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Ride Along / Mentoring
Program
Revised; December 3, 2002 |
 Ride Along Mentoring
Supervised Level Mentoring
Contract
Program Overview
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Ride Along
This is the entry level program for persons interested in
pursuing a career in the Home Inspection profession. As a novice the interested
person must, at a minimum, carry a general liability insurance policy, with the
Mentor listed, not unlike a sub-contractor relationship. Enter into a
contractual agreement (see description below) with the mentor, which clearly
defines the limits of liability and scope of services. The interested person
will contract for a minimum 10 Ride Along Inspections, to insure fair
compensation to the Mentor and be sure the interested person is making a
substantial commitment for the services rendered and the liability attached. A
suggested base line would be $51.00 per inspection attended or $100.00 per day.
At the end of this, or any time during, this introductory
experience the interested person must submit application for membership to a
Nationally recognized home Inspection organization, as outlined in the ACT, in
order to continue in the program.
Although not a requirement, this would also be a good time
for the new inspector to consider joining a local chapter of a National
organization. Chapter membership will aide in networking with other inspectors,
keep the trainee updated on current affairs, meet Mentors, and provide the
trainee necessary educational credits.
Mentoring
The next level of the program, where the interested party is
a candidate for membership in a Nationally recognized organization, but is not
able to perform fee paid inspections in compliance of the ACT, or is an
inspector trainee who has not performed 100 fee paid inspections, these
inspectors may continue toward full membership. These Mentored inspections will
be counted towards full membership status so as not to leave established
inspectors in limbo unable to continue in the profession or interested persons
to get started. For this phase there would also be fees paid to the Mentor
similar to what is described above.
The reasoning behind the previous statement is as follows:
The Inspector, who is unable to have their inspection report considered as part
of the legal real estate transaction, per the ACT, enters into a contractual
agreement with the Mentor, as defined in the SOP's of the National Home
Inspectors organization, and is paid a fee by the customer (Mentor). The
candidate prepares their own proprietary inspection report, which is then
critiqued by the Mentor, to assure completeness and adherence to SOP's of their
organization. If the Mentor agrees the report is in compliance will sign and
return the report to the newer inspector. The prepared report is for training
experience, and membership advancement only, and is not to be shared with, or
viewed by, any interested party in the real estate transaction.
It is believed, this program will benefit all parties
involved by offering entry into the profession, allowing newer inspectors to
move forward, promote membership in National organizations, and establish a
minimum required level of professionalism. Supervised
Level
This supervised level is designed to allow the established
inspector, who has completed 100 fee paid inspections, but not yet attained
full membership in a Nationally recognized organization. This inspector is in
compliance with all other aspects of the ACT, carries the necessary E&O
insurance, and is performing an inspection for their own contracted customer.
This level places much greater liability on all parties involved. The Mentor
will not be able to perform an inspection, of their own, during the time
overseeing the inspector, and appropriate fees should be determined. The Mentor
must attend the inspection of the supervised inspector, review the report for
compliance of SOP's, prior to delivery to anyone involved in the real estate
transaction, sign the "Home Inspection Compliance Statement", and
supervised inspectors report. The supervised inspector will enter into the
"Mentoring Contract". The Mentor is under no obligation to sign the
Compliance statement, or report, if the produced report is not in compliance
with the SOP's of the member organization.
Mentor
listing
Many details of the program still need to be established, however a list of
interested Mentors, state wide, will be kept and a form of organized tracking
established.
Mentoring Contract
A standard contract, available statewide, has been adopted with regards to
added liability to mentors and provisions to protect trade contacts and
secrets. This contract is not physically attached to this program for reasons
of security, but is available to all eligible Mentors, for a fee, which should
then be disseminated fairly to the Mentee.
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