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Professional Inventory Providers


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What type of knowledge or experience must an inventory provider have in order to obtain membership?

Before an inventory provider can become an accredited member they must be able to prove to the Association’s satisfaction that they have had at least six months practical experience of carrying out all the processes relating to the inventory preparation as well as the check in and check out. Following this they can either elect to take the test following an advanced course or can opt to take a the introductory full days training and then the advanced course and the test. An experienced inventory provider may opt to go straight to the examination.