Training is a progressive excercize. The first stage might be to work in the office to learn proceedures, telephone etiquette, filing, billing, costs. The next stage might be to accompany the supervisor on inspections and work with him/her in developing a report, selecting comps, doing matched pairs analysis and how to "work down the page." I have noticed some trainees skip over sections hoping to come back to them later. Finally, the trainee will make a complete report then compare it with that of the super. Then ask questions, questions, questions. I do not believe that a trainee should ever make an inspection on his own. Most lenders REQUIRE the super to sign that he has seen the subject inside and out. BUT, the trainee can take on a increasing amount of the work until he gets very efficient and PROficient. The super makes his own notes and basically observes. In my experience, it will take almost the entire 2,000 hours before the trainee has the sufficient skills to complete a report on his own......and that would be of the most ordinary houses. In my opinion, if the trainee was worked in RE sales for a few years he or she will have a leg up learning to appraise. Not that a RE agent gains any appraisal knowledge but he would already know terminology, escrow proceedures, what a title report is, how to function in the MLS and maybe even run CMAs, he might even get a feel for the market and why adjustments are needed or not needed for certain differences.
When a report is completed, I always send a pdf to the trainee for his/her records. They may or may not print a hard copy but then there are two of us with the file in their respective computers.
