Comment #1Amendment: Proposed MINHERS Addendum 58, Pre-Drywall Inspections QA, Draft PDS-01Page Number: 1Paragraph / Figure / Table / Note: 904.3.3.1.3Comment Intent: Not an ObjectionComment Type: EditorialComment: clarifying the 1% as annual Proposed Change: Pre-drywall QA Field reviews. In addition toFor QA Field reviews on completed homes, for ratings on new homes, the Quality Assurance Designee may perform one or more a pre-drywall QA Field reviews on each HERS Rater or RFI. Pre-drywall QA Field reviews can be used to meet all or part of the annual 1% QA Field review requirement for a HERS Rater or RFI. in addition to the QA Field reviews on completed homes, and can replace 10%, but no more than 25%, of the total number of QA Field reviews (rounded up).
clarifying the 1% as annual
Pre-drywall QA Field reviews. In addition toFor QA Field reviews on completed homes, for ratings on new homes, the Quality Assurance Designee may perform one or more a pre-drywall QA Field reviews on each HERS Rater or RFI. Pre-drywall QA Field reviews can be used to meet all or part of the annual 1% QA Field review requirement for a HERS Rater or RFI. in addition to the QA Field reviews on completed homes, and can replace 10%, but no more than 25%, of the total number of QA Field reviews (rounded up).
Comment #2Amendment: Proposed MINHERS Addendum 58, Pre-Drywall Inspections QA, Draft PDS-01Page Number: 1Paragraph / Figure / Table / Note: 904.3.3.1.3Comment Intent: Not an ObjectionComment Type: EditorialComment: clarifying the 1% as annual Proposed Change: Pre-drywall QA Field reviews. In addition toFor QA Field reviews on completed homes, for ratings on new homes, the Quality Assurance Designee may perform one or more a pre-drywall QA Field reviews on each HERS Rater or RFI. Pre-drywall QA Field reviews can be used to meet all or part of the annual 1% QA Field review requirement for a HERS Rater or RFI. in addition to the QA Field reviews on completed homes, and can replace 10%, but no more than 25%, of the total number of QA Field reviews (rounded up).
Comment #3Amendment: Proposed MINHERS Addendum 58, Pre-Drywall Inspections QA, Draft PDS-01Page Number: 1Paragraph / Figure / Table / Note: 904.3.3.1.3Comment Intent: Not an ObjectionComment Type: EditorialComment: clarifying the 1% as annual Proposed Change: Pre-drywall QA Field reviews. In addition toFor QA Field reviews on completed homes, for ratings on new homes, the Quality Assurance Designee may perform one or more a pre-drywall QA Field reviews on each HERS Rater or RFI. Pre-drywall QA Field reviews can be used to meet all or part of the annual 1% QA Field review requirement for a HERS Rater or RFI. in addition to the QA Field reviews on completed homes, and can replace 10%, but no more than 25%, of the total number of QA Field reviews (rounded up).
Comment #4Amendment: Proposed MINHERS Addendum 58, Pre-Drywall Inspections QA, Draft PDS-01Page Number: 3Paragraph / Figure / Table / Note: 904.3.3.1.3Comment Intent: ObjectionComment Type: GeneralComment: It is important that Raters still need to be QAed at time of final testing. Allowing only Pre-Drywall inspections for QA will not be sufficient to ensure that the raters performing testing and verifing minimum rated feachers that can only be verified at final testing per RESNET standards. Proposed Change: 904.3.3.1.3 Pre-drywall QA Field reviews. In addition toFor QA Field reviews on completed homes, for ratings on new homes, the Quality Assurance Designee may perform one or more a pre-drywall QA Field reviews on each HERS Rater or RFI. For Raters with a volume over 100 ratings, Pre-drywall QA Field reviews can only account for up to 50% of their total 1% QA Field review requirement for a HERS Rater or RFI. Pre-drywall QA Field reviews can be used to meet all or part of the 1% QA Field review requirement for a HERS Rater or RFI who perform 100 or less ratings. For raters who perform 100 or less ratings per year at least one Field QA on a Confirmed or Sampled rating must be performed at a minimum once every two years. in addition to the QA Field reviews on completed homes, and can replace 10%, but no more than 25%, of the total number of QA Field reviews (rounded up). 904.3.3.1.4 For example, if a HERS Rater or RFI is required to have one (1) QA Field review, one (1) review can be on a completed home and one (1) additional QA Field review can be on the same or a different home before drywall is installed. If a HERS Rater or RFI is required to have two (2) to ten (10) QA Field reviews, one (1) pre-drywall QA Field review may be performed and can count towards one, but no more than one, of the QA Field reviews. If a HERS Rater or RFI is required to have eleven (11) or more QA Field reviews, two (2) pre-drywall QA Field reviews may be performed and they can count towards two, but no more than two, of the QA Field reviews.
It is important that Raters still need to be QAed at time of final testing. Allowing only Pre-Drywall inspections for QA will not be sufficient to ensure that the raters performing testing and verifing minimum rated feachers that can only be verified at final testing per RESNET standards.
904.3.3.1.3 Pre-drywall QA Field reviews. In addition toFor QA Field reviews on completed homes, for ratings on new homes, the Quality Assurance Designee may perform one or more a pre-drywall QA Field reviews on each HERS Rater or RFI. For Raters with a volume over 100 ratings, Pre-drywall QA Field reviews can only account for up to 50% of their total 1% QA Field review requirement for a HERS Rater or RFI. Pre-drywall QA Field reviews can be used to meet all or part of the 1% QA Field review requirement for a HERS Rater or RFI who perform 100 or less ratings. For raters who perform 100 or less ratings per year at least one Field QA on a Confirmed or Sampled rating must be performed at a minimum once every two years. in addition to the QA Field reviews on completed homes, and can replace 10%, but no more than 25%, of the total number of QA Field reviews (rounded up). 904.3.3.1.4 For example, if a HERS Rater or RFI is required to have one (1) QA Field review, one (1) review can be on a completed home and one (1) additional QA Field review can be on the same or a different home before drywall is installed. If a HERS Rater or RFI is required to have two (2) to ten (10) QA Field reviews, one (1) pre-drywall QA Field review may be performed and can count towards one, but no more than one, of the QA Field reviews. If a HERS Rater or RFI is required to have eleven (11) or more QA Field reviews, two (2) pre-drywall QA Field reviews may be performed and they can count towards two, but no more than two, of the QA Field reviews.
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