Rick Jones Inspections

Rick Jones

CarpetMoisture TestingLab TestingLuxury Vinyl/SPC/WPC/ResilientLaminateNWFA HardwoodHardwood

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Phone : 360-353-6484

Email : rickjonesinspectionsllc@gmail.com

Address :

32216

National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA)
National Wood Flooring Manufacturers Association (NOFMA)
NOFMA Certified Wood Flooring Inspectors School
NWFA Certified Wood Flooring Inspectors School
Basic Coatings Sand & Finish Training
Mapei Moisture Solution School
NWFA Commercial Wood Inspector School
NWFA Subfloors Solutions
Virginia Technical University
- Technical Certificate in Wood Kiln Drying and Veneer Kiln Drying Course (August 2019; completed and passed)

Training Manager (Sept 1995 to Feb 1997)
- Installation and product knowledge training with distributors, retailers, and installers
- Testing of new products

Training and Technical Service Manager (Feb 1997 to June 2006)
- Setting specifications for quality control and grading
- Writing technical and installation procedures and manuals
- Testing new products
- Instructing basic and advanced installation schools for distributors, retailers, and installers at the factory
- Field training with distributors, retailers, and installers
- Claims reviews for large claims

Director of Technical Service (June 2006 to April 2008)
- Setting specifications for quality control and grading
- Writing technical and installation procedures and manuals
- Testing new products
- Field training with distributors, retailers, and installers
- Developing and regulating claims rules and claims department
General Manager Scandian North America (April 2008 to March 2009)
- Responsible for six distributors and sales in the Southern section of North America from the Carolinas to Texas
- Oversaw the technical and claims departments

NWFA Certified Wood Flooring Inspections and consulting for several major wood and bamboo manufacturers and distributors

Technical Service Manager
- Responsible for all training on wood, laminates, and LVT for EarthWerks brands
- Oversight of claim department for wood and laminates, inspections, and dealer negotiations on claims
- Quality control on all import brands of EarthWerks Flooring
- Development of technical literature, flooring specifications, and warranties

Owner of Rick Jones Inspections
- Performing inspections and consultations across North America, including Canada
- September 2018: attended the NWFA Inspectors School to refresh and learn new guidelines for inspection report information gathering and report writing; also assisted in instructing the class

NWFA Chairperson, Certified Installation Professionals and Sand & Finish Professional Certification Committee
Member, NWFA Certified Professionals Inspector Committee
Director, NWFA Certified Professionals, Board of Directors
Past Vice President, NWFA Certified Professionals, Board of Directors
- Certification of inspectors, installers, sand & finishers, and sales consultants
NWFA Board of Directors
NWFA Task Force for setting guidelines for bamboo flooring (North American and International)
NWFA Board of Directors liaison to the International Hardwood Flooring Specification Committee
Chairman, NWFA Committee Tar & Screeds Revisions

Flooring Guild – Training Certification on Wood Veneers and Panel Manufacture (Virginia Technical University, 2018)
Moisture and Concrete Testing (Mapei Corporation, 2019)
IFCII Certification for Wood, Laminate, LVT/LVP, SPC, Vinyl, Carpet (February 2020)
Maximum Educational Credits with the NWFA (2020)
- 90 credits

Published in Hardwood Flooring Magazine (as recently as October 2016)
Guest speaker at the “Hardwood Flooring Summit” in Atlanta, GA (2008)
Presenter at the Inspectors Symposium during the NWFA Convention
Designated as an Expert Witness by TASA and other attorney groups/firms
Designated as an Expert Witness by local attorneys in Houston, TX, and Portland, OR

Expiry date: 06-01-2024

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