[RE-wrenches] NABCEP succumbs to IBEW pressure?

penobscotsolar at midmaine.com penobscotsolar at midmaine.com
Sun Sep 7 12:00:17 PDT 2008


Hey Tump, There's no shortage of installers in Maine, only a shortage of
work.........
Daryl



> Good day fellow NABCEP installers. My brother in law ,who is a member of
> IBEW, was visiting from Minnesota, needless to say we have some
> interesting
> discussions, this one for example.
>  He  said that he was taking a course, taught by a NABCEP certified
> installer, "to get the guys certified". We talked about the course & I
> asked,"When are you taking the test you don't have the experience". His
> reply was; September, & as for the hands on  experience, he told me they
> have a generic grid tie system that they assemble & unassembled a few
> times
> that "met the hands on requirements". I asked what about the time frame of
> work?, to which he replied that " the instructor & the IBEW were
> pressuring
> NABCEP to wave this requirements!.
> I am aware that there is a shortage of "Properly Trained" installers but
> if
> the above is true then once again. OUR NABCEP credentials are being
> watered
> downed to benefit a few!
> NABCEP & the teacher (contractual obligations?) profit by waving these
> requirements, but the public & those of us who have HONESTLY met the
> requirements LOSE!
> Where is the NABCEP representative on the board? Are you involved during
> these discussions?What is your response to this?
> Are these board discussions involving the whole board? Perhaps this
> another
> one of the boards secret meetings that "aren't secret"? Doesn't the board
> have a responsibility to the folks who have become certified, maintaining
> the acme of standards in the installation field?
> Is this a discussion that was slated for the annual meeting? Hummm, the
> test
> is in September & the annual meeting is in October.
> Would someone "in the know" like to respond to this?
>
> We already discussed the lack of "transparency of the NABCEP board" early
> this year. I seem to remember being told "the Wrench list was NOT the
> place
> to have these discussions".
> When we hear about this kind of thing, from outside the NABCEP
> organization,
> anyplace is a good place to not only question the board, but also to
> discuss
> it!
>
>
>
>
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