It was no cake walk, but you did it. And now you’re ready to work, but you’ve discovered you need experience to get deployed.
So, wait. How do you break into property adjusting when you need experience to get work, but can’t get work without experience? There’s one simple answer to this question:
BECOME A CATI CERTIFIED ADJUSTER IN RESIDENTIAL ADJUSTER ESSENTIALS
Claims Adjuster Training Institute leads in the property adjuster training space. Residential Essentials is designed to train and equip emerging property adjusters to successfully handle the challenges and learn the ropes of scoping and estimating.
Today, leading national carriers send us their new hires to train and prepare them for their roles. And they send us their experienced adjusters for advanced training and refresher courses. Why not train with the adjuster school that the insurance companies trust?
As a CATI Certified Adjuster, you’ll learn and demonstrate the foundational property adjusting skills you need in a hands-on, real world training environment so you’re equipped on Day One to get the work, and get to work.
Set yourself apart from a sea of adjusters wanting that next deployment as a distinguished CATI Certified Adjuster. Potential employers will know at a glance that you’ve completed our rigorous training and assessment.
CATI Certified Adjuster: Residential Essentials is a one-day certification assessment that is administered on Friday of the Residential Essentials course week.
In Residential Essentials, you’ll put your Xactimate skills to work learning residential adjusting best practices over 4 days of immersive hands-on training. Our Dallas training facilities are built like adjuster theme parks where you’ll experience real-world claim simulations in dozens of structural mockups including living spaces, kitchens, bedrooms, bathrooms and fully functional roof structures.
In addition to the intensive in-person training, you’ll receive several hours of on-demand training.
Between your in-person and on-demand training, you’ll learn the following:
CATI Certified Adjuster: Residential Essentials is best for individuals with little to no property adjusting experience who want a solid introduction to the property adjusting role.
Emerging adjusters who have completed a deployment will also benefit, with the opportunity to hone their new skills to ensure greater success the next time out.
While the practice work is oriented toward field adjusters, inside adjusters and examiners will reap great benefits from understanding the scoping and estimating process from the back end.
XACTIMATE PROFICIENCY
Participants in this course will be writing Xactimate estimates beginning on Day 1 of class. This course designed to hone your Xactimate skills in live claim simulations, but assumes you already have skills with the software of at least a proficiency level.
As such, as a prerequisite to taking Residential Essentials, participants must have completed CATI’s Xactimate X1 Skills Lab course OR have achieved the Xactimate Level 2 certification.
ON-DEMAND PRE-WORK
Additionally, our objective is to use the in-person class time to its fullest potential by engaging participants in as much hands-on practice as possible. As such, all on-demand pre-work courses must be complete before arriving to class.
Following enrollment, you will receive more information on the pre-work required. Expect to spend 15-20 hours in preparation for class.
Please note: The pre-work is essential to your success in class. No certificate will be issued for individuals who do not complete the required pre-work prior to reporting for class.
CATI will provide all instructional material for Residential Essentials.
You will need to provide the following:
CATI will provide the following:
CATI does not provide support for your personal computer, nor do we provide support for Xactimate on your personal computer.
Residential Essentials is held Monday-Thursday at our Irving, TX, training facility:
CATI Skyway Campus
3109 Skyway Circle North
Irving, TX 75039
The certification assessment on Friday will be held at our nearby facility in Dallas:
CATI Royal Lane Campus
2025 Royal Lane #394
Dallas, TX 75229
You will receive more information prior to the start of class regarding class times and location.
Residential Essentials is designed as an immersive hands-on course that will equip adjusters with real-world skills by providing a real-world training environment.
To maximize the practical application of residential adjusting skills, some portions of this course are provided as on-demand content to prepare students for class and help support them following the training.
However, to complete this course, the in-person training must be completed in its entirety.
CE hours are pending approval by the Texas Department of Insurance. Should they be approved prior to your scheduled class date, we will update you.
CATI Certified Adjuster: Residential Essentials is a credential conferred on individuals who complete the Residential Essentials course and pass a rigorous hands-on assessment conducted by the CATI training staff.
This certification can be included on your resume, adjuster profile, LinkedIn profile and anywhere else you promote your skills as an adjuster.
A certification from CATI tells potential employers that you have successfully completed Resential Essentials training at CATI and have demonstrated a high level of proficiency in Xactimate, scoping and estimating along with customer service savvy, an understanding of basic homeowners coverages and are ready to deploy for homeowners claims.
This certification is a 1-day assessment held at our Royal Lane campus in Dallas each Friday following the Residential Essentials course. You must pass the assessment in order to receive the certification.
