The NPMA-33 form is an essential tool for home inspectors, particularly when performing wood-destroying organism (WDO) inspections. Spectora makes it easy to integrate and use this form within your inspection process. Here's a step-by-step guide to help you get started with the NPMA-33 form in Spectora.
Adding the NPMA-33 Template to your Account
In this section, we'll show you how to add the NPMA-33 template to your Spectora account.
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Click "Templates"
Click "Template Center" in the top right corner
Click on the NPMA-33 template
Click "Add Template"
The template will start building
Note: This may take a few minutes since this form has specialized coding
Once it is finished building, you'll see the NPMA-33 template open on your screen
It will also show in your "My Templates" list
Filling out Preset Information
Keeping your profile up to date is very important with the NPMA-33! This form will populate several pieces of information from your inspector profile and company page. It will also pull data from the inspection details.
Make sure you have everything up to date under Settings > Profile so that everything looks top-notch!
Here's what information will pull in automatically:
Company Information
By default, the form will fill in the company name, address, and phone number listed in the company profile.
The company name can be changed on the template itself for all future inspections or on the report for an individual inspection.
To change it on the template, click on Section I. > General Information > and enter the preferred company name as the Default Value
To change it on a report, click on Section I. > General Information > and enter the preferred company name in the text field
Inspector Information
The assigned inspector's first & last name, license number, and their signature are pulled from their profile.
❇️ Pro-tip: If you're a company with multiple inspectors, you can make sure that everybody else looks ship-shape under Settings > Team and clicking on each inspector.
Property Information
The address of the inspection, along with the date and time, is pulled directly from the Inspection Details page.
What Makes the NPMA a Specialized Output PDF?
You can use the NPMA template for reports on the web or the mobile app, just like any other template. But, this template works a little differently because of the specialized output of the PDF.
The report writer looks similar to other templates, but the report viewer bypasses the HTML-based web report and generates a PDF of the NPMA-33 Inspection form instead.
🚨 Warning: 🚨
Because of the specialized output of the form, you should not delete, modify, or add sections, items, or comments.
Doing this can result in your findings not showing up on the report or breaking the output of the PDF altogether.
Tips for On-Site Use
Many checkboxes within the form are controlled by whether you input text or not.
For example, if you do not input any answers for Section II, the No Visible Evidence box will display. This helps save you taps while inspecting. No insects? No taps!
If you leave all three of the items above blank, here's what that will look like in the report:
Similarly, if you input any text in those items, like "N/A", Visible will be checked on instead! You should only add text to those items when you want the corresponding box checked in the report.
Photos can be added under Section V > Additions > Attachments > Show More.
The photos will appear on an addendum page after the report.
🔴 Note: 🔴
If you upload photos to any comment in sections BESIDES this attachment area, those photos will not display in the report.
For example - while the option to attach photos to any informational comment in the app does show up, adding photos to the informational comments will not work due to the specialized coding for the required PDF output.
Photos uploaded to informational comments will not be displayed anywhere! Photos must be uploaded in Section V > Additions > Attachments > Show More
If you have any questions or feedback, write into our chat bubble or email support@spectora.com!
