The National Home Inspector Certification Council(NHICC) reviews
and provides accreditation for home inspector training that has
been mapped and meets the (NOS) National Occupational Standards
for Home & Property Inspectors. Accreditation is
not only a sign of good training being provided, but more so these
training providers have provided further evidence and documentation
to support achievement as an "Accredited Training Provider".
All exams must be proctored to receive full credit
by the NHICC.
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Accredited
Training
Third-party certification is a formal process for independently
verifying that a product meets specific requirements or criteria.
"Third-party certification ensures that claims
by home inspectors and their respective association on quality
attributes of their professional commitment and credibility are
sound and reliable."
The home inspection market has changed dramatically in the past
decade and more so especially in the advent of the new millennium,
as new associations and other home inspectors as well as the public
challenge the real value of certification. In good conscience
home inspection associations need to ask - have their "certified
inspectors" really gone through a true independent certification
process? Most will find that they are in reality self-certifying
their members.
The bottom line .....accredited 3rd party certifiers offer more
guarantees of independence, impartiality, competence
and sustainable performance to consumers and also to other stakeholders.
Accredited
Cont. Education
The term 'accreditation' in the vocational education
and training sector is the process used to formally recognize
courses and training. A training program for home inspectors is
developed by the training provider to meet the training needs
of the industry based on the "occupational standards".
So in essence, recognition of an educational institution as maintaining
occupational standards qualifies the graduates from the training
program for admission towards professional practice.
Accredited training courses are developed to provide
ongoing and continued education training needs that are benchmarked
against the industry (NOS) National Occupational Standards for
Home & Property Inspectors. Reference CEC
requirements.
Accreditation provides some reasonable measure of accountability.
Courses, seminars and workshops are reviewed to assure that the
training would meet the acceptable standards of performance.On
the other hand there are training /diploma mills which is a company
or organization that awards unaccredited certification and provides
either an inferior education or very little education value at
all to properly meet the occupational skills required.
