Alberta Home Inspector Licensing/Regulation meeting in Edmonton on May 25, 2009.

[George A. H. Luck]

"I learned that the Ontario government has a January 31, 2010 date set for licensing"

Rash statements like these tend to ensure a short life span for the posts.

[tneyedli1]

Originally Posted by gluck

"I learned that the Ontario government has a January 31, 2010 date set for licensing"

Rash statements like these tend to ensure a short life span for the posts.

Gentlemen:
Take it frome one who but a scant 3 months age was wondering in the wilderness.
Totally independant with some 12 years of inspections, being forced by gov't proclamation to become licenced, always going to conferences yearly (both Canadian and American), learning from a cross-section of inspectors, and then being accepted
by the ASTTBC people, jumping through all their hoops as best I could in the timeframe allotted and came out on top.

I believe that the licencing of home inspectors is a starting point and it points to the future of the greater good of our industry. Change can come from within the industry through dialogue and cooperation. The starting point is with licencing. Next comes the upgrading with in classroom and on the job training. Mentoring helps tremendously.

Just my humble opinion.

T.Neyedli CHI
ASTTBC/ BCIPI
BPCPA #47827
www.alphahomeinspections.ca

[Mike G. Howard, CMI]

Originally Posted by tneyedli1

Gentlemen:
Take it frome one who but a scant 3 months age was wondering in the wilderness.
Totally independant with some 12 years of inspections, being forced by gov't proclamation to become licenced, always going to conferences yearly (both Canadian and American), learning from a cross-section of inspectors, and then being accepted
by the ASTTBC people, jumping through all their hoops as best I could in the timeframe allotted and came out on top.

I believe that the licencing of home inspectors is a starting point and it points to the future of the greater good of our industry. Change can come from within the industry through dialogue and cooperation. The starting point is with licencing. Next comes the upgrading with in classroom and on the job training. Mentoring helps tremendously.

Just my humble opinion.

T.Neyedli CHI
ASTTBC/ BCIPI
BPCPA #47827
www.alphahomeinspections.ca

Can you explain to all us humble readers exactly what you mean by education? As you explained....you have 12 years of practical experience. What education does CAHPI bring? What education programs are offered by the National Licencing Program? NACHI educates.....CAHPI dictates. Pawns like some of our posters are in it for themselves. Dollars talk when it comes to licencing. Don't be sucked in by the promise of weeding out the unskilled inspectors. CL and guys like him aren't immune from mistakes. But they'll have you believe that they are the only solution. YOU MUST FOLLOW US LEST YOU BE DAMNED TO A LIFE OF A LESS THAN PERFECT INSPECTOR!!..... Wait!.....how much money do you have?....well he looks alright to me guys. Mentoring? Please. If you want to run an actual apprectice program you better start talking some big dollar return to the inspector doing it. Until then it's just smoke and mirrors. Until the government can prove there is a REAL NEED for regulation, it's all about some half assed CAHPI guy losing business to a better inspector.

[George A. H. Luck]

"Until the government can prove there is a REAL NEED for regulation"

And that is the problem; there has never been and still is not any reliable, current statistic to indicate a need for licensing. The longer this goes on the more clearly it is illustrated that the whole programme is aimed at giving the few the power to dictate who will and who will not be an inspector. The happy benefit to those on the inside is that it also allows them to keep the numbers of inspectors low and their own market share high.

[Vern Mitchinson, CMI]

There are only a few days left to make your voices heard through the public consultation. Be sure to do your part and complete the government survey:

http://www.servicealberta.gov.ab.ca/...stry_paper.pdf

The deadline to respond is June 30, 2009.

[mark hickman]

So, has Alberta adopted the CAHPI Pyramid scheme yet?

[Vern Mitchinson, CMI]

Following the survey the government will tabulate the results and the advisory committee will meet to discuss the results. That will take another month or two. Hopefully I will have good news to report after I attend this meeting.