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1) InterNACHI has requirements that one must complete before applying for membership. Some associations do not and you can join by doing nothing more than sending them a check.
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2) InterNACHI doesn't encourage or require new members to go out and perform a certain number of unqualified fee-paid inspection for poor, unsuspecting consumers as the only way to achieve full membership.
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3) InterNACHI doesn't permit new inspectors to perform their first inspections on actual consumers. New inspectors who wish to apply to InterNACHI must do 4 mock inspections. Other organizations have no such requirement and their Candidates or Associates regularly perform their very first inspection for an actual fee-paying consumer. Not a good thing….
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4) InterNACHI recognizes that consumers are most harmed by inspectors who don't know how bad they are. That is why InterNACHI makes their online exam open and free to all... to alert these people that they should go back to school or not enter the profession. InterNACHI’s free, online exam has alerted tens of thousands of incompetent people each year, some of which have instead joined other organizations that don't have entrance requirements and then went out on the street to harm unsuspecting consumers.
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5) InterNACHI recognizes the need for rigorous training and requirements. InterNACHI has it: http://www.nachi.org/rigorous2006.htm Other organizations do not require this.
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6) InterNACHI recognizes that fees (for exams or education) are much like a tax in that they deter inspectors from taking it. That is why all of InterNACHI’s education is affordable or free and much of it is online so that there are no time and transportation costs. This has resulted in InterNACHI delivering more continuing education than all other groups and schools combined... and for pennies per hour. Other organizations offer no or little free education.
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7) This industry is changing all the time as are InterNACHI’s courses and exams. Passing an exam once, (years ago) doesn't alert today's inspector to that which they need to know. That is why InterNACHI requires members to pass the entrance exam every year. Other organizations have no annual exam.
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8) InterNACHI requires advanced courses as a condition of membership. Other organizations do not.
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9) InterNACHI’s online courses contain quizzes that alert the quiz-taker when the y have answered incorrectly and tells him/her which one's he/she missed. In other words, the quizzes are educational in and of themselves. It does an inspector no good to learn that he/she answered an x number of questions wrong without telling him/her which questions. Other organizations keep their members in the dark about their weaknesses, any one of which could be deadly to the consumer.
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10) InterNACHI requires a minimum of 24 hours of continuing education per year. (The most of any of the major inspection organizations).
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