Purpose:

• To promote high standards of inspection;
• To combine and share expertise, knowledge, experience and training among plant pest inspectors toward stimulating interest in and professionalizing plant inspection work; and 
• To provide a means of disseminating information particularly pertinent to plant inspection work.

Overview:

The Horticulture Inspection Society - Western Chapter (W.H.I.S.) seeks to solicit and exchange information from its participating members, creating an avenue to further educate the organization as a whole.  New information is continuously garnered and learned along the way, much of which is not available or timely able to be presented in a formal educational approach.

 Therefore, W.H.I.S. by dialogue and training builds the levels of exertise necessary for the professional job, and first line inspectional protection.