So I should keep pointing out Ray’s and Roy’s ridiculous hypocrisies for this year too? OK, Mario, if you insist. :lol:
I wouldn’t hold your breath on either of them stopping their abuse of women. Some guys are just slimebags and there’s nothing you can say or do to stop them.
Norm 
Thanks Nick. Seen it all before. None of it is proctored so none of it counts.
Put it like this: Given the choice between an accountant who became a CGA by going to school for years and one who got “Certified” by passing a very simple online quiz that isn’t even proctored, who would you hire? That’s a rhetorical question, obviously, as anyone who is honest has to admit they’d go with the CGA.
Norm
Now that you are no longer a member of any association your presence here is irrelevent!
Wow Mario, when did you quit? Sorry to see you go.
Thanks for letting us know Ray.
Norm
"Put it like this: Given the choice between an accountant who became a CGA by going to school for years and one who got “Certified” by passing a very simple online quiz that isn’t even proctored, who would you hire? That’s a rhetorical question, obviously, as anyone who is honest has to admit they’d go with the CGA."
I would and did choose the one who had been successfully in business for a number of years. I was not concerned with the letters behind his name. I was concerned with his product. The fact that he has been in business for twelve years was of far more interest to me than the fact that he could cram for an exam.
Or cram for a simple online quiz.
It’s not the exam that matters but the years in school learning the trade. Like I said before, even dog groomers have to take schooling before becoming certified.
Oh, and your accountant, I think you mean to say bookkkeeper. You can’t be a certified accountant with experience alone. You have to go to school, just like ever other profession.
It’s funny how when we see sopme major structural deficiency, we don’t tell our clients to have it checked out by some guy who claims to know engineering, no matter how many years experience the guy might have. We tell them to engage a Structural Engineer (P.Eng).
Don’t you find it a little hypocritical you advice your clients to seek out true professionals who had to go to school for four year to learn their trade before getting certified, yet you expect them to hire you because you are certified, when that only means you passed an E-Z online quiz?
Norm
you just contine to show your envy of NACHI .
It is obvious no one else will put up with your silly post’s
Roy Cooke
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Or cram for a simple online quiz.
George: It’s not the exam that matters but the years in school learning the trade. Like I said before, even dog groomers have to take schooling before becoming certified.
Oh, and your accountant, I think you mean to say bookkkeeper. You can’t be a certified accountant with experience alone. You have to go to school, just like ever other profession.
It’s funny how when we see some major structural deficiency, we don’t tell our clients to have it checked out by some guy who claims to know engineering, no matter how many years experience the guy might have. We tell them to engage a Structural Engineer (P.Eng).
Don’t you find it a little hypocritical you advice your clients to seek out true professionals who had to go to school for four year to learn their trade before getting certified, yet you expect them to hire you because you are certified, when that only means you passed an E-Z online quiz?
Norm
Gee Norm Would you please tell us about your education and how many hours you have in Continuing in the last year .
I will put up $100:00 against your $100:00 to go to a charity of our choice .
I Will pick a random NACHI inspector of just over one year and he will have more CE then you do .
Lets try and see who is correct.
Your Turn to do as per usual, never stand up and be counted.
Roy Cooke
Roy,
I don’t know exactly how to say this without it being slightly offensive, but you stand out as the poster boy for why experience alone just doesn’t cut it. We all know your a grade eight drop out, right. And that happened in, what, 1947 or so? This means you walked out of school with grade eight English under your belt in around 1947. Well, here we are 60 WHOLE YEARS later. So how have you made out with 60 years experience in reading and writing under your belt? You now write at a grade five level.
But, if all it took to become an English school teacher was the passing of a simple online quiz that is not proctored, you’d probably be able to pull it off, with a lifeline brought to you by google or some friend’s help. Fortunately, like ALL true professions (including dog groomers), school teachers have to go through years of schooling before they are certified to practice. And this is exactly what home inspectors should have to do too.
My point is, one cannot rely on experience alone without proper education in the classroom and training in the field. Roy is a perfect example of why that is.
Now, with that said, if you had to have a college certificate in home inspection (verified by someone) before you were even allowed to take the NACHI quiz and get certified, then that would be a big step in the right direction.
Norm
Roy,
I don’t know exactly how to say this without it being slightly offensive, but you stand out as the poster boy for why experience alone just doesn’t cut it. We all know your a grade eight drop out, right. And that happened in, what, 1947 or so? This means you walked out of school with grade eight English under your belt in around 1947. Well, here we are 60 WHOLE YEARS later. So how have you made out with 60 years experience in reading and writing under your belt? You now write at a grade five level.
But, if all it took to become an English school teacher was the passing of a simple online quiz that is not proctored, you’d probably be able to pull it off, with a lifeline brought to you by google or some friend’s help. Fortunately, like ALL true professions (including dog groomers), school teachers have to go through years of schooling before they are certified to practice. And this is exactly what home inspectors should have to do too.
My point is, one cannot rely on experience alone without proper education in the classroom and training in the field. Roy is a perfect example of why that is.
Now, with that said, if you had to successfully complete a college certificate program in home inspection (verified by someone) before you were even allowed to take the NACHI quiz and get certified, then that would be a big step in the right direction.
Norm
Roy,
I don’t know exactly how to say this without it being slightly offensive, but you stand out as the poster boy for why experience alone just doesn’t cut it. We all know your a grade eight drop out, right. And that happened in, what, 1947 or so? This means you walked out of school with grade eight English under your belt in around 1947. Well, here we are 60 WHOLE YEARS later. So how have you made out with 60 years experience in reading and writing under your belt? You now write at a grade five level.
But, if all it took to become an English school teacher was the passing of a simple online quiz that is not proctored, you’d probably be able to pull it off, with a lifeline brought to you by google or some friend’s help. Fortunately, like ALL true professions (including dog groomers), school teachers have to go through years of schooling before they are certified to practice. And this is exactly what home inspectors should have to do too.
My point is, one cannot rely on experience alone without proper education in the classroom and training in the field. Roy is a perfect example of why that is.
Now, with that said, if you had to successfully complete a college certificate program in home inspection (verified by someone) before you were even allowed to take the NACHI quiz and get certified, then that would be a big step in the right direction. Of course people like Roy and Darrell and Vern and George would be freaking right out, but hey, you can’t please everyone.
Norm
I am talking about what should be required of someone wishing to become a certified home inspector and you are talking about continuing education after that fact. Two different things altogether, Roy. Try to keep up.
Norm
"Oh, and your accountant, I think you mean to say bookkkeeper. You can’t be a certified accountant with experience alone. You have to go to school, just like ever other profession."
You have the amazing urge to put words into my mouth even misspelled words at that! I said what I meant. You assumed that my accountant was not qualified.
As far as freaking out about anything you might say goes; don’t flatter yourself. I don’t freak out over anything I read on the net particularly when it is posted by someone who does not use his / her real name. How can you attribute any weight to the words that are backed up by the signature “anonymous”?
Dave
Your experience is irrelevent considering you have been expunged from OAHI. You shouldn’t be lecturing considering you couldn’t pass the muster. And cosidering what you got turfed for doing. You’da Man Dave!
Hay Norm baby if NACHI certification is so easy why can’t you pass the tests and become a member.
Well, is the guy certified or not? If he’s certified, ask him if he earned it by passing an online quiz that wasn’t proctored. While your at it, ask him if he knows of any other profession that certifies in this manner.
Just do what Ray and Roy do and pretend I’m Dave. No matter what name I use it’s going to end up as Dave anyway, right? :lol::lol::lol:
Norm, Dave, or whoever you wish.
I am a member, Vern. Why do you think I have to use a psuedonym.
Norm
Wishfull thinking if you are a member then I know who you are do you not feel it is time to get over your hate for NACHI and support the association you belong too.
I guess it is a membership of convenience so you can carry NACHI on you web site .
We where able to communicate before and it is to bad to see how you have become so vindictive don’t you think it is time to try and get along.
Sorry to see a member behave this way.
I guess you still feel this by far is the best BB to get information from.
Roy Cooke
Norm, I’ll make this simple for you. Reread my post. Was I or was I not responding to your discussion about a C.G.A.? It does not require a great leap of logic to see that I am referring to my “ACCOUNTANT”. Hope this clears up the matter for you.
Why would I be interested in my Accountants views on certifying Home Inspectors? He certainly isn’t interested in my view on the certification of Accountants, nor should he be.