The Kennel Club set up its "Accredited Breeders Scheme" and then had to change the name to "Assured Breeders Scheme" as the word "accredited" had a specific meaning under I think it was the British Standards Institute quality regime.
So maybe "accredited" should at least be conferred by DMQ, and they should control the use of such a term in marketing contexts, but that would not stop other field organisations and even educational establishments from conferring the word "Assured" subject to quality testing to an industry agreed and audited standards.
We are already familiar with the word "Approved" for AW's etc...
I might be wrong, but isn't DMQ administered by BASC?

BASC are the administration body that carries out the functional work for DMQ but BASC are NOT DMQ. This discussion was on here a while back but it's difficult for some people to see the line between BASC and DMQ especially when you phone up DMQ and they answer the phone ''good morning BASC''. They could at least put in a dedicated DMQ phone line!
I hear what people are saying about providers being regulated by DMQ but that has to be up to the assessment centres in terms of their in house quality control for teaching provision once approved by DMQ to assess to their standards. At the end of the day it's the assessment process of a centre that must be regulated to meet set DMQ standards, the training provision itself isn't really a concern so long as the assessment process is up to scratch.
Alex, the last time I questioned braggin and pass rates by providers using BASC accredited status to measure themselves above the rest of us guess what happened???? A complaint was made to my assessment centre by a BASC team member because the didn't like the questions or the truth. By the way North Highland College and Barony are the top two assessment centres by percentage pass rates and I know this because we asked.
Stringent standards to become accredited anyone?
If Peter wants to explain to us all what these stringent standards are being used in marketing as a major selling point then he can. Jelen simply didn't and neither did BASC in a private correspondance previously.
Dear All,
Nick and I have been at the CLA since last Thursday and trust me access to the internet was poor to say the least, and have spent almost all of today unloading vans and packing up kit we took. Hence the silence - we have been working away for the last 5 days.
Peter went straight from the CLA to the Royal Welsh...
All assessors go through the same assessment, I will do my best to get you more details tomorrow.
There is nothing stopping someone who has passed the assessment from saying so, and they are fully entitled to of course.
David
No I have not missed the questions, Its simply a fact that I do not know all the details of the accreditation process and I will ask others tomorrow
David
If carlsberg made deer courses they would call it JELLEN![]()
