Trianees- Employee or 1099

[Riick]

^^^
Sounds like I was wrong.
That's twice this year.
I only get 3 a year, then it's off with my head.

 

[hastalavista]

^^^
Sounds like I was wrong.
That's twice this year.
I only get 3 a year, then it's off with my head.

:laugh:

It is a shame how the system is set-up. It makes it very difficult and expensive to take on a trainee.

 

[Smokey Bear]

I agree with Denis on the trainee being an employee. As for how hard it is to train someone now, that falls on TAF, and their requirements. They need to require more classroom training, with clinicals where they have to write reports on a regular basis, are taught how to do an inspection, how to find comps, market research etc. They don't get to go out as a trainee until they've written a narrative report that passes muster. The current paradigm just doesn't work. They expect appraisers, who may not be well educated on appraisal, to take on the duty, risks and costs of training a trainee, each of whom will be trained differently than trainees working under other appraisers. Then we wonder why quality is so bad.

 

[EddieB]

Wow Denis, very enlightening and good words of advise.

 

[Pat Butler]

Employee. You don't train ICs- that's why they are independent. You do train your own employees however. It would be unusual for you to actually be training someone who will not be your employee, eh?

 

[PL1957]

I agree with Denis on the trainee being an employee. As for how hard it is to train someone now, that falls on TAF, and their requirements. They need to require more classroom training, with clinicals where they have to write reports on a regular basis, are taught how to do an inspection, how to find comps, market research etc. They don't get to go out as a trainee until they've written a narrative report that passes muster. The current paradigm just doesn't work. They expect appraisers, who may not be well educated on appraisal, to take on the duty, risks and costs of training a trainee, each of whom will be trained differently than trainees working under other appraisers. Then we wonder why quality is so bad.

I think the entire licensing/training system is very badly broken.

 

[Brian Weaver]

I think the entire licensing/training system is very badly broken.

I agree. But...we're force-fed whatever the AQB puts forward.

 

[PL1957]

I agree. But...we're force-fed whatever the AQB puts forward.

The devil is always in the details. I think a major drawback to the existing rules and systems is that they are put together by well-meaning people who share a singular set of experiences, but think they represent the entire universe of valuation practice. What's applicable and works well under one set of circumstances is looked at as being stupid and silly under a different circumstance. I think everybody from the AF on down would be better off if they aggressively sought out input from different practice areas. IMO, the attitude that "it's the practitioner's responsibility to get involved" has the very real risk of having decisions made within an echo chamber.