Arb Association

[TREELINE]

Its definately worth the membership IMO but i do think they could offer the Arbs a bit more as i feel its very biased toward consultants (check out the conference programme this year and you may agree) although Bathurst probably fills in the gaps and is free to members.

Just being a member now allows you to state that on your advertising which could be a good thing.

AAAC will not help you in the private market I have heard and becoming AAAC has questionable relevance where ISO 9001 etc cross over it. Although i could stand to be corrected.

Its only £100.......

[TREELINE]

If you want my honest opinion, I joined for a year and it was a waste of money, I never got anything from it...

 

As an association its not all one way traffic Lee; feel free to give to it too! (other than your fee!)

[Mesterh]

I have never really looked into getting AA approved but whats the difference between being approved and being a member?

[TREELINE]

Loadsa money and a perfect biz?!?

[skyhuck]

a perfect biz?!?

 

 

Come on!!!, who are you trying to kid??

Edited June 24, 2009 by skyhuck

[Johny Walker]

if its that good, why so few members in proportion to tree surgeons ???

[Dean Lofthouse]

AA, probably, great for students, consultants and those eager enough to become AA approved, but not for me at the moment. To be honest, I prefer to read these forums. A lot more use to the average arborist

 

....and I'll second that

[TREELINE]

 

Come on who are you trying to kid??

 

hmmmm obviously everyone on here huckster -so we can beat them on price and skills.

[Stephen Blair]

hmmmm obviously everyone on here huckster -so we can beat them on price and skills.

 

i have only ever seen one approved aa contractor working, maybe they ticked all the boxes on the day of their assesment, but they were breaking every rule i could think of the day i saw them operate. how is it monitored? do they do un anounced site visits? or do they give you plenty of warning so you can look squeaky clean on the day.

[Dean Lofthouse]

It's a bit like passing your driving test, ten to twoing goes out the window on the way home from the test centre