Re: Thinking of installing myself...

[Frank Olson <Use_the_email_links@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Robert L Bass wrote:

> The problem for the consumer is that the dealer may or may not be very talented.
> His crew might be well-trained or they might be hacks picked up at the
> unemployment line.


"That is categorically false.  Please don't muddy up a good thread with
that false claim".

In B. C., you can't "pick up" a "hack" from the unemployment line and
put them to work the same day.  They have to be screened by having a
criminal back-ground check done, and then licensed.  A number of
jurisdictions are starting to require at least the back-ground check.  I
run a security information site with links to many state sponsored
initiatives.

In B.C. the apprentice technician must either have three years of
documented work experience and pass an exam before they can receive
their "Technical Qualification" (TQ).  The only way to get around the
three year requirement is to go through the BCIT course which gives them
a 1.5 year credit.



> The problem is that the customer has no way to know whether
> the dealer in his living room is a good guy or a dolt.



In BC, (and many other jurisdictions) installers are "TQ'd" and licensed
by the Government.  "Dolts" are on the unemployment line, have moved
back home with "Dad", sell a plethora of equipment online that they
either wouldn't recommend installing themselves (or have never
installed), and/or post huge PR and HTML files to Newsgroups from Brazil.


Frank Olson
http://www.yoursecuritysource.com