Welcome, Affiliation with Reliability Inspectors Inc. gives NBIC, API, AMPP, CSA, AWS, CSWIP, and jurisdiction‑approved inspectors a rigorously vetted, globally visible platform to expand their market locally, nationally, and internationally. Our approval process strengthens your credibility with EPCs and owner‑operators who rely on certified specialists for pressure‑equipment and structural‑integrity assessments, corrosion control, quality‑program compliance, coatings‑application conformance, and welding‑procedure‑specification oversight. We place a premium on education and experience. Affiliates can anonymously display their full range of certifications, the length of time each credential has been held, diplomas, work history, and a live calendar of availability—giving customers exactly what they need to plan projects and mobilize resources. Affiliates also gain access to our controlled library of engineering codes and standards—NBIC, API, ASME, CSA, AWS, AMPP, TEMA, and more—reducing personal subscription costs and ensuring consistent, up‑to‑date technical support. (The complete list of Engineering Codes and Standards can be found by clicking the resources tab on our website main page).  All services are provided through your own incorporated entity. You negotiate commercial terms directly with the customer, work under their safety and quality manuals, and maintain full independence.  Reliability Inspectors Inc. is not an inspection agency; we administer the contract and safeguard your privacy, intellectual property, and corporate data.

How It Works

1. Anonymous Listing  Once approved, your company is listed anonymously. Customers cannot see your name or corporate details. If a customer requests your services, Reliability contacts you, and your information is released only with your written permission in the form of an email from you. 2. Contract & Annual Fee  After approval, you sign the standard contract and pay the annual administration fee of $550 USD. You then receive a reliabilityinspectors.com email address and access to our Accuris subscription for engineering codes and standards. ( A copy of our standard contract between Reliability and its affiliates can be found by clicking the resources tab on the main page of our website).  3. You Negotiate Your Terms  You negotiate rates and conditions directly with the customer. Reliability can assist with communication if requested. 4. No Percentage Taken From Your Invoices  Reliability adds its administration fee on top of your invoice and bills the customer. Your full invoice amount is remitted to you. 5. Customer Privacy Obligations  Customers must sign agreements protecting your privacy and must use Reliability as contract administrator if they found you through our database. 6. Assistants & Trainees  You may use assistants or trainees under your corporation if the customer agrees. We encourage mentorship and skill development within the affiliate community. 7. Full‑Time Employment Option  If a customer hires you permanently, Reliability charges a pre‑arranged finder’s fee. 8. Independence Preserved  You may seek work elsewhere. If a customer found you through our database, Reliability must administer the contract. 9. Expanded Customer Reach  Our promotion of the registry increases your visibility and broadens your customer base. 10. Professional Standards  Our Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct forms the foundation of our brand and sets the standard of excellence for all affiliates.

                                                                                                          More Information

 

1. All registered Affiliates must have national, state, provincial or territorial tax numbers as appropriate for the location where they are providing their services. A Workers’ Compensation Board account (or equivalent state or provincial organization) in good standing, and current, corporate liability insurance. Note: The amount of corporate liability insurance may vary with the requirements of the customer.

2. Affiliates will be responsible for supplying basic personal protection equipment such as safety boots, safety glasses, hard hat and fire-resistant coveralls. Affiliates will also be responsible for: supplying basic inspection tools and gauges, the cost of basic industry standard safety certifications, and maintaining safety and professional certifications current, and in good standing, They must provide proof visual acuity, certified by a professional optometrist. 

4. Upon Reliability accepting a candidate as an approved Affiliate, the candidate shall agree to allow Reliability to be their administrator to any contract with a Customer who directly or indirectly found that Affiliate as a result of a search of Reliability’s data base.

5. We rigorously scrutinize each application prior to giving consideration to accepting any individuals and their personal service corporations as an Affiliate. Once approved, each Affiliate is responsible for maintaining a current calendar indicating their availability. This is a particularly useful feature for a Customer’s planning department when scheduling a project or maintenance activity. 

6. Customers can go online and have the convenience of searching the registry to see the full range of professional certifications held by each Affiliate, along with their calendars of availability! Customers will know that you will not be listed in our registry unless you already have provided your corporate credentials (tax numbers, WCB, liability insurance, and and that all those accounts are in good standing. Our service saves a Customer time and financial resources. Affiliates are ready to respond to urgent situations and production needs.  We want our Customers to know that most of the vetting work, normally done by a human resources department, has already been done and is readily available for quick review by their HR personnel and management teams.

7. A Customer search of our data base does not allow access to the name of an Affiliate, or their corporate and personal information, but will allow access to qualifications and the number years of work experience in each certification category. A customer must agree, prior to being allowed to search the data base, that Reliability will be the contract administrator for the affiliate, and that they will not directly engage the services of an affiliate they found as a result of their search of Reliability’s data base. 

8. A Customer expressing interest to Reliability in an Affiliate’s services, will result in Reliability contacting the Affiliate, confirming their availability and requesting permission (by return email) to release to the Customer the following: the name of the Affiliate, his or her personal resume, data contained in our data base and any additional data and personal information may be provided to Customers as noted in this summary (collectively “Personal Information”). Upon an Affiliate's confirmation by return email, personal Information will be released to a potential Customer. A Customer may call an Affiliate for an interview and/or extend an offer to engage the Affiliate’s services. Should an Affiliate accept such an offer, a contract(s) will be negotiated, then signed, by the Customer and the Affiliate and its principal specifying rates, terms and conditions.. The client and the affiliate will both send a copy of the agreement to Reliability as soon as both parties=have signed. Both the client, and the affiliate agree that Reliability is entitled to a payment for its services, and the terms of payment will be determined by the contract between Reliability and the client.

9. Prior to releasing personal information to a Customer, we stipulate that all Customers agree to use the information provided exclusively for the purpose of determining an Affiliate’s suitability for its requirements; and, to hold an Affiliate’s information private and confidential, and not to share it any other party. However, Reliability and its employees, officers and director shall not incur any liability for any damages or costs incurred by an Affiliate or its employees, officers or directors, directly or indirectly incurred in the event a Customer releases private and confidential information contrary to Reliability stipulations and requirements. Please take the time to review the terms of the Privacy Agreement you will find at the beginning of the application process.

10. Reliability is not an inspection agency, employment agency, engineering service, or nondestructive examinations service company. The Reliability business model is to provide its Customers access to a list of highly experienced, competent and certified contracting professionals, who have been rigorously screened to meet the high standards of Reliability Inspectors Inc, and who are available to provide Customer required services. Should a Customer engage an Affiliate’s services, Reliability may, if the contract requires it, confirm the Affiliate’s hourly charges and expenses on its invoices matched to the time sheets and expense sheets approved by the Customer. The Affiliates invoices shall be sent to the Customer, and at the same time, a copy will be sent to Reliability. Reliability will add its service charges, and send the combined invoice to the client. The client will pay the total amount to Reliability, and upon receipt, Reliability will send the affiliate their portion of the funds, Reliability will from time to time request feedback from the Customer relating to an Affiliates delivery of services, which the Affiliate agrees may be incorporated into the Reliability data base.

In the event a customer chooses to engage an officer, employee or director of a corporate affiliate as an employee of the customer, and provided such personal employment is not a term contract or involve the corporate affiliate providing services to the customer, then, upon the Customer paying to Reliability a fee agreed to by the customer and Reliability, receipt of which is confirmed in writing by Reliability, an Affiliate shall be released from the terms of a contract between Reliability and the affiliate, at which time the aforementioned employment may be commenced. An Affiliate may be permitted to employ the services of apprentice personnel, provided the apprentice is vetted and written approval is provided by Reliability, acting reasonably, and Reliability has settled with the customer the additional service fees to be paid for apprentice work.

12. Our affiliates’ services are to be provided in accordance with the customer’s safety and quality manuals and other protocols. The customers choose the candidates, and are responsible for approving the reports and services provided by them. The Customer, at its cost, will be responsible for ensuring that the affiliates are given the time and training required to provide their services in accordance with the customers safety and quality manuals, and shall be responsible for the safety of affiliates.

                                                  Instructions for Applying for Affiliation

The application form below must be completed in its entirety. In order to complete the following application form in the shortest amount of time, it is best to have the following ready before you start filling out the application:

1. Scan a copy of the certificate of incorporation for your company and save it.

2. Scan a copy of your company's liability insurance, and save it. 

3. Scan all your professional certifications (Journeyman trade certifications, professional certifications - (NBIC, API, AMPP, CSA, CSWIP, CGSB etc.) together in a single file and save it.

4. Scan all your safety certification (Confined space, H2S Alive, Fall Arrest, Permit Receiving, Smith Driving etc.) together in a single file and save it.

5. Scan a copy of your rope access certification if you have it.

6, Scan a copy of your record of visual acuity. (If you need a form, one can be found by clicking the resources tab on the main page of our website.)

7. Scan a copies of your professional engineer's license or CET or MET diplomas (if applicable) and save them.

8. Scan a copy of your personal resume and save it.

9. For the names of your emergency contacts, have their emails and telephone numbers ready.

10. Have your company's federal, state, territorial revenue taxation, and state or provincial sales tax account numbers (where applicable).

11. Have your company's WCB (or equivalent) account number ready.

12. Scan a recent passport quality photograph or a copy of a government issued identification that contains your picture.

If you have any questions or need any help with the application, please call 825-975-7017. Also, if you hold certifications from a certifying authority not listed in our application form, but relevant to the inspection and safety disciplines described above, send in you resume anyway! We will adjust and amend our database in any way necessary to serve you, and our customers better.