It sounds like your going to do quite well and I wish you the best luck in your new position.

Having a construction background helps tremendously in your depth of understanding.

One other thing I tell all my helpers about inspections, I think it's one of the most critical things, is to always be completely honest. The trust and reputation you build with the inspectors is critical and anything not good spreads like wildfire. We are a small trade and everyone talks. If you try to lie or cheat something and get caught it can cost you in trust and hard inspections for a long time.

Even if I check something small like a restrictor and It doesn't work, and I know my inspector didn't see it and would never know, I turn around and say hey that didn't work. Sometimes I have a minute to fix it real quick, sometimes it just gets written up. Always remember (for the most part) it's not your fault if something is written up on an annual, your jobs to perform the test for the inspector to witness. Don't ruin your reputation just to try to get one elevator to pass for a company that would replace you tomorrow if it needed to. You may end up wearing many shirts throughout your career but your reputation follows you everywhere.