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GROUP:  Sorry, forgot to include: the home inspector meetings start at 9
am and go till 12 noon - the Mold meetings go from 1pm till 4pm.

 

Thanks, bob

 

From: Robert Kingsland [mailto:RKingsland at LWPConstruction.com] 
Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 4:07 PM
To: Bob Koning
Subject: RE: [Florida Code Talk] Home Inspection and Mold Licensing

 

Bob-

                Do you know the start times of the meetings?

 

From: codetalk-bounces at myfloridacode.com
[mailto:codetalk-bounces at myfloridacode.com] On Behalf Of Bob Koning
Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 3:44 PM
To: codetalk at myfloridacode.com
Subject: [Florida Code Talk] Home Inspection and Mold Licensing

 

Group:

there is no important meeting regarding the licensing of home inspectors
and mold remediators / assessors which will become effective in July of
2010.  The requirements are being shaped as we speak.

 

We at the Contractors Institute feel that the minimum requirement for
home inspector licensing would be licensure as a general, building, or
residential contractor currently licensed under Florida statute 489 or a
one in two family dwelling inspector currently licensed under Florida
statute 468 or a Florida licensed Architect oe Engineer.

 

As you are aware, the minimum requirement for any of these license
categories is four years experience in the field (which equates to 2000
hours per year times for years or a total of 8000 hours) plus successful
completion of a proctored examination testing both business and
technical components.

 

I know many licensed home inspectors who are licensed contractors and
many contractors who perform home inspections but do not refer to
themselves as a "home inspector." Unless you show up to voice your
opinion, your ability to perform inspection services may be taken away
unless you qualify and pass new criteria to be developed.

 

I believe that an existing licensed contractor, inspector, architect or
engineer should be granted a grandfather provision, and furthermore that
these license category be the absolute minimum in order to practice as a
home inspector in the future.

 

At the last meeting, home inspectors were there in large numbers and
some of those inspectors inferred to the committee that their training
was superior to the contractors and to those licensed inspectors under
Florida statute 468 working for the government or private providers.  I
believe this is not the truth on the wholesale level.  I do know some
home inspectors who are extremely knowledgeable in the code and in home
inspections - but they are the exception rather than the rule.

 

If you believe that contractors under 489 and inspectors under 468
should be grandfathered, I encourage you to show up at the meeting in
the Orlando area tomorrow and let your voice be heard.  Tell them you
agree with the recommendations of the Contractors Institute as outlined
herein.

 

Additionally, we believe the same holds true for mold remediation and
mold assessors.  The minimum criteria should be licensed under 489, 468
or a licensed architect or engineer.  Additionally the law currently
states that you cannot assess mold and then remediated for the same
client.  This is bunk that was proffered by associations who helped
draft the original legislation and claimed that there was a conflict of
interest in doing so.

 

This is not only not true, there is no data to back it where there
exists a licensing statute for contractors who are doing both.  Can you
imagine if a hurricane comes through, under this current law, you would
need to hire an assessor to tell you that there was a hurricane, the
shingles blew off, here's your preprinted protocol, now please give me
my free - before you could perform any remediation?  This is ridiculous,
we can design and build with teams of professionals and deliver turnkey
projects but we are incompetent to assess and remediate the mold in
buildings for our client's that have buildings we are intimately
familiar with?  Help us change this provision.

 

I know there are some that will disagree with these statements, thank
God we live in the United States of America - show up and voice your
opinion to the contrary if you feel it correct.

 

The meeting will be held at:

 

Orlando - Tuesday, Oct. 13th

University of Florida, (UF/IFAS) Orange County Extension Education
Center

Auditorium

6021 South Conway Road

Orlando, FL 32812-3604

 

Ft. Lauderdale - Wednesday, Oct. 14th

Margate Commission Chambers

Margate City Hall Complex

5790 Margate Boulevard

Margate, FL 33063

 

 

R.J.Koning - Director

Contractors Institute

rjkoning at contractorsinstitute.com

8301 Joliet Street

Hudson, Fl 34667

727-863-5147

 

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