Ontario Association of Certified Home Inspectors

The Ontario Association of Certified Home Inspectors is a not-for-profit corporation established by letters patent on March 12, 2012. It was created to provide province-specific support for Home Inspectors and consumers of their services.

The Association is a self-regulating volunteer-run, NPO the provides both paid and unpaid memberships.

It awards members, who have proven to have achieved and maintained a high standard of education and skills, the Canadian-Certified Home Inspector.[1]

The association has also been stakeholders in a number of regulatory developments including:

In 2018 a decision was made to adopt the newly released CSA A770-16 Home Inspection Standard as the only standard to be used by members for performing residential Home Inspections in Ontario. This decision was announced to members of the Association in 2019, with a deadline for compliance of February 28, 2020.

With five classes of membership, and a register of over 1050 members of all types, of all the Inspector associations in Canada, OntarioACHI represents the majority of the Home Inspection profession in Ontario.

References

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  1. ^ "CCHI Requirements".
  2. ^ "Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008".
  3. ^ "Class G: Construction | WSIB".
  4. ^ "958: Technical and Business Services | WSIB".
  5. ^ "Final report review Ontario new home warranties plan act and Tarion warranty corporation". ontario.ca. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Law Document English View". 24 July 2014.