AAT Employer Scheme membership application form

You'll need to have at least an AAT guest account before you can submit this application. If you don't have an AAT account please create and validate the email address before you return to submit this application.

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You will need to submit sufficient evidence to show how the organisation meets the following criteria.

1. All staff understand their roles within the organisation and how they contribute to overall organisational objectives.
2. The organisation has a training and development policy for all staff which includes details of financial and non-financial means of support. The policy is inclusive of studying towards professional AAT qualifications and continuing professional development (CPD).
3. All staff have an appraisal at least once a year to review their performance and to highlight training and development needs for the coming year. The appraisal considers training and development undertaken in the previous year and how this has contributed to the individual's professional development.
4. The organisation recognises and supports a range of methods by which staff members can meet their training needs.
5. The organisation and in particular senior management team works in a manner consistent with the fundamental principles detailed in AAT's Code of Professional Ethics.

Please submit the following two forms of evidence to show how you meet the criteria above:

• training and development policy
• details of internal and external learning provided by the organisation.

If you'd like to discuss your application please contact us at employersupport@aat.org.uk or on +44 (0)20 3735 2434.

Please provide a learning and development policy and also provide details of internal and external training. This should specify how the organisation monitors and manages training and development activities for its staff and details of those planned activities. This could include, but is not limited to:

• CPD
• personal and professional development activities
• online courses/e-learning (accredited or non-accredited)
• job shadowing
• systems training
• industry updates
• external training or courses.

Files must be less than 8 MB.
Allowed file types: doc docx xls xlsx pdf odt pages rtf tex txt wpd wps jpg jpeg png ppt pptx.

Please read the declaration and tick the box to confirm you have accepted it on behalf of your organisation.

Declaration
We confirm that the information in this application (or supporting it) is true and correct to the best of our knowledge and belief. We agree that:

1. if at any time we become aware that any information in this application (or supporting it) is incorrect or if it changes in any way, we will notify AAT immediately
2. any information provided which is known by us to be false, or has been unreasonably checked for accuracy, shall invalidate this application and any decision that is made based upon it
3. AAT is entitled to suspend employer scheme status granted on the basis of information in the application (or supporting it) whilst it investigates any reasonable concerns about our eligibility for such status
4. we will only use AAT’s logo in accordance with the criteria set out in the AAT Employer Scheme brand guidelines
5. in fulfilling its role, AAT may carry out a sampling exercise to assess the effectiveness of training and development procedures in place. If selected, we agree to fully cooperate with AAT, or their nominated representative, and understand that AAT shall determine its own monitoring procedure and will notify us as soon as it is practicable beforehand
6. it is a condition as a member of the AAT Employer Scheme that we comply with the ‘Employer Scheme Membership Criteria' requirements at all times, and consider the fundamental principles of the Code of Professional Ethics.

Payment Terms
This section of the AAT Employer Scheme application is applicable to employers who are responsible for the payment of their employee’s AAT qualification fees, through the Employer Payment Code service (EPC).

The employer scheme member shall pay to AAT applicable charges as specified in, including:

1. student charges, payable per student for each employer scheme member
2. service charges for adhoc services provided by AAT to the employer scheme member
3. AAT shall invoice for applicable charges, normally on a weekly basis, for registrations or services provided in the relevant period. Such invoices shall normally be produced on a consolidated basis for each type of applicable charge
4. The employer scheme member shall pay AAT all charges within 30 days of receipt of each invoice. If any amount remains unpaid after the payment date:
5. AAT has the right to charge interest on a daily basis at 8% above the Bank of England Base Rate; and
6. AAT may prevent access to all online services; and
7. the employer scheme member shall be liable for the reasonable costs incurred by AAT in seeking recovery of unpaid amounts
8. All payments from the employer scheme member to AAT must be by bank transfer into the AAT bank account shown on AAT’s invoice, or as designated by AAT from time to time. Payments by cheque or any other method are only allowed in exceptional circumstances upon prior written approval from AAT. All payments must be accompanied by a remittance advice stating what the payment is for and the relevant invoice number(s)
9. For the avoidance of doubt, faxed copies of cheques or bank drafts are not considered as payment or proof of payment
10. AAT reserves the right to set off payments received against overdue invoices at the discretion of AAT
11. The payment of all fees under this agreement shall be the responsibility of the employer scheme member. The employer scheme member shall be responsible for the recovery of fees from appropriate sources; failure to do so shall not relieve the employer scheme member of its responsibilities to make payment to AAT
12. Unless otherwise stated, charges published by AAT are exclusive of Value Added Tax (or any similar tax or duty)
13. The employer scheme member shall pay all sums without any set off, counterclaim, deduction or withholding (other than any deduction or withholding of tax as required by law). This includes ensuring that all bank charges are paid when sending payments
14. In the event that this Agreement is terminated for whatever reason, the employer scheme member remains liable for all outstanding monies owed to AAT
15. It is at the absolute discretion of AAT to decide whether to allow the employer scheme member to be invoiced for fees and whether to offer the employer scheme member credit terms for payment.