Hotels and Multiple Dwellings

Housing Code Officials are authorized to act as the first-line supervisor in an enforcing agency and are responsible for the administration and enforcement of the New Jersey Hotel & Multiple Dwelling laws and regulations.

This course is open to holders of a valid Inspector of Hotels and Multiple Dwellings license. Course topics include a review of the hotel and multiple dwelling law, administration and enforcement, fundamentals of communication, managing inspections and investigations, and testifying at a trial.

The Regulations for Maintenance of Hotels and Multiple Dwellings require that the inspectors and officials who enforce the hotel and multiple dwelling regulations within their jurisdictions obtain a license. The Rutgers University Center for Government Services, in cooperation with the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, offers training courses for these professionals. Inspectors of Hotels and Multiple Dwellings are authorized to carry out field inspections of hotels and multiple dwellings within an enforcing agency such as a municipality or for the state of New Jersey under the supervision of a licensed Housing Code Official. This course discusses the duties required by inspectors of hotels and multiple dwellings and prepares students to take the national certification exam necessary to become licensed inspectors. Students should take this course if they wish to obtain an Inspector of Hotels & Multiple Dwellings license if they require a better understanding of the regulations, codes, and law, or if they have received a license under the special provisions of the licensing rules but still need additional guidance. 

Course and license requirements:

1. Three (3) years full-time experience in one of the following, carpentry, electrical, plumbing, housing inspector, fire Inspector, or two years as an inspector trainee. (M/D LICENSE).
2. Successful completion of an approved 60-hour course for inspector of multiple dwellings.
3. Successful completion of a state uniform test module for licensure as inspector of multiple dwellings.

If you have received a license under the special provisions of the licensing rules but still need additional information and guidance to enforce the State Hotel and Multiple Dwelling Law full licensing requirements can be found at the DCA website - https://www.nj.gov/dca/codes/offices/licensing_cont_ed.shtml. 

This 60-hour course includes 56 hours of classroom instruction plus a mandatory one-day field inspection. The field inspection will be held on 10/29 in Central/North Jersey from 9 am to 12 pm. The field inspection(s) are mandatory, and students must attend the scheduled field inspection(s). NO MAKE-UP IS AVAILABLE. Students MUST make the necessary arrangements to attend on the scheduled dates and times. Course instructors will provide the exact location of each field inspection in class. REGISTRATION FOR THIS COURSE ENDS/CLOSE 3 days before the course begins. LATE REGISTRATION WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

60 hours
The Regulations for Maintenance of Hotels and Multiple Dwellings require that the inspectors and officials who enforce the hotel and multiple dwelling regulations within their jurisdictions obtain a license. The Rutgers University Center for Government Services, in cooperation with the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, offers training courses for these professionals. Inspectors of Hotels & Multiple Dwellings are authorized to carry out field inspections of hotels and multiple dwellings within an enforcing agency such as a municipality or for the state of New Jersey under the supervision of a licensed Housing Code Official. This course discusses the duties required by inspectors of hotels and multiple dwellings and prepares students to take the national certification exam necessary to become licensed inspectors. Students should take this course if they wish to obtain an Inspector of Hotels & Multiple Dwellings license if they require a better understanding of the regulations, codes, and law, or if they have received a license under the special provisions of the licensing rules but still need additional guidance. 

This 60-hour course includes 56 hours of classroom instruction plus a mandatory one-day field inspection. The field inspection will be held on 10/30 in South Jersey from 9 am to 12 pm. The field inspections are mandatory, and students must attend the scheduled field inspections. NO MAKE-UP IS AVAILABLE. Students MUST make the necessary arrangements to attend on the scheduled dates and times. Course instructors will provide the exact location of each field inspection in class. REGISTRATION FOR THIS COURSE ENDS/CLOSE 3 days before the course begins. LATE REGISTRATION WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.