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Welcome to our new monthly installer column, brought to you by Stroma Certification – a leading provider of certification schemes for doors and windows installers. In this edition, Stroma Certification outlines the importance of CPS membership for gaining Building Control approval and notifying installation work as a legal requirement.
WHY DO I NEED TO JOIN A CPS?
NOTIFY YOUR WORK ONLINE
Here at Stroma Certification, we often receive queries regarding the importance of joining a Competent Person Scheme (CPS) in order to carry out doors and windows installations.
As a member of a CPS, you do not have to notify your local authority in advance of the work you are already certified to carry out. Stroma Certification offers an Installer Portal, which enables our members to notify your work online. Through this facility, the notification advises the relevant local authority that the work has taken place as well as issuing you with a building compliance certificate to certify the works you have carried out and to provide to your customers.
There is a legal requirement for installers to gain Building Control approval in order to carry out any installations or replacements of doors and windows. This can often be a costly and time-consuming process. As a member of a CPS, your installers are already certified and approved to carry out this work, removing the requirement for you to seek Building Control approval, from either a local council or approved building inspector, on every job. The United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) allows accredited organisations, such as Stroma Certification, to run a CPS to enable installers to self-certify their work in this way.
REDUCE HASSLE FOR YOUR CUSTOMERS You can promote immediate confidence in your customers and homeowners with the ability to provide them with a certificate to verify the work you have carried out. Should they wish to sell their home, they can present the relevant documents which you have provided and ensure the process runs as smooth as
"Stroma Certification offers an Installer Portal, which enables our members to notify your work online. Through this facility, the notification advises the relevant local authority that the work has taken place as well as issuing you with a building compliance certificate to certify the works you have carried out and to provide to your customers." possible. With the ability to self-certify your own work through a CPS, you will not have to pay costly Building Control fees and will also be able to offer these savings to your customers. Also, with membership of a CPS you can also display a mark of competence to demonstrate to your customers that the work you carry out will be to a high and compliant standard.
IT’S JUST A BUSINESS OVERHEAD We’ll help you to reduce the cost of running your business as Stroma Certification CPS membership is available to doors and windows installers for a £255 +VAT annual fee and our notification fee is just £1.80 per notification.
TELL US YOUR THOUGHTS! What do you think about CPS bodies? Let us know and we’ll feature your comments in next month’s column. Get in touch via a free reader enquiry service (simply fax back the form and include the code from this page).
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April 2018 | www.glassnews.co.uk