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Why does Vale have a Sponsorship requirement?
What is the dress code at Vale?
What supplies do I need for class?
Which courses are approved for Continuing Education?
Does the tuition/lodging costs include meals?
Is there a cafeteria at the school?
If I make my own lodging arrangements, can I use the hotel shuttle?
Auto Courses
As an entry-level person, what automotive course should I consider?
Property Courses
As an entry-level person, what property course(s) should I take?
Is there a prerequisite for taking the Commercial Building Damage Estimating course?
Do students use all of the automated systems in the Residential Dwelling Damage Estimating course?
Why does Vale have a Sponsorship requirement?
Most states have a Proprietary or Trade School Act that defines the
type of institutions that can offer post-secondary training and education.Vale National is regulated as a private training organization.
Private training organizations must enroll only sponsored students.
The sponsorship requirement forbids accepting tuition payment from individual students. A sponsorship letter is necessary, if Vale is audited by regulators, to prove conformity with the specified Act.
This Registration Form, when fully completed, will act as a
sponsorship letter.
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What is the dress code at Vale?
Casual but neat clothing (jeans are acceptable) - No Shorts.
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What Supplies do I need for class?
All classes require you to bring pencils and erasers (no ink pens) and a hand held calculator. (Calculators for all Property and Commercial classes must have square root function)
Property students will need a 25' tape measure and Senior-Level Residential Estimating, Senior-Level Residential Estimating for Examiners, Residential Dwelling Damage Estimating, Property Adjusting and Commercial Building Damage Estimating will need soft soled shoes for climbing roofs.
Auto students will need a flashlight and a hand held calculator.
Those attending the Certified Professional Estimator course will need to bring a tire tread depth gauge and any other refernce material or equipment you normally carry while prepare estimates.
Tractor-Trailer attendees will need a tire tread depth gauge, a 25' tape measure and a calculator.
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Which courses are approved for Continuing Education?
Click here to see a complete list of courses approved for Continuing Education.
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No. Vale does not have the necessary equipment to accept credit cards.
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Does the tuition/lodging costs include meals.
No. Attendees are responsible for furnishing their own meals including lunch.
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Is there a cafeteria at the school?
No. Each location does have a break room with vending machines.
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If I make my own lodging arrangements with Vale's preferred lodging provider, can I use the hotel shuttle?
No. The hotel shuttle is only available to students that make their lodging arrangements through Vale.
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As an entry-level person, what automotive course should I consider?
If your job is primarily reviewing estimates submitted by others, and you need to know how to produce small cosmetic-type estimates in an office representative environment, the one-week Auto Estimate Analysis for Examiners class is recommended.
If you will be responsible for producing complete and accurate estimates as a field appraiser or collision estimator, the Auto Estimatics 3000 or the Xcelerated Auto Estimatics course prepares you for immediate productivity.
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As an entry-level person, what property course(s) should I take?
Our property courses are offered in two different formats - structural damage estimating courses and property claims adjusting courses.
If you job is primarily reviewing estimates submitted by others, and you need the skills to produce small, limited-value estimates in an office-representative environment, the one-week Property Estimate Analysis for Examiners class is recommended.
If you will be responsible for prepareing thorough scopes of damage and producing accurate estimates as a field adjuster, the two-week Residential Dwelling Damage Estimating class is the complete course to prepare you to be immediately productive.
If your job requires knowledge of adjusting and estimating skills, the three-week Property Adjusting course is recommended. It includes both estimating skills training, coverage analysis, and investigation techniques.
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Is there a prerequisite for taking the Commercial Building Damage Estimating course?
It is beneficial if the student has been producing or is knowledgeable about estimating damage to residential structures.
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Do students use all of the automated systems?
When a student registers for the course, they advise us of the system they are or will be using. They are assigned that one system throughout the course.
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