It's time for Washington to step up
and put in place laws that will force the State to better regulation of the
home improvement industry. Until now, Washington has left the regulation of
home improvement industry, State regulators, and for whatever reason, many
countries have fallen far short.
There are still some countries that
do not even license for home improvement contractors. For some States that have
licensing requirements do not include permissions that the applicant
demonstrates the ability to perform all types of home improvement jobs. (That
being said, I'll give you a license to cut hair, but you don't need to show that
you know how to cut hair ... Oops!) Then state why license if there is no
requirement to demonstrate competence? Income? Or maybe they need more consumer
complaints for consumers and deal with the BBB? The unfortunate consequence of
the matter is that homeowners, those who pay get poor workmanship and cascade
home improvement problems.
Let's be honest, home improvement
industry doesn't seem to attract individuals who are dependable, honest and
competent. Bait money quickly and ease relatively "true" home
improvement, "" brings a lot character to your door. When I was a
contractor I need to hire people from different positions. Most of the people I
interview and sometimes hire seems to have the same type of problem with a
previous employer. These issues include the problems of addiction, honesty and
reliability issues. Labor pool never seems to be more than an abundance of
talent and job opportunities to choose from.
I remember always Read article after
article that deals with the significant lack of human resources, in the home
improvement industry. At the bottom of each article will always be the same,
"If you can find an honest, reliable and competent people working for you,
pulling out all the stops to keep them! Do whatever you need to do to keep people
happy, because you never know if you'll be lucky enough to find someone to take
his place. As the owner of that very constant and stressful to deal with
problems You fear almost try and increase production of the project, because
you know that You have to try and find someone to do extra work. Search for
employees always are adventure, adventure, which never look forward.
10-15 years the number one problem
in the home improvement industry is the lack of labor force. Many contractors
have the training and hiring of minorities to try to solve this serious
problem.
If you are talking about what is
being done to improve the position of State agencies and film screenings in the
home improvement industry, they will probably tell you something that does not
work or there are other rules of money (testing). I heard it is 30 years. The
area where I live (Suffolk County, New York) still does not need the ability to
get home improvement home improvement license. Payment requirements go, but
then pretty much remains 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
police and a better process in the home improvement industry.
National Association of the remodeling industry (NARI) is a national
organization that offers home improvement certification for individuals. They
have a number of different certificates you can get. Get these certificates the
applicant must show a variety of knowledge, starting with good business
practices for knowledge of the project. NARA basic certification is the
Certified Remodeler (CR). This certification requires the applicant to prepare
a matrix or summary of experience and knowledge as well as specific values on a
2-hour exam. There are only about 1000 CR, with hundreds of thousands of home
improvement contractors in the country. I received this certification in 1994
and is proud to hold this certification. I admit that this certification
process is time consuming and a lot of takes effort, but it's well worth it. I
also love that this certification is that it must be updated every year,
showing continued involvement and knowledge in the home improvement industry.
