The more cooks you have the crazier the soup

[iwire]

Hey Bob,

That's the same thing I said on the last page!

It was worth repeating.

 

[augie47]

From my experience, the type of inspection your receive is a result of : (a) leadership and (b) personal pride. Most inspection agencies exists solely because of some legal requirement that ?electrical work be inspected?. Often, the leadership of such organizations is purely a bureaucratic system that fills positions to meet that requirement without any real commitment to quality. They do little to promote quality inspections or recruit trained personnel.. It is becoming difficult to find leadership that is interested in little more than ?shuffling papers? and drawing their checks. As a result, as with most professions, you end up with an inspection that is the result of the inspectors personal pride in doing a good job.
I think that we are extremely fortunate that the electrical trade, for the most part, has been filled by dedicated men and women who strive to do their best and to be informed ?.folks who take pride in doing a good job. Fortunately, most inspection agencies require some field experience, so the pool of applicants is full of folks who pride themselves in performing well, ones who know their trade and take pride in promoting quality in electrical work. There is a problem, IMHO, when inspection agencies follow the trend toward combination inspectors who test well, but lack practical experience.
It is a result of be bureaucries cutting costs and it's up to the insurance agencies, listing agencies and fire & safety folks to keep pressure on to require quality in inspections. To that end, it is also importanat that the contractors comlain if they experience unqualified inspectors.

i now step off my soap box

 

[e57]

IMO every electrical inspector should be required to pass the ICC electrical inspectors exam, which includes residential and commercial tests.

Like all exams - it matters not what you score- only that you pass, and makes little difference to your practice of the trade IMO. I say that for JW"s as well as any Inspector. There have been times too when I look back and say 'how did I get here....' or 'where did I get that from....' What I feel makes a good anything, be it Inspector, JW, Super/Foreman.... - 'human' is to be able to admit or at the very least compromise when you have been shown where you are just flat out WRONG. Not many Inspectors have that quality - I guess it gets extracted when they give you the title....