FloorSkills Accreditation, Master Fitter and sending you work.

I keep getting asked to recommend installers across the U.K who have attended a FloorSkills course. (3 phone calls tonight already) Well i cant do that and wont do that, just because someone preformed on a course with the instructors help, well can i trust them on their own?
whats your thoughts on this?
What i do do is recommend installers who have passed the FloorSkills / CITB accreditation, but there is only a few who have taken a accreditation test , let alone passed it. I will presume due to costs that people dont want to take the test? and the fact you have to complete a course before you can take the test (CITB rules, NOT MINE) So, should "FloorSkills" bring out a master fitter status ? it will be a lot cheaper than doing a accreditation as you can simply just do the practical test. However, just like the NICF master fitter, the Quickstep master fitter etc, well it wont be worth the paper it written on! (where as a proper accreditation does) However it will give you the status thing many installers and customers like and it would also give you some sort of backing on the quality of workmanship you can produce which will make me happy to recommend you.
The standards for passing the 'Master Fitter' will be lowered from what the official accreditation asks for to similar to the NICF master fitter also.
.Ps, anyone who has passed a CITB Accreditation with FloorSkills will automatically be sent a "Master Fitter" certificate as they have already passed at a higher level.
So your thoughts please.

 

I still want to do it ! I've been thinking about it since I visited FloorSkills just so busy but I'll will make time in the near future. If you'll have me back anyway ?

 

Just have Master fitter & then accredited JEDI fitter :thumbs

 

In master fitter, well a square area with a obstetrical, 3 steps, a winder and BN step. Same as accredited but easier. Standard will be similar to the NICF master fitter but addressing the weak points.

 

I've got a horse & his mame is Barney

 

Is that not stating the obvious ?

 

Problem is i think i would have to seperate the two. Otherwise people will think the NICF , the Quickstep along with the others are all the same. The accreditation is official and higher, hence im considering bringing in something equivalent to the others.

NICF have brought out something they call "accredited" which they class as lower than the Master Fitter that is really confusing people when the only official reconnised "accreditation" is the CITB one we run and is much higher than Master Fitter.

Really we all need to start singing out of the same Hyme book. Sadly i dont think NICF will be doing that for a long time yet. One day they might join in and stop making up their own qualifications, accreditation that don't exist in the real world.