It is not the gospel- Beware of classes and continuing education

Like many professions you may have requirements for continuing education.  As a home inspector in Washington State I am required to have 24hrs per every 2 year period, pretty minimal in my book. But that is what is required.

So I was attending a continuing education class recently presented by one of the main National Home Inspector Associations.

During my class I notice that some of the information presented in the class was not correct and/or was not quite correct without more information being provided (this is not the first class I have noticed this). What… Not Correct! But… it was in the class! So even instructors make mistakes and/or have improper information in the class, go figure.

So I had a thought or two, what is the vetting process and two, you as an attendant of these classes you better not take the information as gospel.

This is a tough spot for home inspectors. We have to know so much information on so many subjects you cannot know it all. Yet people trust us to know a vast amount of details for their protection and information.

Then we go out into our everyday world armed with all this new knowledge, but it may not be correct.

I personally do not like some of those courses where they say “you do not need to know this detail, it is wrong” and just make the call. If I cannot understand why something is wrong then how does that help me learn, or am I parrot.

We as home inspectors have to be careful about the information we receive because our observations and then our reports will reflect that information. (I do not know about you but I do not need any help in messing up information.)

So when attending any of these classes it is important that you do your own research and make sure the information you learn is factual, you understand it and then use that what you learned.

Being a home inspector takes much more than a few accredited courses to gather the information needed to do the job correctly. Some of the best information comes from places that have no accreditation.

“If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur.”

Red Adair

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