A6 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, October 26, 1994 | Ine if guixe L808 10. IT SLUNG salt pice of bbe TEACHING contractors to be better business people brought Irv Chasen to Terrace last week fram Richmond, Virginia. As a part of Proof Management, Chasen has been teaching seminars to contractors since 1972, specializing in cost-accounting, Local contractors took a 10-hour course from Chasen Oct. 18-19. TERRACE STANDARD A GROUP of local homebuilders is two weeks into a rigorous course sponsored by the Canadian Builders hit the books Home Builders’ Association as | part of the continent’s first self- certification program. It’s partially in response to government suggestions that it'll . bring in certification standards and partly as a way to improve the industry overall. The group consists of 25 businesses, all of which have had their fees 75 per cent subsidized by the federal government. Each business can register two people. The course is 124 hours long and covers everything from sales and marketing to the technical end, including the building code. *Just the building code itself section is 40 hours long,”’ notes city building department official Paul Gipps who helped organize the course through the Skeena Home Builders Association, the local affiliate of the national or- ganization. “What we’re expecting is that if the (provincial) government brings in certification, they will recognize this course,’” he said. Successful completion of the course Will result in official ac- creditation for companies and for individuals. In the case of individual certifi- Save 2h On Al Log Distance Cal in North America (15% on International Calls) ‘Discount applies 24 hours per day, 365 days per year oe, ‘On billings from $1.00 to $200 par month - Save 25%. 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The idea, says the ministry, is to provide a training opportunity for one of its more senior positions. tkkkk Mining industry spending in- creased marginally from 1992 to Biz fair Nov. 5 TABLES ARE rapidly bdcing booked for next manth’s business fair sponsored by the Terrace Home-based Business Associa- tion. As of late last week, only six out of 26 available salcs tables remained open, said association spokesman Elreen Toovey. The fair takes place Nov, 5 at the arena banquet room and is onc of two annual events pul on by the association. “We have some out-of-towncrs this year —- from Smithers, Kitimat, Hazelton and a Prince Rupert one, too,'’ said Toovey. The fee for one table is $35 wiile two tables can be rented for $55 and a halfa table for $25, Toovey’s phone number is 635- 9415 for further information. The fair opens at 10 a.m. and closes at 4 p.m. Nov, 5, “ -a t That, tied with the association’s New Home Warranty Program, is to bring about a greater degree of stability within the industry and a great degree of comfort for customers and for lenders, he said. - “More and. more banks are saying they want that warranty program as a condition of lend- ing,’’ Gipps added, 1993, a Price Waterhouse report on the state of the industry says. In 1992 the industry spent $2.59 billion rising to $2.63 billion the next year, At the same time, the industry paid'$347 million in taxes and other “charges to three levels of government. Direct taxes increased but pay- ments to government related to employment dropped between 1992 and 1993 because overall morigage — Ken’s Marine 4946 Greig Ave., Terrace Kee <—\\ . 3B 635-2909. industy employment also dropped. There were 8,899 people work- ing directly for the mining indus- try in 1993. 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