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Mr. Higbee suggests “… moratoriums on enforcement and permitting other qualified entities to conduct the certification training”
are appropriate responses to mitigate a perceived shortage of certified installers. Early in 2014, the New York City Building Department set a deadline of October 1, 2014 for enforcement of the code requirement for installer certification. Enrollment initially increased, but when the deadline was later postponed to December 31, 2014, employers responded to the new deadline by deferring installer enrollment.
While Mr. Higbee’s article conveys the proper level of urgency, his criticism is misdirected at the providers of the program and places no responsibility marshall whose brother garry marshall co-creat the series on employers to exhibit an appropriate response to this urgency by enrolling their installers in the program, requiring them to read and view the educational materials, and facilitating their attendance at the scheduled sessions adequately prepared.
During 2014, ACI 30,000
ACI exams across 20 programs, with each of the 100-plus SGs scaling their efforts to meet demand for the programs in their geographical areas. The infrastructure necessary to meet the needs of the construction industry is in place, but the SGs cannot service the industry if employers do not send their installers.
I invite Mr. Higbee and Mr. Louis J. Coletti (president/CEO of the Building Trades Employers Association [BTEA] cited in the article) to use their philippines numbers influence and urge employers to SG closest to them to enroll their installers in the program.
We reached out to Gary Higbee later in December, and asked if he would like to respond. His letter follows.
