Minnesota Home Security and Technological Advancements Part 1

This course covers two hours of low-voltage topics including home security technologies and advancements.

Course Objectives

After completing this course, the licensee will be able to demonstrate a better understanding of current technologies for residential security systems.

IACET CEUs

This course gives you the opportunity to earn IACET CEUs through our parent company Certus. As an IACET Accredited Provider, Certus offers IACET CEUs for its learning events that comply with the ANSI/IACET Continuing Education and Training Standard. To earn IACET CEUs, you must:

Complete all lessons in the course,
Correctly answer every quiz question posed through the course,
Pass the final exam, and
Complete the course evaluation.

Assessment Information: This online course presents each section with commentary, a graphic illustration or photograph, and requires the learner to answer multiple choice questions after reviewing the content. The learner must complete all multiple-choice questions for each section correctly to get IACET CEUs, a certificate of completion, or state license renewal credit for the course. If the learner's first response is incorrect, learners will be immediately allowed to answer the question again until the correct answer is chosen. Question choices are randomized, so each participant will have a unique testing experience

Prerequisites: This course has no prerequisites.

Course Demonstration Video

Course ID(s): CRSE2405-0045

Approved By: Department of Labor And Industry - Construction Codes and Licensing Division

Home Security and Technological Advancements Part 1
- Front Door Entry [14 Activities]
  - 01. Motion Lighting
  - 02. Camera Locations and Field of View
  - 03. Camera Activation and Night Vision.
  - 04. Interactive Doorbell.
  - 05. Glass Break Detector.
  - 06. Motion Detector.
  - 07. Security Contact on the Front Door
  - 08. Heat Detector ?? Kitchen.
  - View Additional Activities
    - 09. Living Room Fire Protection.
    - 10. Living Room Carbon Monoxide Detector.
    - 11. Living Room Glass Break Detector
    - 12. Combination (magnetic/glass break) Sensor
    - 13. Living Room Motion Detector
    - 14. Living Room Camera
- Bedrooms [4 Activities]
  - 01. Bedroom Smoke Detectors
  - 02. Bedroom Carbon Monoxide Detectors
  - 03. Bedroom Glass Break Detectors.
  - 04. Bedroom Window Contacts
- Laundry Area [8 Activities]
  - 01. Laundry Room Heat Detector.
  - 02. Laundry Room Flood Detector.
  - 03. Garage Heat Detector.
  - 04. Garage Carbon Monoxide Detector.
  - 05. Garage Flood Detector.
  - 06. Overhead Garage Door.
  - 07. Garage (Walk-in) Entry Door.
  - 08. Garage Camera.
- Final Exam (10 questions)
Course Completion
- Mandatory Questionnaire
- Certificate of Completion
- IACET Certificate of Completion
- Expedited Reporting Available

Instructor Bio

Jerry Durham

Jerry previously served the state of North Carolina as a Level III electrical inspector and provided state-approved electrical training for electrical inspectors at both Alamance County and Guilford County (NC) Community Colleges. Jerry taught the Kentucky state-approved four-year electrical apprenticeship programs offered by the Independent Electrical Contractors (IEC) Trade School and Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) Trade School, and served the state of Kentucky as a Master Electrician and Louisville Metro Code Enforcement Officer. Jerry is a Certified Distance Education Instructor (CDEI) and NCCER Core and Electrical Curriculum certified instructor. Jerry currently holds North Carolina and ICC electrical inspector accreditations and is recognized by the state of Washington as an approved electrical administrator.