Certified Master Inspector already being used in Yellow Page ads.

[Nick Gromicko]

http://www.nachi.org/cmiad2006.htm

[Dale Duffy]

oh....lord....

[Nick Gromicko]

Dale, I know what you mean. Sometimes when I have to make a certain post it feels like I'm lobbing a grenade.

[Dale Duffy]

Originally Posted by gromicko

Dale, I know what you mean, sometimes when I have to make a certain post it feels like lobbing a grenade.

..............you crack me up......

Kind of like the MAB......

[Nick Gromicko]

In a related story, Texas picked up its first CMI today.

[Dale Duffy]

Originally Posted by gromicko

In a related story, Texas picked up its first CMI today.

How is Arizona doing?...............

...............

[Nick Gromicko]

Nada: http://www.certifiedmasterinspector.org/cmi/find.htm Lots of hits though.

[wforsyth]

Did you notice that cmiad.com reads as "See My Ad" ?

Okay Nick...you can use "weird" on me now.....

[rdawes]

Originally Posted by gromicko

In a related story, Texas picked up its first CMI today.

I don't know the inspector with CMI from Texas, he is not in my geography and I wish him well. But I do know that he has been licensed less time than I have (18 months) and I certainly won't go around calling myself a "master". I do hope that brandishing that title doesn't come back to bite him in a courtroom.

I find a title that can be had by any inspector in Texas (or any other state with 150 hours of required education) the day he becomes licensed without having ever conducted a paid inspection just silly. But then again, I guess it's not silly to the recipient of $175.

[Nick Gromicko]

Ron, funny you would mention him. His application included so many certifications of completion and proofs of continuing education as to actually be thicker than we could easily file.

Here are just some of them he has...

-- 45 classroom hours of Residential Inspection Part A from Kaplan.
-- 45 classroom hours of Residential Inspection Part B from Kaplan.
-- 60 classroom hours of ADVANCED Real Estate Inspection from Kaplan.
-- 38 classroom hours of Business Principles for the Home Inspector from Kaplan.
-- 8 hours of Disaster Housing Inspection Training from PARR.
-- 8 hours of Pool & Spa Inspection from ITA.
-- 8 hours of Inspecting Concrete Slab Foundations from Cahill.
-- FEMA cerficate.
-- All the courses required for membership in NACHI and offered from NACHI.

-- and more...

Ron, be careful who you berate. He sounds more educated than you.

[wforsyth]

Amen.

That could go around to alot of people on here.

Nick, what kind of education counts for CMI. I know someone who is interested who has years of construction and other related industries, plus real estate licensure. Which of these are qualified to be counted for CMI?

Thanks,
Wendy

[rdawes]

I'm not berating him at all.

I have all that he posted and more and I am as concientious and thorough an inspector as you will find at my experience level. I have no reason to doubt that he is just as good. But I'm still not a Master by a long shot. If he had been licensed in Jan 05 or later his file would have been more than twice as long as the licensing requirements were increased then to 448 hours for a TREC license. A 448 hour license with no practical experience is still not a Master.

If I studied books and took classes in surgery but never picked up a scapel would you want me to operate on you or your loved one? That's an extreme example agreed.

Book learning and a few mock inspections gets one to point where they are barely competent to hopefully not screw up until they get some real world experience under their belt. That hardly qualifies one as a "Master".

[bkelly1]

Originally Posted by wforsyth

Amen.

That could go around to alot of people on here.

Nick, what kind of education counts for CMI. I know someone who is interested who has years of construction and other related industries, plus real estate licensure. Which of these are qualified to be counted for CMI?

Thanks,
Wendy

I think it all counts right now.

[Nick Gromicko]

Ron, I don't know about what qualifies one as a Master, I only know what qualifies one as a Certifed Master Inspector... and the fella you are berating qualifies. He is a Certified Master Inspector.

[Richard L. Bennett]

Ok all

Just for fun -- lets put together a tough of war between the "just out of school kids" and some of the many inspection inspectors

Lets put together a board to evaluate them or a real house of whore--

and lets see who can cut the mustard

We know who the experts are because the are always putting down the new members so I think they should be the first team.

ok lets pull

rlb