• Welcome to the ICC Preferred Provider Program!
    Welcome to the ICC Preferred Provider Program!

    ICC’s Preferred Provider Program opens the door to extensive training opportunities from a variety of educational resources. The Program recognizes and promotes ICC-approved educational courses offered by a variety of education providers, focusing on the areas of construction codes, standards and guidelines, as well as building construction materials, products and methods.

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  • Participate in a Broad Network of Education Providers
    Participate in a Broad Network of Education Providers

    Becoming an ICC Preferred Provider allows for participation in an extensive network of educational and informational opportunities. Act now to be a partner in the Preferred Provider Network.

    Apply to be a Preferred Provider

  • Quick Tip: Renew your Preferred Provider Membership Online!
    Quick Tip: Renew your Preferred Provider Membership Online!
    Renew your provider status in three easy steps:
    1. Login to your Provider Account
    2. Click on Renew Membership on your profile page
    3. Complete the purchase through the storefront
For Providers

Education providers are encouraged to partner with ICC to greatly expand recognition of, and access to, available training needed to serve a broad learner base. Preferred Providers have the opportunity to communicate their programs, services and products to ICC’s broad audience of members and customers. Continue

For Students

An expansive listing of available educational courses, both onsite and online, is available to users of the Preferred Provider Program. Users have the opportunity to gain information about educational offerings and other services of Preferred Providers. In addition, ICC certificate holders may obtain CEUs from Preferred Providers that can be applied toward the renewal requirements of ICC’s certification program.

Participate in a Broad Network of Education Providers

Becoming an ICC Preferred Provider allows for participation in an extensive network of educational and informational opportunities. Act now to be a partner in the Preferred Provider Network.

Apply to be a Preferred Provider

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Benefits

ICC Preferred Provider status connects educational providers with over 58,000 ICC members who rely on educational and informational opportunities to stay current on various aspects of building design, construction and use. In addition, more than 40,000 ICC-certified individuals and 350 ICC chapters rely on quality training to meet their educational needs. Participation exposes the services and products of education providers to ICC’s broad audience through a listing of Provider educational offerings and links to Provider websites.

Approval Process

The Provider application and course approval processes are designed to make the Preferred Provider approval experience quick and easy. Upon recognition as a Preferred Provider including payment of an annual fee, the submission and approval process for individual education courses is user-friendly. Education courses need only be approved once, regardless of the number of offerings that are presented. Once courses have been recognized for ICC certification renewal, they can be posted on the ICC Preferred Provider live schedule that is available to potential learners.

Words of Support

"I produce two code education events a year. Providing fresh, relevant, education of unimpeachable quality is a full time job. The ICC Preferred Provider Program gives me the ability to advertise our seminars nationwide to every building inspector and contractor who needs continuing education credit. As a Preferred Provider, the Johnson County education program has instant credibility." Sean Reid, Program Manager for Johnson County, Kansas Contractor Licensing Agency.

Provider Categories

  1. ICC Chapters: ICC Chapters include all chapters of the International Code Council that have obtained and maintain ICC Chapter eligibility.
  2. Governmental and Nonprofit: Governmental units include municipalities, county, state and other jurisdictional units or agencies; Nonprofit providers include associations, public education institutions and similar non-profit organizations.
  3. Educator: Private for-profit education providers include individuals, companies and private educational institutions and are classified as one of the following:
    1. Educator, Individual includes those for-profit education providers whose number of staff dedicated to education related activities is limited to one individual and instruction is limited to 30 or fewer seminar days annually.
    2. Educator, General includes those for-profit education providers whose number of staff or number of instruction days exceed the limits of Individual Educator category.
  4. Industry: Providers from industry include building product manufacturers, suppliers, distributors and others related to the industry.

Useful Links

  1. Preferred Provider Manual. Get access to all aspects of the Preferred Provider Program, including procedures, processes and guidelines.
  2. Goals, Purpose and Benefits. Learn about the basis for the creation and implementation of the Program.
  3. Frequently Asked Questions. Get answers to the most common questions regarding the Preferred Provider Program.
  4. Provider Annual Fee Schedule. Find out the reasonable cost to gain Provider status.