Qualifications for licensure as an appraiser trainee. An applicant for licensure as an appraiser trainee shall meet the following educational, experience, and examination requirements in addition to those set forth in subdivisions 1 through 5 and 9 of 18VAC130-20-30 . 1. Within 12 months after being approved by the board to take the examination, the applicant shall have registered for and passed a written examination provided by the board or a testing service acting on behalf of the board. Successful completion of the examination is valid for a period of 24 months. 2. Within the five-year period immediately preceding application for licensure, the applicant shall have successfully completed 75 hours of approved real estate appraisal courses from accredited colleges, universities, junior and community colleges; adult distributive or marketing education programs; local, state or federal government agencies, boards or commissions; proprietary schools; or real estate appraisal or real estate related organizations. The classroom hours shall include the 15-hour National Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice course. 3. There is no experience requirement for the appraiser trainee classification. 4. Responsibilities of supervising appraisers are described in this subdivision. a. The appraiser trainee shall be subject to direct supervision by a supervising appraiser who shall be state certified in good standing. b. The supervising appraiser shall be responsible for the training and direct supervision of the appraiser trainee by: (1) Accepting responsibility for the appraisal report by signing and certifying the report is in compliance with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice; (2) Reviewing the appraiser trainee appraisal report(s); and (3) Personally inspecting each appraised property with the appraiser trainee until the supervising appraiser determines the appraiser trainee is competent in accordance with the Competency Provision of the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice for the property type. C. The appraiser trainee is permitted to have more than one supervising appraiser, but a supervising appraiser may not supervise more than three trainees, at one time, unless a state program in the licensing jurisdiction provides for progress monitoring, supervising certified appraiser qualifications, and supervision and oversight requirements for supervising appraisers.
