The fees for the certifications and the
certified firm fee aren't dues in the strict sense of the word, but instead money that is supposed to pay for the needed record keeping and listing of your firm with whoever might want to know that you're a certified technician working for a
certified firm.
maybe when long dusty rows of file cabinets and wide bottomed secretaries stacked folders in alphabetical order were the norm
but in this day 'n age ?
I called you this afternoon, Jim
By the time I got home, i had three files in my email inbox with everything i asked for.
(BTW, thanks!)
When i call to order chems from you, they're at my door the next afternoon .
I know that's due in large part to an extremely well run operation and staff.
But it's also due in part to the electronics/computing age where chit happens fast by mashing a few buttons on a keyboard
Leave the PR to someone else.
I could go along with that...but if these resto guys are saying they need the certs for insurance work, "someone" must of done the leg work to get them on board .
I'm pro formal/structured education and expect to pay good money for good ed
(I've personally spent thou$and$ on firearms training and credentials to train/certify others)
but an org that wants to collect relatively* high
yearly fees, needs to demonstrate there's
value in it for the average CCing outfit
i say "relatively" high based on what I pay in administrative fees to keep my firearms instructor creds current "on file" and obtainable to anyone.
They're down right cheap pr year @ $30 bukz ..and they're just a "click away" to anyone with a 'puter or smArt fone
lastly, the classes and creds I paid for...it took about three weeks for a big manila envelope with a "suitable for framing" certificate to come in the mail
(with a thick cardboard insert so the "suitable for framing" cert didn't get bent)
But electronically, the certs were on file in a
matter of days
there's no excuse in this day and age for any "professional" outfit to not be the same
..L.T.A.