alant
Well-Known Member
No, read the requirements for membership - not just paying the money. And one of the requirements is having PI insurance, then look at the requirements to get insurance.
There are, of course people around claiming to be surveyors who would not meet those requirements and may well not be able to get PI. Equally there are well respected and successful surveoyors who do not "belong" to anything.
If you don't know the surveyor then probably less risk to empl oy one who has met the requirements of one of the associations, which is what insurers do.
Check http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthread.php?t=49305
Seems there are even 'distance learning courses'!
Distance learning for Yacht Surveyors?