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BIA provides online training tools, including Live AIA presentations and On-Demand Courses through our new eLearning Center. Sign up to gain access to webinars, AEC Daily Courses, and other educational resources for architects.

BIA also offers additional online training programs exclusive for members through our new eLearning Center. Designed to impart a high-level knowledge about brick products and the brick business, the Brick University curriculum is comprised of 15 in-depth technical and sales training examinations created and managed by BIA.


As this training program is a key offering of BIA membership, this curriculum is offered exclusively to BIA members. All of BIA’s online training courses are available to distributor, manufacturer and premium contributing associate members for free unlimited use.

Upon successful completion of the core 6 courses, participants earn BIA’s Certified Brick Specialist (CBS) designation. To maintain your certification, you must complete 2 additional courses each year of your choice.

 

Enroll In Brick University

The Curriculum

BIA Members Have Taken Over 2,500 Courses! 

These courses provide a good basic foundation of knowledge on brick and brick masonry. They focus primarily on residential construction with a secondary emphasis on non-residential applications. Emphasis is placed on technical information that will be useful to a brick sales professional in their day-to-day dealings with brick. The title and a brief description of each module offered is provided below.
  

The online training classes are designed to play as a video and all have voice over narration of the course material. When finished with the presentation, the user will be presented with a list of 10 questions. To successfully complete the course, the user must answer 8 of the 10 questions correctly.

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Key Benefit of Certified Brick Specialists

You achieve the status of “Certified Brick Specialist” which entitles you to the following:
  • Use of BIA’s AIA Number to give AIA Accredited Continuing Education Presentations
  • Use of BIA's Continuing Education Presentations created by BIA Engineers
  • BIA reports educational credits to AIA saving member companies time and administration

 

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Become a Certified Brick Specialist