Appendix 1

Appendix 1
Eligibility criteria to ensuring that those Members of this Certification Scheme are fit and proper persons
Compliance
Proper and effective operational, recording and reporting procedures should be in place to ensure that those who become energy assessors are fit and proper persons and that the eligibility criteria for membership are published. In assessing whether an individual is a fit and proper person, schemes should have regard to the criteria at Appendix 1.

Determining whether a person is fit and proper for membership

The requirements call for scheme operators to demonstrate that proper and effective operational, recording and reporting procedures are in place to decide whether applicants are, and members remain, fit and proper! persons. These procedures must be applied in a fair and open way that is compliant with legislation

Method Statement
"aving regard to Appendix 1 and this #cheme in relation to the inspection of existing dwellings, this #cheme will$ a% &a'e appropriate enquiries, including enquiries of the applicant, other accreditation schemes and the (riminal )ecords *ureau +*asic ,isclosure% into the bac'ground of applicant "Is and -As in order to ma'e an informed .udgement as to whether the applicant is a fit and proper person b% &a'e periodic +annual% enquiries in order to maintain chec's and monitoring after membership has been granted. c% After ma'ing appropriate enquiries, re.ect applications where the applicant or member is considered not to be a fit and proper person d% After ma'ing appropriate enquiries, revo'e membership where the applicant or member is no longer considered to be a fit and proper person e% Applications will be re.ected and membership will be revo'ed if an applicant or a member has been convicted or cautioned for a serious arrestable offence including +but not limited to%$ f% &urder &anslaughter ,eath by rec'less driving )ape /idnapping 0irearms offences "ostage ta'ing "i.ac'ing or torture

)e.ect applications or revo'e membership if a person has been convicted of offences that are less serious than those listed in paragraph +e% above if these are offences against the person or property, or offences which involve elements or acts of dishonesty, corruption, substantial financial gain or serious loss to anyone +including theft, fraud

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and deception%, which resulted in a prison sentence within the last 2 years. g% In all others cases where an offence has been committed, ta'e into account$ the relevance of the offence to the role of the -A, the seriousness of that offence whether there is any significant pattern of offending and how recently the offence was committed.

This #cheme will respond promptly to enquiries from other accreditation schemes to confirm the membership status and disciplinary record of any former member. A service level of 13 wor'ing days will be achieved for this purpose.

Operational, recording and reporting procedures

-very applicant will provide full disclosure on orm A!""1 #Application orm$ that includes +but is not limited to% the following and submit the required documents$ 1. 4. 5. 3. 2. 9. :. 0ull name +including maiden name where appropriate% ,ate of *irth 6ational Insurance 6umber (opy of Passport and7or photographic driving licence (opy of *an' #tatement78tility *ill+s% ,etails of residence and proof over past 2 years Proof of vocational qualification +,iploma in ,omestic -nergy Assessment7"ome Inspection% ;. (opy of recent +no older than 4 months% (riminal )ecords *ureau +*asic ,isclosure% )eport <. ,isclosure of all offences7convictions +if any% 1=. ,isclosure of any other issues that may be material consideration when considering the application including +but not limited to% disqualifications, refusals of applications and other financial and personal matters 11. Person and business references 14. 0ee for application of >142.==?vat 15. 0ee for &embership of the #cheme of >4==?vat 13. #igned declaration of &embership including agreement to maintain membership requirements@ adhere to (odes of (onducts etc. orm A!""%
#Membership &eclaration$

Information gathered from the Application 0orm will be assessed and )eport$ generated. The )eport will indicate the following$

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1. Acceptance of the Application A this will indicate that the required criteria has
been met and the Applicant will move to the )egistration stage of the process when orm A!""* #)egistration$ will be completed 4. &embership will only be offered to applicants who have recognised vocationally qualified. The recognised qualification will be issued by an Awarding *ody approved by the Bualifications and (urriculum Authority +B(A% and will satisfy the 6ational Cccupational #tandards +6C#% 5. Provisional Acceptance of the Application A this will indicate that the Application has met the required criteria based on the information provided but further information is needed in order to move on to the )egistration process. The Applicant will be advised of any deficiencies7shortfalls in the Application and what is needed to move on to )egistration on 0orm A!""+ #,rovisional
Acceptance$

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3. )e.ection of the Application A The Applicant does not meet the criteria for fit
and proper person and will be informed for the reason for re.ection on 0orm

2. Dhen 0orm

A!""- #)e.ection$ A!""* #)egistration$ has been completed, the applicants name and details will be entered onto the )egister of &embers and orm A!""/ #Certificate of Membership$ will be issued.

9. At the same time, the applicants name will be added to the online register that is available on www.fabiancertification.com :. The online register will be maintained with a listing of all current members. The register will be accessible to anyone who wishes to establish the legitimacy of any member claiming to be an accredited member ;. The online register will be maintained to include a list of members who have voluntarily or otherwise left. The register will be accessible to anyone who wishes to establish the legitimacy of any member claiming to have been an accredited member <. A copy of the )egister of &embers will be forwarded to the #ecretary of #tate on the last day of each month 1=. All members will have to complete 0orm A!""0 #Annual )eview$ by every anniversary +annual% of their registration requesting full disclosure of changes that may have occurred since they submitted orm A!""1 #Application orm$ with the latest (riminal )ecords *ureau +*asic ,isclosure% )eport. orm A!""0 will include a request for information relating to all claims and complaints that have been received and outcome. The member will also be required to pay the annual review of >12=?vat. 11. The member!s application for review will be considered to ensure they remain fit and proper!. Cnce it is determined that the member remains fit and proper!,
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14. Dhere there are issues relating to renewal,

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will enable the member to continue practicing but will be required to provide further information within 13 days that will satisfy the #cheme of their remaining fit and proper!. After satisfactory review of any further requests, 0orm 0A*==< will be issued. Dhere there are problems, members may be suspended and orm A!"1" #Suspension 2otice$ issued or revo'ed and orm A!"11 #)evocation$ issued

Operational, recording and reporting schematic diagram

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