BC is acting on the new bill

[James Koong]

http://www.leg.bc.ca/38th3rd/1st_rea...1.htm#section1

Please read and give some of your input.

[Claude Lawrenson]

It's coming, but I believe this one has been around for a while. This was noted in an earlier post this year.

3 (1) A person is eligible to obtain for a licence as a home inspector if the person has done the following:
(a) completed and passed a course of study of no less than a minimum number of hours set by the board that covers all the components required by the board;
(b) met the training and experience as required by the board;
(c) passed a valid, reliable examination designed to test competence in home inspection practice, developed to accepted standards adopted by the board; and
(d) any other requirement established by the board, this Act, or its regulations.

This part sounds very familiar.

I understand that second reading was completed October 25, 2007.
Second Reading—
Bill (No. M220) intitled Home Inspection Act, 2007, PRINTED. Ms. Thorne.

[Nick Gromicko]

Seems fine, boilerplate but fine.

[rwand1]

http://www.leg.bc.ca/38th3rd/votes/p...s-of-bills.htm

According to this document it hasn't passed 1st reading.

[Nick Gromicko]

We have a meeting on it on the 22nd of November http://bc.nachi.org/westernbc/event227.html

[cwillick1]

Who from Van Island is going that would like to car pool

[Mark Nicholet]

My name is Mark Nicholet and I am new to this resourceful forum. I live in BC and I am currently studying the Home Inspection course through Carson & Dunlop.

I plan to start a new home inspection business in the the early summer of 2008.

I would welcome any insight regarding this new bill that is in the BC legislature. Particularly, if my education with Carson & Dunlop should satisfy the requirements of being licensed in the future. I understand that is is still speculation but I would certainly welcome your feedback.

I know the two associations (CAHPI & ASTT) are currently working with the government licensing program. I plan to go down the CAHPI required certification route in my house inspection career. I am hoping that this will be enough to become licensed in the province of BC.

Thank you,

[Roy D. Cooke, Sr]

Originally Posted by Mark Nicholet

My name is Mark Nicholet and I am new to this resourceful forum. I live in BC and I am currently studying the Home Inspection course through Carson & Dunlop.

I plan to start a new home inspection business in the the early summer of 2008.

I would welcome any insight regarding this new bill that is in the BC legislature. Particularly, if my education with Carson & Dunlop should satisfy the requirements of being licensed in the future. I understand that is is still speculation but I would certainly welcome your feedback.

I know the two associations (CAHPI & ASTT) are currently working with the government licensing program. I plan to go down the CAHPI required certification route in my house inspection career. I am hoping that this will be enough to become licensed in the province of BC.

Thank you,

Many I know have done the C&D and where very satisfied with it .
Please do visit our BB as the education available here is great.
There are a lot of NACHI members in BC and a search should find you one close to you who might be able to give you some help.
Being in Ontario I can not give you much information on the new License .
I understand it could be coming soon to Both BC and Alberta .
If this happens then I wonder what this will do too the CAHPI associations out there .
In Ontario there seems to be some Difficulties surfacing with CAHPI here .
All the best and if I can help my web site is below and that will get you my email .
....Cookie

[Mark Nicholet]

Here is a link to a News broadcast regarding this issue:

http://video.applehomeinspections.ca/play.php?vid=81

I am not sure exactly when this broadcast has taken place but I think it is fairly recent.

Another thing, is I am very new to the industry as I havent even completed my schooling yet. Therefore, I am looking into and learning about all the different aspects involved including associations. I seem to keep coming back to NACHI as this is definately the most valuable resource for home inspectors on the internet. I plan to join NACHI when I have completed my course this summer. I am not sure exactly what CAHPI has to offer except maybe being more in the spotlight in BC than NACHI. Sorry, I dont want to bash any associations at all as I think they all play a valuable role in the industry.

This regulation process in BC definately interests me as I am not sure what impact it will have on new home inspectors.

Thank you,
Mark Nicholet

[rwand1]

If you listened to the NDP all home inspectors would have to belong to a union!

[Roy D. Cooke, Sr]

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-col...inspector.html
B.C. planning to license home inspectors

Last Updated: Friday, February 8, 2008 | 9:25 AM ET

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The British Columbia government is moving to protect consumers by requiring home inspectors to have a license.
The decision follows repeated calls for tougher regulations and is welcomed by John Grasty, the acting president of the Consumer Advocacy and Support for Homeowners Society.
Grasty says he regularly hears from homeowners who tell him that, despite an inspection, their dream of a new home has turned into a nightmare.
Just a few weeks ago, he said, he took a call from a woman on [Vancouver Island], who had just purchased a home and discovered a gas leak that wasn't detected by a home inspector.
He said he often gets calls from people who purchase a home, only to find that it had contained a marijuana grow operation.
Grasty supports licensing for home inspectors, but worries about the standards they will be required to meet.
"They would have to be tested annually, or regularly, on several trades such as plumbing and electrical," he said.
Even a professional engineer may not be qualified in all of those areas, he said.
Diane Thorne, housing critic for B.C.'s New Democratic Party, said the introduction of a licensing system can't come soon enough.
Thorne said almost anyone can call themselves a home inspector in B.C. All they have to do, she said, is take a course online for about $200. "You can even have fewer qualifications than that and get jobs,'' she said.
New rules requiring home inspectors to be licensed are expected to be in place this fall.

...Cookie

[George A. H. Luck]

"New Democratic Party"

N.D.P. That says it all.

It would be interesting to have just one person step up to the plate and provide some numbers on these "numerous complaints" so that we could do a little number crunching. It just seems that a ratio of complaints vs inspections is never available and until it is these claims are just not reliable. Until that comparison is made these claims are just political grand-standing at our expense.

[bjones1]

George et al.........

All you will hear about is complaints, for the simple reason that nobody will phone their MLA, MPP, or MP and tell them what a good job their inspector did. Any data provided will be skewed and useless for that simple reason.
A person with a lot of time on their hands and good research skills, could probably come up with a reasonable ratio of total inspections versus complaints. If someone pushing for licensing had the proper data, I bet they wouldn't provide it for the simple reason that it would negate their own reasoning.

Just my thoughts
Brian Jones

[Roy D. Cooke, Sr]

Originally Posted by bjones1

George et al.........

All you will hear about is complaints, for the simple reason that nobody will phone their MLA, MPP, or MP and tell them what a good job their inspector did. Any data provided will be skewed and useless for that simple reason.
A person with a lot of time on their hands and good research skills, could probably come up with a reasonable ratio of total inspections versus complaints. If someone pushing for licensing had the proper data, I bet they wouldn't provide it for the simple reason that it would negate their own reasoning.

Just my thoughts
Brian Jones

Wrong there have been very few complaints ( One I think ) ( and it was a phone call not a written complaint ) this could be just an election ploy.

...Cookie

[Brian A. MacNeish]

Originally Posted by rcooke

Wrong there have been very few complaints ( One I think ) ( and it was a phone call not a written complaint ) this could be just an election ploy.

...Cookie

Roy:

Found this quote. Can you verify it? Don't know its age.

A recent statement by the American National Association of Certified Home Inspectors (NACHI) indicates: "According to the Foundation of Real Estate Appraisers (FREA), British Columbia has the highest home inspection litigation in all of Canada."