Member reach now extends to over 100 countries


After many years of being able to boast IIMS has members in over 90 countries, the Institute has now breached the 100 mark. Following a number of recent applications from countries where IIMS previously had no members, the Institute can now boats it has members in over 100 countries.


YouTube content Report Writing


The IIMS YouTube channel has been updated with 30 new videos having been added. They are freely available to watch. There are now over 170 videos to watch. Click to visit the YouTube channel at https://bit.ly/1jRuSje.


Online Seminar 12 February 2019


The next online Report Writing seminar takes place on 12 February starting at 12.00 noon UK time and will run for up to 3 hours.


Your hosts and presenters for this seminar are Paul Homer, IIMS Chairman of Standards and Mike Schwarz, IIMS Chief Executive Officer.


IIMS receives too many surveyor complaints each year, generally caused by poor writing standards and skills, some of which are serious in nature. A report is the surveyor’s intellectual property and he/she lives or dies by it. This maximum three-hour online course, featuring a lot of new content bringing the art of report writing bang up to date, aims to provide the essential information that a yacht and small craft surveyor needs to consider when gathering the information and then compiling his/her report. There are suggested clauses for use in the report to protect against possible litigation and advice in the event that something goes wrong. Additionally, there is advice on contracts and terms of business and how, when and where these should be used. There is also, for the first time, a practical session and delegates will be required to do a little preparation before the seminar in readiness and encouraged to contribute their thoughts. So, if you want to tidy up and strengthen your report writing skills this is a good place to start.


SCOPE OF THE SEMINAR Part I: Preparing for survey, gathering data and compiling your report Part II: Giving the client what they want and not what the surveyor thinks they want Part III: Complaints, examples and practical exercises


WHO SHOULD ATTEND THIS SEMINAR? The report writing seminar is aimed specifically at yacht and small craft surveyors, both those who are less experienced, but also those who feel they would benefit from a refresher.


The cost of the seminar is £75. To book your place on this seminar, please go to https://bit.ly/2RwT00z.


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