I have a quick question and would appreciate any thoughts or recommendations.
My fiancé currently resides in Canada and works for the municipality as a Building Official. She will be arriving in the near term and we would like to prepare for continuing her professional development as a certified building official. There appears to be some difference in content, structure, and job title availability and requirements for work in our home state of Maryland. We’ve done some research, but want to be sure we're on best pathway forward based on other experiences. Please see below questions, and again we really appreciate any insight and feedback you all could provide.
Questions
My fiancé currently resides in Canada and works for the municipality as a Building Official. She will be arriving in the near term and we would like to prepare for continuing her professional development as a certified building official. There appears to be some difference in content, structure, and job title availability and requirements for work in our home state of Maryland. We’ve done some research, but want to be sure we're on best pathway forward based on other experiences. Please see below questions, and again we really appreciate any insight and feedback you all could provide.
Questions
- Are subcomponents of Build Codes included in the exam (such as plumbing, mechanical, etc.) or do you need to get certified in each separately, and does it receive a separate certificate just for that?
- For example, in Ontario Canada the residential building officials are required to have multiple qualifications. Building official I employees, are required to have house, hvac, General Legal, and plumbing certifications. With these certificates you could become a plans examiner or site inspector for residential home. From researching we aren't if someone wants to become a building official if you only need “Certified building official” or plans examiner certification as well?
- From the ICC exam catalog website, it appears that Exam ID BC - Certified Building Official is the correct exam to take. There are multiple years available but want to confirm that 2015 is the appropriate year to take for Maryland.
- Job posting sites such as Indeed, Monster, and state government career sites do not appear to specifically call out certified building officials as a job posting. Are these positions title something differently within the U.S. or are there just a limited amount of positions available?