Interesting...we're hiring again without requiring the proper licensing?  UGH!

Interesting. In nearly any other town/city, inspectors are required to be certified. I just Googled "building inspecter certification" and found the website www.iccsafe.org which develops building and construction codes which are adopted by nearly every state in the country. They have a section on the site for certifications listing: building inspector, building plans reviewer, plumbing inspector, fire inspector, electrical inspector and a bunch of other stuff (building official).

Why would a town not require this as a basic minimum? The only reason I can think of is the 'continued small town, I'm the mayor and my brother-in-law used to build houses before and that should qualify him to be a building inspector' attitude. Come on people, wake up. Maybe someone can explain to me what "prepare necessary diagrams" means in the posting too because it's my understanding that building code officials review plans and construction for compliance. If it doesn't meet the requirements, they issue a correction notice identifying the section that they are in violation of. So if someones plans don't accurately depict a foundation detail, then you reject the plans for being incomplete and require the applicant to resubmit with correct plans. Is someone implying that the building official will be making diagrams showing what's wrong with the submittals so the applicants don't have to fix it or is this a way of describing the person needs to make basic sketches of say a property and depicting what someone may have added on to without permits?

Also, why a requirement for a MA license instead of an ability to obtain within 6 months? At least increase your applicant pool to a greater geographic area. That is of course unless they have someone in mind already and the requirements need to be kept very basic.......

I love this site because of the people like Pete and vocal who have the expertise and knowledge to educate all of us. You two are sorely needed on certain commissions and boards.