In the Spring of 1985, the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada, initiated a built-heritage inventory, in order to identify, research, and document Nova Scotia's built heritage; to launch a heritage awareness campaign; and to introduce to the public heritage-management techniques. The scope of the inventory was defined to include all buildings, sites, and monuments predating 1914, and exceptional examples postdating 1914. A coordinator skill-development program, composed of four interrelated training modules, was developed and is discussed. The Nova Scotia Built Heritage Inventory Programme has generated significant results in its first 18 months of operation.