Hi everyone..

 

sorry if if this is not a subject that is allowed on the forum, I am a little nervous s I have an SSAIB inspector coming over tomorrow for my first visit.. 

 

i have never ever tried to sign up with a governing body before and as I sit here my heart is pounding like mad.. 

 

i know now they are coming to look at insurance and bits which is all sorted but just wondering what questions they ask?

What do they look at on site visits? 

Do they ask my clients anything?

do they ask me loads of questions?

 

any help would be amazing..

 

thanks guys

 

 

Just remember they want you to succeed, that way they get another customer. Use them to better your business and processes. 

 

Good luck 

 Norman...

 

Going by some of the 'approved' shite I've seen out there you have very little to worry about...

They will always give you recommendations/improvements, nothing to panic about at all. 

 

1 hour ago, lymebayalarms said:

They will always give you recommendations/improvements, nothing to panic about at all. 

 

A slightly more helpful take on it than mine and 100% true. Hope it went well

 

I applied for NSI Silver not long ago and can only say they were very helpful and were quite pleased with my documentation. The kicker

was that they wouldn't allow me to be approved as a OMB if I didn't give up my NHS contract, which I never will so that's the end of that

4 minutes ago, datadiffusion said:

I applied for NSI Silver not long ago and can only say they were very helpful and were quite pleased with my documentation. The kicker

was that they wouldn't allow me to be approved as a OMB if I didn't give up my NHS contract, which I never will so that's the end of that

 

Not even with a buddy agreement?

 

 

Nope. I have a skeleton NHS contract, which was the problem. I didn't want to give it up as they would never hand it out again,

I would not be able to keep up my professional competencies (easily) without it, and it would be a ticket back to work if I was ever

unable to trade or install for whatever reason.

....is the lack of approval causing issues getting/retaining work now?

 

Ok...

 

so had the inspection.. didn't really go to plan to be honest.. having never applied for a governing body before and learning the trade on my own I should have realised I was in for issues...

 

installation work and maintenance demo was fine.. nothing to worry on that side...but the paperwork needed changing due to my wording, layout and specific paragraphs that needed to be inserted..

 

i have had to get a buddy agreement but thanks to a nice company near me They have agreed to be our buddy as it's only me in the company.. (wife now happy we can go on holiday)

 

i have also been advised to use digital forms to make writing neater but not sure what to use... the only digital forms I have found cost money.. 

 

also so to use Base as our software... 

 

the inspector was was really nice tho so thanks everyone for your help...