Housing
Technical Standards for Home Inspectors Certification Scheme

Technical Standards for Home Inspectors' Certification Scheme

Published 13 July 2007
Type(s) Good practice and guidance
Site Housing
Product code 07HIPI04548
Price Free

Summary

These Certification Scheme and Accreditation Scheme Standards represent the Department's policy for both the approval and ongoing operation of Schemes and are the minimum requirements to be met by the Schemes.

  • Business Processes Model (Product code: 07HIPI04548c)
    This document describes the key business process requirements that need to be provided by Certification and Accreditation Schemes and the Register Operator to meet the relevant Business Standards.
  • Home Inspector Inspection and Reporting Requirements (Product code: 07HIPI04548d)
    The Inspection and Reporting Requirements to assist Home Inspectors to produce Home Condition Reports in accordance with the requirements of the Housing Act 2004, regulations made under the Act, and the National Occupational Standards. Welsh vesion (Product code: 07HIPI045489(Wa))
  • Minimum Requirements for Energy Assessors (07HIPI04548e)
    This document sets out the Secretary of State's minimum requirements for Energy Assessors in respect of existing dwellings. Welsh version (Product code: 07HIPI045489(Wb))
  • High-Level Data Model (Product code: 07HIPI04548f)
    This document describes the Business Information Data Model for Home Condition Reports and Energy Performance Certificates.
  • Home Condition Report Mandatory and Preferred Text (Product code: 07HIPI04548g)
    This document defines the mandatory text required for the completion of each field in order to ensure the validity of the Home Condition Report.
  • Home Condition Report Transformation Rules (Product code: 07HIPI04548k)
    This document contains the rules for transforming and mapping the data contained in the Home Condition Report XML Message into the values and sentences required for the Home Condition Report.
  • Energy Performance Certificate Transformation Rules (Product code: 07HIPI04548l)
    This document contains the Welsh translations of XML Message date for Home Condition Reports and energy Perfromance Certificates.
  • Home Condition Report (Product code: 07HIPI04548m)
    The design and style of the Home Condition Report. Welsh version (Product code: 07HIPI045489(Wc))
  • Energy Performance Certificate (07HIPI04548n)
    The design and style of the Energy Performance Certificate. Welsh version (Product code: 07HIPI045489(Wd))
  • Energy Performance Certificate Recommendations and Text (Product code: 07HIPI04548p|)
    This document contains the Welsh translations the recommendations and text that appear on an Energy Performance Certificate.
  • Enumerated Values (Product code: 07HIPI04548q)
    This document contains the Welsh translations the values Home Condition Report and Energy Performance Certificate.

Zipped files

  • HTML Data Model (Product code: 07HIPI04548h)
    Definition of the data model for ensuring that correctly formatted messages are passed between entities for registration and retrieval of Home Condition Reports and Energy Performance Certificates.
  • UML Data Model (Product code: 07HIPI04548i)
    The Data Model from which HTML and .XSD files are generated to enable registration and retrieval of Home Condition Reports and Energy Performance Certificates. To view this file Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect Viewer is required.
  • XML Message Definitions (Product code: 07HIPI04548j)
    Schema and request/response message definitions for the registration and retrieval of Home Condition Reports and Energy Performance Certificates.

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