Minnesota Building Permit
Technicians Association

 Building Inspection Technology Certificate

This accelerated certificate program provides students the foundational knowledge to pursue a career in construction code enforcement or for existing professionals to upgrade their skills. The courses meet one night a week and the program can be completed in two semesters. Successful completion of the Building Inspection Technology Certificate gives students the required training and points to take the State of Minnesota’s Certified Building Official-Limited exam, which is administered the last night of class. - See more at: http://www.nhcc.edu/certbit#sthash.4e20Jc8Z.dpuf

* MN Building Inspection Technology Technician Vocational Certificate no longer available

ICC Permit Technician Exam:
Even if you haven't achieved the credits necessary for a BIT certificate, you can take the ICC Permit Tech exam. It is a 2 hour, open book exam that you'll have to schedule with a Pearson VUE testing center

Testing Center FAQs Exam Cost: $219

Sample Examination Questions - click here

Exam Details (what is covered, what books to bring)
A list of ICC's certified permit techs in MN is here (as of 2-10-20 there are 49).

**new** Check out the national map of certified permit techs here  (as of 9-26-16)
Red stars indicate formed chapters - gray stars indicate state capitol locations