[RE-wrenches] Nabcep Stamp

[Joel Davidson]

Greg,

I think some states require designers to have a professional engineering license. I know some clients require a licensed engineer with professional liability insurance.

You can be rightly proud of your NABCEP certification. It is good that NABCEP supports the practitioner concept and encourages life-long learning, but Bill Brooks is right. What out for slippery slopes.

Joel Davidson
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Greg Egan 
  To: re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org 
  Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 9:36 AM
  Subject: [RE-wrenches] Nabcep Stamp


  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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