The Need for National Regulations and Testing in the Home Improvement Industry
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Article by: Hank Jaworowski It is time for Washington to step up and put legislation in place , Hassle-Free Walk-In Showers that will force states to better regulate the home , Snazz Up Your With Some Hot Candle Holders improvement industry. Up to now Washington has left the regulation of the home , Caring For Your Air Conditioner improvement industry up to state regulators, and for whatever reason(s) many states have fallen considerably short. There are still some states that do not even have contractor , A New Era in Bathroom Technology - Bathroom Home Improvements licensing in place , Thawing Frozen Pipes Without a Plumber for home , Pre-Built Sauna Rooms You Can Assemble in 1 Hour improvements. For some of the states that do have licensing, the license requirements do not include that the applicant demonstrate the ability to do any type of home , Fat or Sugar? improvement work. (That is like saying I will issue you a license to cut hair but you don't have to demonstrate that you know how to , Spa Supply: Helping You Unwind At Home cut hair"¦"¦"¦ ouch!) Then why do states bother issuing licenses if there are no requirements to demonstrate competence? Revenue? Or could it be that they need more consumer complaints for Consumer Affairs and BBB to handle? The unfortunate consequences of this problem are that homeowners are the ones who are paying the price by receiving poor workmanship and a cascade of home , Tips For Choosing Basic Appliances improvement problems. Let's be honest, the home , Great Places To Buy Plans Online improvement industry does not seem to attract the most reliable, honest and competent individuals. The lure of a quick buck and the relative ease to "qualify" to do home , Affordable Alluminum Fences improvement work, brings many a "character" to your door. , Successful Renovation When I was a contractor , Must Have Tools For Homebuilding I needed to hire people for a variety of field positions. Most of the people, who I interviewed and sometimes hired, seemed to have the same type of problems with past employers. These problems consisted of substance abuse issues, honesty issues, and reliability issues. The labor , Planning your Bathroom Tile Design, Pattern & Installation pool never seemed to have an over abundance of talent and employability to pick from. I remember always reading article after article that dealt with the significant manpower shortage in the home , Must Have Tools For building improvement industry. The bottom line of each article would always be the same, "If you can find an honest, reliable and competent person to work for you, pull out all the stops to keep them!!!! Do whatever you need to do to keep that person happy because you'll never know if you will be lucky enough to find someone to take their place. , Home Improvement for The Ladies! " As an owner, it was a very constant and stressful problem to deal with. You were almost afraid to try and increase project production because you knew you would have to try and find someone to do the additional work. Finding employees was always an adventure, an adventure that I never looked forward to. For the last 10-15 years the number one problem in the home , Improvement for The Ladies! improvement industry is the lack of manpower. Many contractors , Furniture Down The Ages are training and hiring minorities to try and solve this major problem. If you were to talk to your state authorities about what is being done to improve regulations , I Want Hot Water and I Want It Now! and screening in the home , I Want Hot Water and I Want It Now! improvement industry, they will probably tell you something is in the works or there is no money for more regulations , Bathroom remodeling ideas (testing). I have been hearing this for 30 years. The county in which I live (Suffolk County, New York) still does not require any demonstration of home , Improvement for The Ladies! improvement ability to obtain a home , Must Have Tools For building improvement license. The fee has consistently gone up but the requirements have pretty much stayed the same. We are one of the highest taxed counties in the country, so I refuse to believe there is no money to develop and implement a better policing and screening process in the home , Furniture Down The Ages improvement industry. The National Association of The Remodeling Industry (NARI) www.nari.org is the only national organization that offers certification of home , Protect Your Pool With Pool Covers, Reap Benefits improvement individuals. They have a number of different certifications that one could obtain. To obtain these certifications the applicant needs to demonstrate a variety of knowledge, ranging from good business practices to project knowledge. NARI's main certification is called - Certified Remodeler (CR). This certification requires the applicant to prepare an extensive matrix or resume of their experience and knowledge as well as obtaining a certain score on an 8-hour exam. There are only approximately 1000 CR's, out of the hundreds of thousands of home , Affordable Alluminum Fences improvement contractors , Top Ten Air Purifier Questions in this country. I earned this certification in 1994 and still proudly hold this certification today. I will admit that obtaining this certification is a time consuming process and does take considerable effort, but it was well worth it. What I also like about this certification is that it has to be renewed every year by demonstrating continued involvement and knowledge in the home , Tips For Choosing Basic Appliances improvement industry. Why then couldn't Washington mandate some type of screening, nationwide, that all people interested in doing home , Basement Floor Heating: Q&A improvements must be able to "pass" to obtain a license? This license could be used nationwide. Use a screening process that emulates what NARI does for its certifications. You could make the screening as simple as a comprehensive test with multiple choice questions. A test that could be machine scored. I think an ideal situation for licensing would be to divide up home , Bathroom remodeling ideas improvement licensing into sub-licenses. For example, if you were a bathroom , Protect Your Pool With Pool Covers, Reap Benefits contractor you would obtain a license for bathroom home , Caring For Your Air Conditioner improvements only. This would refine what licensees are qualified to do, rather then issuing one license that could wrongly give the impression that the licensee is capable of doing any type of project. The reason I think Washington needs to get involved with this problem is because the American public doesn't have the time to wait for each of the 50 states to come up with a similar solution, individually. However, if Washington were to step up and mandate a national screening and testing situation, you would still have to address the screening of the people who show up to work on your house. , Small Kitchen Remodeling Ideas (if they were not the person(s) who was screened and licensed) These people would hopefully be employees of the person who was screened. Is the homeowner then back to square one with not knowing the qualifications of the people working on their house? I tend to think not, because the person who went through the screening and obtained the license would want to keep the license. It is in the best interest of the licensed , Spa Supply: Helping You Unwind At Home individual to make sure the project is done correctly. Problems develop when a contractor , Spa Supply: Helping You Unwind At Home has too much work and attempts to get it all done by using inexperienced and unqualified help. The lure of completing more work and making more money sometimes leads to his or her business getting "out of control". This subsequently leads to quality and project completion problems. Employees of licensed , Tips for buying foam mattress. and screened contractors , Choosing A Mattress need to "qualify" on some level similar to NARI's lead carpenter certification. 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Hank Jaworowski has been a Nationally Certified Remodeler (CR) through the National Association of The Remodeling Industry (NARI) since 1994. He was president of Contemporary Home , Must Have Tools For building Remodeling Corp. from 1978-2003. Contemporary earned some of the industry's highest awards such as Remodeling Magazine's Big 50 (1999) and receiving a National Contractor , Ideas For Closet Organizers of the Year Award (2002). Mr. Jaworowski has given numerous seminars and conferences, throughout the years, on how homeowners can get the home , The Three Types Of Gas Fireplaces improvement results they deserve. |
  
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