the book. The table of contents is the full one: 8 parts and 58 topics.
You're kneeling at a window sill in a 1940s house with the XRF in your hand, and the owner asks what the reading on the screen actually means.
The course manual covered it in four dense pages: source, fluorescence, depth, substrate. You read every word, and on site none of it connects.
In this book the XRF is one drawing: the source goes in, X-rays come back, and the reading covers every paint layer. One line under it: 1.0 mg/cm² or more is lead-based paint.
The same goes for the PCS, the calibration checks, paint chips, dust wipes and clearance: each one has its own page.
You understand the reading, and you explain it to the owner without opening the manual.
The job and the rules, history and visual, XRF testing, paint chips, dust wipes, soil and water, hazards and clearance, and reports and exam review: 62 pages, all illustrated
Think of it this way:
It's your first risk assessment. There's a toddler in the unit, the sills are worn, and you have to decide which rooms get a dust wipe.
You open the page on which rooms you sample and see the house drawn from above, with the rooms marked and the template on the floor.
Same with the XRF calibration checks, the paint chip cut, the soil dripline, the four abatement methods and the clearance visual check: each one on its own page.
Lead Inspector Illustrated is 8 parts and 58 topics, all drawn, ending with the numbers to know cold, the terms that get mixed up and a checklist for your truck.
What you see drawn, you don't have to memorize.
Why lead matters in pre-1978 homes, EPA, HUD and your state, what counts as lead-based paint, target housing, inspection vs risk assessment, the five disciplines and certification
The field sequence, building history and the owner interview, room equivalents, components and testing combinations, paint condition, and friction, impact and chewable surfaces
How the XRF reads lead, the PCS, calibration checks, substrate correction, positive, negative and inconclusive, where to aim, single-family vs multifamily and XRF safety
When to take a paint chip, how to cut it, mg/cm², % by weight and ppm, chain of custody and accredited labs, and repairing the spot
Why dust matters most, floors, sills and troughs, the 1 ft² template, the wipe pattern, single-surface vs composite, which rooms, field QC and reading µg/ft²
Where soil lead comes from, composite sampling in the top half inch, soil hazard standards, drinking water and the other sources you note
Lead paint vs lead hazard, the 2024 dust-lead rule, the blood lead reference value, interim controls vs abatement, the four abatement methods, prohibited practices, clearance and the RRP line
Inspection and risk assessment reports, the disclosure rule, record keeping, plain-English results for owners, the numbers to know, mixed-up terms and your truck checklist
At the end of the book: A page of numbers to know cold, the terms that get mixed up and a truck checklist for your first inspections.
Test yourself on XRF, sampling, hazard standards and clearance with exam-style questions, and see why each wrong answer is wrong, not just which one is right.
See the errors that come up most often in the field (wrong template placement, mixing up inspection and risk assessment, skipping room equivalents), each one drawn next to the right way.
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Each day's topics sit on their own page, so the course manual finally has an order you can follow.
Review the whole job in the same order, from the XRF to clearance, with the values you need to check in one box.
Print it, keep it in the truck, and check which surface to sample or which unit to report before you start.
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Yes. It's for home inspectors, RRP renovators, maintenance supervisors and environmental techs preparing for the lead inspector or risk assessor exam, whether EPA or your state runs it. It follows the federal rules; where your state adds its own, check your state program. It isn't basic: it puts what the course covers in field order, one drawing per topic.
From EPA's 40 CFR Part 745, HUD's 24 CFR Part 35 and the HUD Guidelines (2012 edition). The dust values follow EPA's October 2024 dust-lead rule: a dust-lead hazard is now any reportable level on floors and window sills, and clearance uses dust-lead action levels of 5 µg/ft² for floors, 40 for sills and 100 for troughs. Every value names the rule it comes from, so you can check it against the current text and your state program.
It follows the federal rules every state program is built on: EPA's 40 CFR Part 745 and HUD's 24 CFR Part 35. EPA-authorized states run their own certification and exam, and some states and cities use stricter numbers, so the pages mark where your state can differ and you check it against your state program. It's an independent study book, not issued or endorsed by EPA, HUD, any state program or any training provider.
No. Certification takes an accredited course and the exam set by EPA or your state. This book helps you review the job and keep it in order.
No. The 150 questions were written for this book, in exam style, with every answer explained. They are not official exam questions.
The book and the 2 bonus books arrive as PDFs by email, at the address you enter at checkout.
No. It's a one-time payment, with no subscription.
Yes. It's a printable PDF: print the whole book or just the pages you want to keep in the truck.
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No more rereading without anything sticking.
The XRF, the dust template and the soil dripline: you see them drawn, and it clicks.
You walk into the exam, and the first house, knowing where everything is.
Drawings make studying faster.
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