• The pod model builds on the existing supervisor and trainee requirements by pairing one supervisor with up to three trainees in a pod to teach skills and impart best practices while sharing workloads.
  • Each pod is based on the supervisor’s geographic area of competency and assigned to ensure there is plenty of appraisal volume to support it.
  • The trainees assist in the supervisor’s market where they receive instruction on how to apply the principles, procedures, and methodologies they’ve learned.
  • Class Valuation also says it compensates the trainees at higher rates than the industry standard to make the pod program more appealing career-opportunity for appraiser-trainees.