Focus Our focus is to train to be the best in the fenestration industry. • To promote consistent, high quality window and door installations
in the Residential/Light Commercial markets, promoting energy
efficiency, decreasing installation deficiencies, minimizing product
failure and callbacks, and thereby lowering ultimate maintenance
cost to the consumer.
• To provide a means for trainers and installers to gain specific
training regarding current practices used in their field.
• To provide a means of verification of a trainer or installers'
knowledge attained during the training course.
• To provide employers of trainers or installers an additional method
of determining a potential employees knowledge.
• To improve the credibility of trainers or practicing installers.
• To identify a pool of knowledgeable trainers or installers available
to the construction industry.
• To promote installer safety practices.
• To improve future competency of trainers or installers by
providing future re-training.
• To provide consumers with information regarding those who have
trained and completed this program.
• To promote an installation training program that can be used by manufacturers and builders, as well as building owners and specifiers. This training program is based on industry accepted practices and principles that have been developed over the years by members of ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials), CAWM (The California Association of Window Manufacturers) and AAMA (The American Architectural Manufacturers Association) | Advisory Committee
The InstallationMasters™ Advisory Committee is comprised of a
representative group of industry leaders including manufacturers,
installers, consultants, and other interested parties. Committee
members assist in the development and assessment of the policies and
procedures of this program. The committee meets periodically to review
policies and develop new ideas to make the program more useful.
Development of the Certification Tests
The InstallationMasters™ Training and Certification Tests were
developed under the leadership of the InstallationMasters™ Training
Advisory Committee and a professional test agency that specializes in
the development of professional credentialing tests. The
professional guidance assures the fenestration industry that
InstallationMasters™ adheres to the highest standards of training
and test development.
Note: The training and certification requirements of this program have
been developed to enhance professional standards within the industry and
have no relationship, by design or inference, to local wage schedules,
private compensation agreements, or reduction of any management
prerogatives regarding promotion or pay.
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