[Discuss] OT: insurance for outdoor work

[Stephen Ronan]

Thanks, my guess is that they would be willing to forgo licensing 
if they felt there was adequate insurance coverage for 
accident/liability. I'm prettty sure that there's no 
legal/regulatory/building code requirement for licensed 
personnel for this type of low-voltage wiring. - S.

On Thu, 5 Dec 2013, Shirley Márquez Dúlcey wrote:

> If they are insisting on licensed workers you can pretty much forget
> it. Professional licensing is pretty much always done by groups that
> are run by people who are already in the profession, and the main
> purpose of licensing is to keep competition out. Hate to be so cynical
> but that's the way it goes.
>
> On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 5:41 PM, Stephen Ronan <sronan at panix.com> wrote:
>>
>> There's a small, talented group of IT professionals in the Boston area who
>> are volunteering to help repair, enhance, and maintain a wireless network
>> serving residents of a low-income housing development... the work includes
>> replacing some Ethernet cable and wireless access points in the center of a
>> wide, flat roof.
>>
>> The obstacle is that the property management need any such work to be
>> performed by licensed, bonded personnel. I wonder if any of you know how
>> much it would cost to insure one or more people to perform that kind of
>> activity... if, say, an existing nonprofit were to act as an umbrella for
>> these and related ongoing volunteer activities, how much might it cost them
>> in insurance?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>   Stephen
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