Admittance to membership shall be conditional on the applicant firm satisfying the following minimum requirements:-

A Proprietor or a Principal of the applicant firm must:
1. (i) Have satisfactorily completed an apprenticeship under the National Joint Training Scheme for Building Operatives (Painting & Decorating) and have gained the City & Guilds of London Institute Craft Certificate and where applicable, have passed the CITB Skills Test,

OR

(ii) Provide evidence of having been employed as a Painter and Decorator for a continuous period of not less than five years.

2. Provide evidence of trading under the business name for not less than one year.

3. Meet the professional requirements of the Branch or Region to which application is being made.

4. Provide not less than two separate references from recent customers.

5. Undertake to abide by the Association’s Code of Practice.

Or in the case of a firm where the proprietor or principal is not a professional painter and decorator (e.g. Surveyor, Accountant etc.) the firm must undertake to employ operatives who satisfy the criteria of paragraph 1 and comply with paragraphs 2 to above.