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HELP! Any NEW Florida Appraisers who can help with Florida trainee experience log questions?

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I called The Department of Business and Professional Regulation because they are the one who I submit the log to. I can try the State Board. Thank you for that suggestion.

They are consistently changing the rules and log here in Florida. He has had many trainees over his 35 years of appraising however, as I'm sure you know States change requirements. I am the first trainee required to use new log. He is a great mentor and I don't think the lack of understanding a log he has never been required to use changes that. :giggle:
the logs are a pain and what Florida asks for is ridiculous and tedious. If you can't figure it out let me know and I will connect you with my trainee, he has a log format.
 
I’ve been a trainee in Florida for the last 4.5 years and am finally trying to put together my experience log and am pretty confused. I was wondering if anyone has recently put one together. I know the state is particular about the log however I find their instructions vague. I’ve tried calling the state multiple times and get someone who is just reading the instructions and making their own interpretations. If anyone has a recently submitted log that was approved, I would love to see just one page of it as an example.

Specifically, the way I am reading it is:

1) In columns I,II,IV I need to enter the amount of time spent on these areas. Let's assume 1 hour each = 3 hours and check marks for columns IV-X for any area that I assisted on. My supervisor would then put the TOTAL hours worked on the report which could be closer to 6-10 depending on the job. - Is this correct?

10T = Registered Trainee Appraiser (Applicant) S = Supervisory Appraiser: Registered Trainees Must indicate which portions of the assignment they contributed by putting the number of hours contributed in items I, II & III, and fill in the check box in Columns I through X with an 'X' and ensure that a separate log is maintained with each Supervisor during the working Supervisory relationship.


12Level of Supervising Appraiser's Supervision: For each assignment, the Supervisory Appraiser (S) must indicate:
whether they had Primary Responsibility (P); Co-appraised (C); Reviewed and Approved (R) for each portion of each assignment listed and,
The number of hours contributed by the Trainee (T) for each assignment in Columns I through X above in the "Hours Recorded" column.


2) From the instructions portion of the log it states this. Is this accurate or worded poorly. I never saw anywhere that I was required to have 150 hours within the first 6 months of being licensed (a different log was being used at the time). I was working in an appraisal office however, was working a lot on clerical assignments which don't count as experience. I started working more consistently in the field in 2018. Do I start the log from first job since being licensed or start in 2018 when the experience was consistent. Currently, I have worked on 100's of appraisals over 4.5 years. Does really matter how many hours were gained after getting licensed? What if I couldn't find a supervisor or if supervisor had minimal work......

11Checklist Items for Trainee: For each assignment, please write in the number of hours completed by the Trainee for Checklist items I, II, and III. The hours worked on these items must be a minimum of 150 hours within the first 6 months. For Items IV through X, please place a check mark in the box for each item where the Trainee participated in the assignment.

3) Do you think its safe to assume every single job does NOT need to go on the log as long as I record enough jobs that meet the requirements. I don't want to log over 200 jobs if I don't need to just bc the form is so tedious to fill out.


Thank you!!

Let me know if you need help still and I can send you a screen grab of what i submitted a couple years ago in florida.
 
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