[RE-wrenches] Nabcep Stamp

[Greg Egan]

Bill & Peter,

Okay, if I have a PE Stamp that means I went to school and worked under 
a mentor for an amount of time to qualify for the PE exam.  Passed the 
exam and I got my stamp.

If I have NABCEP certification that means I worked installing solar 
electric systems (in my case) for an amount of time and /or went to 
school to qualify for the NABCEP exam and passed the test.

I'm having a hard time seeing the difference here.  If NABCEP provided a 
stamp to it's members that they could use to stamp drawings all it would 
show is that someone who passed the NABCEP exam reviewed the design and 
hung his or her name on the job.  I don't see where NABCEP would be 
responsible for the design anymore than the PE board or whoever is in 
charge of giving out PE stamps would be culpable in a case of a bad 
design by a PE.

I think NABCEP should provide a stamp with the certificated member's # 
on it.  All it would do is identify them as a NABCEP member.  My 
understanding is that NABCEP was formed to help the general public 
distinguish between fly by nights and real RE professionals.  A stamp 
would help do that.  If the city of xyz decides that they've seen a lot 
of good work from NABCEP members and that NABCEP certification is good 
enough for them, what's wrong with that?

Greg Egan
Remote Power Inc.
NABCEP PV Installer
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