Thans so much for responding;
It’s great to hear from you Claude, as I am looking at taking the intro course through Humber online.
I will check that site and talk to you further later.
Regards, Richard Emmons:)
Hi Marcel;
Thanks for the welcome. I am in the process of setting up E&O, BN#'s, etc. Who do you recommend for E & O insurance?
Regards, Richard Emmons
Kim Smith or Pat Sokic at Hub International; they can be reached at 1.800.570.8770 ext 225.
All the best,
Hi Nick,
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Smarten up, James! Get your head out of the KOOL-AID bowl!!!
What do you recommend next…our driver and commercial airline pilot licenses be done on-line with your pyjamas on in bed???
In response to James Koong’s
Brian A MacNeish writes:
Brian… you sure walked right into that one face first: http://www.faa.gov/safety/programs_initiatives/aircraft_aviation/nsp/train_devices/ 
LMAO!
Hi Brian,
Old fashion of learning is going out now,What is internet for? how come you can chat online?think about it ,you could send me a mail via post office if you did not like the new fashion of the technology.
OUCHI!
Sorry James, I agree with Brian and his old-fashioned ways. Toward that end I believe we should close down this message board and all just mail each other letters back and forth for a month and see how it goes. Yes?
LMAO! 
Must be the previously mentioned giddiness!!
- Don’t think so, Dr. Spin! No online training and certification in bed with the pyjamas on here. Let’s look at what one would do just to get to simulator:
http://www.siast.sk.ca/siast/educationtraining/oncampusprograms/7260/6031/5850/index.shtml#programdetails
Or another path description:
Once you receive a valid medical, you can start your Private Pilot Licence Training. At the end of this training, usually you will have logged between 45 and 80 flight hours (45 hrs is the minimum), you will be recommended by your Flight Instructor to do the Private Pilot Licence Written Exam and Flight Exam. Passing the Transport Canada Multiple Choice Exam, and successfully flying the required maneuvers will result in you receiving your first licence – the Private Pilot’s Licence. This licence allows you to fly Single Engine Piston Airplanes without an Instructor onboard, but not for renumeration.
The next step is the Night Rating which will allow you to fly at night. This is a brief but important Rating to acquire because the more advanced Licences require a fair bit of Night Experience in your log book.
The next step in the Pilot Career Path in Canada is the Commercial Pilot Licence. A common misnomer is to think that this is the Training you need to fly for the ‘Commercial Airlines’, when in actual fact it is simply the licence required for you to be able to be paid to fly airplanes. This licence involves more advanced training and maneuvers, and also more advanced theory. At the end of this training, and once you have successfully logged the required flight time totals; usually between 200 - 250 hours (Minimum 200 hrs), you will again be recommended to do the Transport Canada Written Exam as well as the Flight Exam. Once both are successfully completed, Transport Canada will grant you a Commercial Pilot Licence.
From here you have a variety of options. You can work and be paid as a Single Engine Charter Pilot - although there are not a lot of companies employee pilots solely in this capacity. Another option is to continue training and take your Floatplane Endorsement. You can also elect to train to become a Class IV Flight Instructor. Another option is to continue training to get your Multi-Engine Rating. After this rating, most continue on to learn how to fly in clouds under Instrument Flight Conditions or ‘IFR’ with no reference to the earth other than your instruments, while flying a Multi-Engine Aircraft. This is called the Multi-Engine Class I Instrument Rating, and is the most popular option as it enables you to be the most employable when you commence your Job Search - Why? Because the majority of Fixed Wing Aviation Companies in Canada have Multi-Engine Aircraft, and also need you to have your IFR Instrument Rating to be able to use you on poor weather days. Like the rest of your initial training, there is a Transport Canada Written Exam and a Multi-Engine IFR Flight Test. Once these are successfully completed, you will receive a new licence in the mail from Transport Canada with the Class I Multi-Engine Instrument Rating endorsed near the top of the page.
ATPL - the “ATPL” stands for Airline Transport Pilot Licence and this licence is highly respected in Canada and worldwide by ICAO. This is also the licence you need to fly for the airlines in Canada. The requirements for this licence are experience (Minimum 1500 Flight Hours, incl. 250 PIC, 100 PIC Cross Country, 100 Night, and 25 Night Cross Country PIC, and 75 Hours Instrument) and successful completion of a 2 Part Written Exam. There is no Flight Exam required for the issue of an ATPL.
And all the above just get you to the simulators…
- 40 Hrs Home Study
- 40 Hrs Ground Instruction
- 24 Hrs Full Motion B737-300 Simulator
- 2.0 Hrs Simulator Checkride
- Set of Training Manuals
And then do you think you can fly the 737 without many hours under an experienced pilot as captain?
Don’t see many on line classes offered and no certifications. Really don’t know what you were talking about!!
We’re building the airplane simulator equivalent for the inspection industry:
Have it so it can be changed weekly!! After my first 5-6 years in the HI industry, I felt I had seen most of the crazy and odd stuff until I ran into some work by a Licensed electrician. Since then… if I don’t see something stupidly wrong, crazy, bizarre, outlandish each week (but usually by Tuesday pm), I feel I must have had my eyes closed.
The house of horrors will just barely touch what’s to be seen in the field…and hands-on experience teaches best about that !!!
The “house of horrors” can certainly be a good learning tool but it cannot be comprehensive.
It is more useful IMHO to have a better understanding of the component systems and the “right” way of doing things.
Brian is at least partially correct. 
There are many creative ways to screw up a house.
We’re using SilverLight technology to replicate a real inspection.
Nick I am looking forward to the house of horrors. Unfortunately for some, we all don’t have an extensive construction background, although we may have a passion for the building process and homes in general(as well as a healthy desire to earn a great living giving great service). Go for it !!!
Regards, Richard Emmons
Thanks again, Marcel. I am quickly learning that the Internachi Nation is a srong and supportive one.
Best Regards, Richard Emmons
No , we did not learn to identify a Butterfly Roof Claude. Part 9 courses deal a lot with span tables, footings, aggregates, etc. Not a lot relevant to inspecting an actual home…
Richard Emmons
Code courses more specifically provide the foundation of minimum accepted building standards. I would agree that a part 9 code course covers small buildings under 600m2, and certainly a house; however, it should help in understanding the building standards required for newly constructed homes.
Does the inspector need to know and verify the size of footings or strength of concrete for a floor slab, etc? That depends on the other part of home inspection - stage or phase type inspections.
I have also found that knowledge of the codes helps in reinforcing technical skills about conducting PDI (Pre-delivery inspections) for the home warranty inspection such as Tarion.
Depending on ones market the value of code courses will vary. Additionally, depending on the level expertise - code certification should help enhance ones professional abilities and technical skills in the overall understanding of house construction.
I agree with Claude that ***code certification should help enhance ones professional abilities and technical skills in the overall understanding of house construction ***which is the base of good inspecting.
Knowing the codes is certainly essential for they are the basic minimum standard…so very basic and low that anything less would actually be illegal and subject to fines or other sanctions.
Inspecting by codes, however, sets the bar too low. Accepting an unsafe condition because it has yet to be addressed by the political bodies who determine what goes into the code books — we should never do. Where GFCIs save lives, we should never consider the date of the code versus the date of construction — we should recommend the device that is available today and known to save lives.
I had about 15-17 years experience in various construction trades/services from wiring, roofing, heating, energy efficiency retrofits, R2000, concrete testing and 10 years in HI before I took the part 9 course…which I felt was invaluable in understanding why the housing industry is so screwed up!!! IMHO, learn and re-learn the stuff…you’ll need it to rise above the rest!!
Our chapter of CAHPI requires the Part 9 code course plus a fair amount of other training and field experience before a person is fully certified!!