How can a Qualifier Boost Your Business?

What a Qualifier Is and How One Can Boost Your Business Growth?

You’ve heard about qualifiers but you’re not exactly sure what they are, much less how they can support your business expansion. This article will tell you everything you need to know!

What Is a Qualifier?

Simply put, qualifiers are licensed contractors who can perform work in a state under the “umbrella” of your business. They can be any type of contractor – construction, electrical, general, plumbing, roofing and more. They have the test results and proven experience to license your company through the appropriate contractor board for a state. They are mandatory for your business because only individuals – not companies – can acquire a license.

How Can a Qualifier Support My Business?

If you as the owner, or your officers and employees, do not possess the experience needed to obtain a contractor’s license, hiring the right qualifier can allow your company to obtain a license so you can operate legally.

Hiring a qualifier also provides a way for you, your officers and/or your employees to gain experience under the qualifier so any one of you may one day sit for the exam and qualify the company yourselves.

How Can a Qualifier Bolster My Business?

One of the key benefits of qualifiers is that they are essential to rapid business expansion. If you want to grow your business by extending operations into additional states, you need a licensed contractor in order to conduct business legally in each of those states. Since it can take considerable time and funds to the meet the strict license requirements, here’s where qualifier placement comes in. Hiring a qualifier in the state or states where you want to grow allows your business to immediately begin working legally in that state.

Alternatively, you might have a nationwide client that wants you to work in a state for which you are not currently licensed. By hiring a qualifier licensed for the work in that specific state, you are legally allowed to operate in that state and you can say yes to your client.

If you want your business to take on a short-term project in a different state but again, you don’t have the license to legally operate in that state, you can hire a qualifier short-term specifically for that project. When the project ends, your contract with the qualifier ends too.

Qualifiers Can Allow Your Business to Widen Its Services

In addition, your business may have a great opportunity to bid on a different service for which you are not licensed, for example, a roofing job. You can hire a qualifier with a roofing license – or whatever type of license you need – for the duration of the project. This significantly opens up your business options and enables you to take on many new and different jobs, thus bringing in more revenue.

Qualifiers Can Help If Your Business Loses Its License

It’s always possible that a company may lose its license holder due to termination, resignation or even death. In that case, you’ll need a new license immediately to continue operating legally. Again, you can hire a qualifier to sit in your previous license holder’s place until you find a permanent replacement.

Two Important Notes about Qualifiers

A qualifier must be listed in the appropriate state license board’s personnel of record, has demonstrated his or her knowledge and experience through the application process, and holds one or more license classifications. (A license qualifier may be a Sole Owner, Qualifying Partner, Responsible Managing Employee (RME), Responsible Managing Officer (RMO), Responsible Managing Manager, or Responsible Managing Member.)

Qualifiers must exercise direct supervision and control of your operations. The public is put at risk from subpar work done by inexperienced workers who use absentee qualifiers to illegally obtain a license. Also, fixing substandard work can be extremely expensive and typically costs more than the initial contract value.

How Do I Find the Right Qualifier for What I Need?

API Processing, with over 30 years in all categories in the construction and electrical licensing industries, managing every aspect of the licensing process from start to finish, places qualifiers. No matter what your situation is – whether you need a license holder for a particular state or a specific job category, short-term or long-term, or because your license holder is no longer with your company – API Processing can assist you with license placement. API Processing owns a nationwide database of qualifiers for every type of service in every state. As a full-service firm, API Processing guarantees service until your goal is accomplished.

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