Florida Building Commission

Education POC Agenda
 
September 15, 2008

Time 8:30 a.m. ET

Telephone Conference Call Number 1-888-808-6959, Access Code: 9221867

Members: Dick Browdy (Chair), Jon Hamrick, Steve Bassett, Herminio Gonzalez

 

OBJECTIVES

Approve September 2008 Agenda

Approve June 2008 Minutes

Discuss the viability of the core course requirement

Review the draft of the Manual/Toolkit for training course development guidelines, including the disclaimer and course audit process

Discuss rule development for course audit form and BCIS accreditation module and forms

Review/decide pending accreditor applications

Review/decide administratively approved updated advanced courses

Review/discuss Education Administrator Activity Report

Review/discuss report by Building A Safer Florida, Contractor, Florida Building Code Compliance and Mitigation Program

Discuss possible projects under Florida Building Code Compliance and Mitigation

Program contract for 2008-2009

Identify Future POC member Discussion Items

Discuss General Public Comment

Summary and Review of Meeting Work Products/Action Items, Assignments, and Next Steps

PLEASE NOTE: Some of the agenda objectives may be dererred at the discretion of hte Chairman due to time constraints. 

AGENDA 

Opening - Welcome and review meeting objectives and guidelines

1. Review and Approval of the September 2008 Agenda

 2. Review and Approval of June 2008 Minutes

3. Discussion on rule development for course audit form and BCIS accreditation module and forms

4. Review pending accredited courses for recommendation to the Commission

Course & Number Provider Accreditor Date Accredited
Advanced Wind Mitigation Retrofits (#315) Building Officials Association of Florida Bill Dumbaugh 6-6-08
Adv 07 FBC: Ch. 11 Compare to ADA/ABA '04 and ANSI A117.1-03, Interior App (#316) Donna Kirby, FASID BCIC LLC 7-25-08
Advanced Backflow Prevention Internet Course 1 Hour (#317) Contractor's Continuing Education Systems, LLC BCIC LLC 7-26-08

5. Review administratively approved updated advanced courses for recommendation to Commission.

Course & Number Provider Accreditor Date Accredited
Practitioner's Guide to FBC; Accessibility Code & Fair Housing - CLASSROOM (#64.2) Gold Coast School of Construction, Inc. Contractors Institute (Koning Enterprises, Inc.) 7-27-08
Practitioner's Guide to FBC Accessibility Fair Housing - INTERNET (#65.2) Gold Coast School of Construction, Inc. Contractors Institute (Koning Enterprises, Inc.) 7-27-08
Advanced 2004 Florida Building Code, Mechanical / Energy Summary 1 Hour (#318) Son Scott &
Associates, Inc.
BCIC LLC 8-13-08

6. Review pending accreditor applications for recommendation to the Commission
Michael Rimoldi, Oak River Builders LLC

7. Whether the core course requirement for affected licensees should be eliminated draft legislation ; opinion from FBC general counsel; discussion of timeline for legislative action

8.Further discussion and review of the draft of the downloadable Manual/Toolkit for training course development guidelines; Disclaimer ; inclusion of course audit procedure and form

9. Report by Building A Safer Florida, Contractor, Florida Building Code Compliance and Mitigation Program, including report on contract deliverables

10. Education Administrator Activity Report

11. Discussion of possible projects under Florida Building Code Compliance and Mitigation Program contract for 2008-2009

12. Identify future POC member discussion items

13. General public comment

14. Summary and review of meeting work products/action items, assignments, and next steps

Adjourn

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