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Mass RRP DOS Summitt with Training Providers on 3/11/2011

Posted by Mark Paskell on Thu, Mar 10, 2011 @ 11:19 PM
  
  
  
  
  

On Friday I am going to a meeting with the Mass RRP DOS officials in Westborough to discuss RRP issues with other training providers.

Shawn McCadden and I met with them a few weeks back to discuss the challenges contractors face in Mass. The overall consensus was Mass contractors were not aware of the new changes since Mass took over last July and there were many questions about the OSHA requirements in the law. There is a huge problem with contractors applying for the Mass Lead Safe Renovation Contractor License. Hopefully we will have some answers tomorrow from our last meeting.

In the past week we have helped over 100 contractors find the answers to questions about the Mass application and OSHA requirements. By far the biggest confusion is coming from contractors who were trained before Mass took over on 7/9/2010.

We are reaching out to all of the 4000 contractors we trained last year to make sure they are up to date on the Mass changes and we continue to guide them on how to comply with the OSHA requirements. Our RRP Implementation workshops and OSHA Respiratory trainings are helping many contractors prepare. 

My goal tomorrow is to continue to drive home the point that legally operating contractors want a level playing field. In 2/14/2011 I hammered home the point that we need enforcement with fines of illegally operating contractors yesterday. I will beat the same drum tomorrow because it is not just that those who paid the money to comply have to compete in a market with those who do not. The second point I will hit will be increased awareness and advertising to homeowners. Stay tuned for the updates from the meeting.

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what maybe in mass. but not here people are looking for the best deal they can find and with the economy the way it is the cheaper the better. beleive 0% of what you read, unless you where there here in okla people are not going to pay extra for something they think are intangibles. we are not a bunch of tree huggers like cali. and some of the yankee states here the main questions are not how can i spend my money. but how can i save. those that think this statement above about the kit. remodel is the norm i have some swamp land for sell. and heck its crazy anyway these homes have been remodeled and or worked on since they where built emmitting dust for half a century or more,the cars we drove for years where spuing out lead along roadside for years too so whats up with that are they going to require road construction companies to abate. hind sight look if you go to buy a car and find one you like at a good price, and the sellsman tells you that you can buy this other car and it will save on ommisions however it cost $5000 more than the identical make and model just enviromentally freindly how many of you are going to pay that much more to save that 10 or so % in omissions. around here only those that have money and heck they are not the ones that have homes with lead in them on the average. ok a few yuppies might still be biting into the whole urban renewal projects but if they have the money and are willing to throw it away. most people around here are trying to get out of target house. or not buying them because of the extra exspense they may have to pay for repairs.
Posted @ Wednesday, March 16, 2011 2:29 PM by james
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