Gold Health and Safety Consulting, Inc.

High Quality · Pragmatic · Affordable · Customized

When Quality Counts…

Who is Your Mold Inspector? 

Did you know that many mold inspectors don’t have any formal education in a related area of the field and merely attend a three day course to become “Certified Mold Inspectors”?  There are currently NO State of California licenses or registration requirements for mold inspectors!  We’ve actually met former home inspectors, plumbers, pest control operators, entrepreneurs, realtors, and office supply salesmen who are now “Certified Mold Inspectors”! 

Furthermore….is the inspector insured?  Do they carry General Liability and Professional Liability insurance?  Many of these inspectors don’t!

What laboratory do the using for the mold samples?  The least expensive (i.e., more profits for the inspector) or the best?

Does the inspector also do remediation, thereby potentially creating conflicts of interest?  Do they accept referral fees from remediators?

Would you trust this person to safeguard you and your family’s health, not to mention protecting your property values?

 

Why Use Gold Health and Safety Consulting for Your Mold Investigation?

 

Unlike many mold inspectors, we have extensive education and experience in the environmental health and safety field.  Our President is a Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), which is the certification recognized throughout the world as having the  highest level of expertise in the Occupational Health and Safety field.  Most mold inspectors can’t qualify to take the CIH exam.  We read professional publications and attend several professional educational seminars each year by reputable groups in order to keep our knowledge current.  That’s why we get asked by attorneys to help them out with their clients and cases.  We regularly get asked to review work performed by other, less qualified inspectors.  We strive to and have maintained a reputation for remaining objective and impartial.

 

Many mold inspectors simply take samples.  We provide understanding to our clients so that they can get their problems corrected.  Our standard investigations include recommendations and a Scope of Work, when warranted.

 

We only use laboratories that have high quality standards and that are certified by the American Industrial Hygiene Association.  We use only Environmental Microbiology Labs, the laboratory generally regarded as being the best in California, if not the entire U.S.

 

We only take the samples that we need in order to get the job done, and that our clients approve of.  Many inspectors will over-sample a job so that they can charge a higher fee.  We take very few surface mold samples because typically they are not needed (see our “Mold Fact Sheet” for an explanation).  Often we end up charging less than other less experienced inspectors because we get straight to the problem and avoid extra samples.

 

We do not accept any referral fees or kick backs from remediators or contractors.

We avoid any situation with mold remediation firms or contractors that would create a conflict of interest.  We only refer our clients to remediation firms that we believe provide quality work. 

 

Lots of people got into the mold inspection field because they thought it was a great money making opportunity.  We’ve been conducting mold investigations since 1996, before much of the media hype of “toxic mold” and the entry of numerous non-professionals into the field.  We’ve conducted over a thousand mold investigations. 

Our price is very competitive, and often is better than those with much less qualifications and experience.  When you use Gold Health and Safety, you get solid expertise that you can count on at a competitive price.

 

We’re fully insured for General Liability and Professional Liability with Lloyd’s of London (including for mold) and The Hartford.  Copies of proof of insurance are available on request.