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Bulletin Boards
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Home Inspector Forum
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The leading message board, Ryan Powell’s site has a lot of activity and over 8000 members
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The Domestic Energy Assessor is one of the newest forums looking to provide support for DEA’s and the company provides website building services.
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LLG Forum
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New forum by Linda Gray who leads a lobbying campaign for home inspectors with over 300 users.
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HomeInspectors.co.uk
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This board appears to have lost popularity with a significant drop-off in postings, despite having over 900 registered users.
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Home Inspectors Training
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Activity on Arwel Griffiths’s board has tailed off during the summer
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Home Inspectors Web
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New board with about 250 members but not many postings
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Assessment Centres
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ABE
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Association of Building Engineers based in Northampton
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BRE
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Building Research Establishment based in Watford, Herts
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SAVA
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Surveyors and Valuers Association based in Milton Keynes
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IMBM
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Institute of Maintenance and Building Management in based in Farnham, Surrey
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North Devon College
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College based in Barnstable, Devon
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RICS
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Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors based in central London
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Adapt Assessment
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New centre in Cheadle
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Home Inspector Training
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Based in Tolworth in Surrey, website due to go live in July
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University Of Wales
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School of Product and Design in Cardiff
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Preston College
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Preston College in Preston
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Research
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Groups, Associations and Jobs
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NRG Experts are a new independent panel of inspectors and energy assessors. They offer a free registration, flexible working hours, marketing assistance and a consistent flow of work.
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FindaDEA is a new website where assessors and inspectors can list their availability for free.
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The Home Inspectors Directory is the original directory for people to find assessors and inspectors and has a very wide coverage.
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Excellent website with a lot of resources for Home Inspectors with a unique supplier rating system
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The Institute of Home Inspection is a not-for-profit organisation designed to give home inspectors support and assistance. It is well supported and it’s worth getting in touch with them.
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The National Association of Licensed Home Inspectors is an independent support organisation for inspectors.
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Woods Surveyors are a company that is employing home inspectors and energy inspectors to provide them with a consistent income, business support and insurance.
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Jobs4HIPs
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This is a new jobs board which looks quite intriguing for home inspectors looking for work. Rather thin on detail but could be interesting.
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AssetSkills
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Developer of national occupational standards for skills training
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ABBE
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Awarding Body for the Built Environment - gives the awards for qualification and approves assessment centres
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Training Companies
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Useful websites
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