whistle Posted January 8, 2014 Posted January 8, 2014 For CCTV only I wouldn't dream of getting any kind of accreditation apart form a hand full of health and safety certificates to allow me to work on larger sites. Saying that I have had to turn down some tenders due to not being Gold, not because of Gold because of not having ISO.
JaysonKandiah Posted January 8, 2014 Author Posted January 8, 2014 so if thats the case guys, then what kind of accreditation shall i go for? so that i can do some work for businesses and school etc? CCTV Distributor of AcuraPRO and Samsung CCTV Equipment - Trade Customers: www.acurasystemsdirect.com
matthew.brough Posted January 8, 2014 Posted January 8, 2014 so if thats the case guys, then what kind of accreditation shall i go for? so that i can do some work for businesses and school etc? The majority of my subscriber base falls into those catagories mentioned and well over 1/2 of them don't require any approval. Have you reasearched if you actually need approval for what you want to do? www.securitywarehouse.co.uk/catalog/
JaysonKandiah Posted January 8, 2014 Author Posted January 8, 2014 The majority of my subscriber base falls into those catagories mentioned and well over 1/2 of them don't require any approval. Have you reasearched if you actually need approval for what you want to do? I have researched and i can't really find much. I'm doing everything cctv from homes and businesses and offices and computer services. what do u think? CCTV Distributor of AcuraPRO and Samsung CCTV Equipment - Trade Customers: www.acurasystemsdirect.com
whistle Posted January 8, 2014 Posted January 8, 2014 Lol a CRB check will get you into 99% of schools, well and getting on the council approved list of contractors.
matthew.brough Posted January 8, 2014 Posted January 8, 2014 CCTV forget it. I say that as a SSAIB company who has both CCTV badges and pays £400 a year for them for no real benefit at all. Don't forget, if you have the badge it isn't just the annual fees (which mine total around £1600 a year now) every system you install you have to give a certificate which are expensive. For the market you are chasing that is significant. My personal view is I'd wait until it stops you getting work otherwise it could just be a complete waste of cash that you could spend on other things. www.securitywarehouse.co.uk/catalog/
JaysonKandiah Posted January 8, 2014 Author Posted January 8, 2014 CCTV forget it. I say that as a SSAIB company who has both CCTV badges and pays £400 a year for them for no real benefit at all. Don't forget, if you have the badge it isn't just the annual fees (which mine total around £1600 a year now) every system you install you have to give a certificate which are expensive. For the market you are chasing that is significant. My personal view is I'd wait until it stops you getting work otherwise it could just be a complete waste of cash that you could spend on other things. amen, thanks for that matt CCTV Distributor of AcuraPRO and Samsung CCTV Equipment - Trade Customers: www.acurasystemsdirect.com
JasonOfOz Posted January 11, 2014 Posted January 11, 2014 Everyone's right. If you have cash and your pipeline of sales is strong then go for accreditation now so you get into good habits. But if you are like any start up then I would spend time growing the business - loads out there not looking for silver or gold specifically. The specifiers who write into specs asking for Gold are just covering their butts - why not? But even then it hasn't stopped us tendering/winning some of those jobs because the end user client actually didn't need a silver/gold anyway. That said, we are now going down the process of getting accredited - but that is after 5 years. The trigger for us is both being specified and to get URNs for alarms. Good luck!
Cubit Posted January 11, 2014 Posted January 11, 2014 Everyone's right. If you have cash and your pipeline of sales is strong then go for accreditation now so you get into good habits. But if you are like any start up then I would spend time growing the business - loads out there not looking for silver or gold specifically. What's the badge got to do with good habits? You're either that way inclined or you're not. If you're not, then the badge is just a mask.
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