The bill repeals provisions requiring continuing education for home inspectors:
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Not a fan of no CE, after all these years, still learn something new very frequently.
Very common to encounter “old timers” that “have been doing ‘it’ like that for decades”. Too bad it’s wrong.
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In FL, you don’t have to take CE if you’ve been licensed for 10 or more years.
Now they want to do away with all CE requirements.
Who does that benefit and why do away with (as Dave stated) helping inspectors learn new things.
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I think the state is just trying to downsize. The bill eliminates a lot of licensing boards and regulation.
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That’s crazy, we already have systemic failures of installation regarding roof installations (among other things) which many inspectors are seemingly oblivious too. Unfortunately it typically takes a major hurricane (and about a decade) to bring light the issues.
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There is a hearing coming up, I’m sending InterNACHI’s lobbyist to testify.
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Who is trying to eliminate CE? Who supports the bill?
About what?
Pouting that InterNachi will be toast in FL with a “No-CE” requirement!!
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About weakening licensing requirements.
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How do you figure? When Florida eliminated CE requirements for veteran members, we lost a grand total of zero veteran members.
Furthermore, you can get all your CE at a live event for $175. You don’t have to pay InterNACHI 3 times that.
InterNACHI is at the point where a state requiring or eliminated one of our 1,000 membership benefits makes no difference to our membership. And our membership benefits list keeps growing.
I’m not saying we’re indestructible, … well, I guess I am.
Hopefully you meant about strengthening (or at least maintaining) CE. If anything CE (the education itself) needs to be updated regularly to keep up with ever changing building requirements. Provisions to take updated CE would benefit inspectors and consumers.
Yes.
No CE is ridiculous, IMHO. The building industry is always changing.
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Just because CE is not mandatory does not mean that you can’t be smart and still take courses!
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Correct. The average InterNACHI member has way more than even InterNACHI requires. Courses are approved, conveniently online, college-level accredited, and free. Inspectors like them.
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Are there any degrees available yet?
Turdmp dumbing down its citizens, Nice!
Everywhere, and all of the InterNACHI courses you took count towards your degree: www.InterNACHI.edu But we don’t yet offer one. Partly my fault. We can do it, but on that day, especially with this trend toward real degrees and against going into debt to get one, InterNACHI becomes something very different than just a trade association. We’d be a competitor to Universities that have stadiums. Totally different world.
Not a fan of more lobbyist’s down at the capital, although I agree CE can be beneficial and should be required- so long as it doesn’t become an reasonable amount.
That ship sailed a LOONG time ago.