Florida Administrative Code › 61 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION › 61G19 - Building Code Administrators and Inspectors Board › Chapter 61G19-6 - CERTIFICATION, EXAMINATION, APPLICATION, CERTIFICATE RENEWAL, INACTIVE STATUS › Section 61G19-6.016 - Voluntary Certification Categories

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
The following voluntary certification categories are
				  created.
(1) Residential Pool
				Inspector. Residential Pool Inspector means a person who is qualified to
				inspect a pool on the property of one and two family dwellings. In order to
				obtain this voluntary certification the Board will require the State certified
				pool contractor license and in addition, the applicant must hold certification
				as a building or electrical inspector.
(2) Commercial Pool Inspector. Commercial
				Pool Inspector means a person who is qualified to inspect a pool located on any
				property other than one and two family dwellings. In order to obtain this
				voluntary certification the Board will require the state certified pool
				contractor license and in addition, the applicant must hold certification as a
				building, plumbing, mechanical, or electrical inspector.
(3) Roofing Inspector. Roofing Inspector
				means a person who is qualified to inspect residential and commercial roofs. In
				order to obtain this voluntary certification the Board will require either:
				four (4) years (48 months) of roofing experience primarily performing
				activities and duties in the roofing trade with passage of the standardized
				roofing inspectors' examination as approved by the board; state certification
				as a roofing contractor; or a state certified general contractor who was
				certified prior to 1974.
(4)
				Modular Inspector. This license is required for inspection of all modular
				buildings constructed to the Florida Building Code and administered under
				Chapter 553, Part I, F.S., unless otherwise provided for in Florida Statutes.
(a) Modular Inspector means a person who is
				authorized to inspect any manufactured (modular) building and systems
				incorporated therein designed and built to comply with the Florida Building
				Code pursuant to Part I, Chapter 553, F.S. In order to obtain this voluntary
				certification, the Board will require the applicant to pass the standardized
				modular inspectors' examination and the applicant must have three (3) years (36
				months) experience as an inspector with local government and/or state
				government or three (3) years (36 months) experience as an inspector with an
				independent inspection/plans review agency under contract with a state agency
				or three (3) years (36 months) experience as a registered or certified state
				general, building, or residential contractor or job superintendent, project
				manager or quality control manager, the latter as provided for in Chapter
				61-41, F.A.C., in a supervisory capacity that included operational control and
				direction of building, mechanical, electrical and plumbing personnel or
				subcontractors on residential or commercial projects.
(b) Responsibilities: Verify the state
				approved plans are in the factory. Assure the buildings being manufactured
				comply with the approved plans and the applicable Florida Building Code.
				Compare the approved plans to the modular building and identify any deviations.
				Determine the reason for the deviations and investigate repetitive deviations
				in other buildings. Discuss the deviations with the in-plant quality control
				supervisor and establish a procedure to resolve the deviations. Verify the
				appliances and equipment installed in the building are consistent with those
				identified in the quality control manual. Verify the data plates have all the
				information as required in Chapter 61-41, F.A.C. Assure the state insignia is
				affixed to the correct building. The modular inspector shall monitor quality
				control procedures to verify the in-plant quality control personnel are
				conducting quality control reviews at the proper times. The modular inspector
				shall notify the Department of Community Affairs contracted inspection agency
				of any problems with the in-plant quality control procedures. The inspector
				shall follow-up on quality control procedures to verify that the in-plant
				quality control inspector is making the inspection of the buildings at the
				proper time. Persons qualified as Residential may also inspect family, two
				family, and three family modular residences regulated under Chapter 61-41,
				F.A.C. Persons qualified as Standard Building Inspectors in all four
				disciplines of building, electrical, mechanical and plumbing may also inspect
				all modular buildings regulated under Chapter 61-41, F.A.C.