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Jules’ News

i everyone welcome to the Spring/Summer Edition of Index. Firstly I
Hhope you are all well and keeping safe. These are definitely difficult
times for us all and we are doing our very best to keep the CSA office
running as usual.

2020 Annual Membership invoices were sent/e-mailed to you in December 2019. I ask those of you who
still have not paid your yearly subscription to please do so now! You can pay by bank transfer (details on your invoice)
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU QUOTE THE CSA INVOICE NUMBER ON YOUR TRANSACTION – I am wasting so much time trying
to discover who has paid me and for what without this as many come through under a different name or company name
and without the invoice number it is difficult to find out who this is.

CSA GALA AWARDS 2020 – the Gala Awards and AGM 2020 have been postponed Friday 20th November – further details
are on the Awards website www.csa-awards.co.uk.

I am dedicating this edition of Index to CSA members and feel it is important for all our members to understand fully the
services we provide, as we still have many members not quite sure how it all works:

- Categories of Membership (Corporate, Associate, Individual, Individual Associate)
- CSA Grading (Individual Members only)
- Individual Members upgrading their membership i.e. from Grade 2 to 3 etc.
- Distance Learning Courses (DLCs) A, B & C
- Enrolling on a DLC
- Grade 4 Technical & Theory Examinations (twice yearly May & October)
- Grade 5 Thesis

We receive a number of enquiries from members who still do not quite understand the CSA grading system in conjunction
with the Distance Learning Courses, the common query being “I have just completed by Grade 2 so will I now be made a
Grade 2 member and I am going to start my Grade 3?!!”.

The CSA Individual membership Grades are totally separate to the DLC’s hence why the DLC’s are entitled A, B and C and
the individual member Grades are 1, 2 and 3.

Individual Membership (graded by Assessment Panel)
This category of membership involves you completing an Individual membership Application form (latest version always
available to download from our website under members and then membership). Complete the application form in full (do
not leave sections blank as this will only delay your application). E-mail your application form with accompanying CV and
references, if requested, to the CSA office and this is then sent to our Assessment Panel for approval and Grading. Once
approved you will receive a CSA ID card which includes your grade and a certificate and welcome pack. You will then be
added to our databases and you will receive all the benefits and discounts of membership.

Distance Learning Courses A, B and C
Members and non-members can enrol on one of our Distance Learning Courses and these are entitled A, B or C. A is
predominantly for beginners/Trainees to the Commissioning industry and B for more intermediate commissioning engineers
and C is for more advanced engineers with hands-on commissioning experience. All course contents are listed on the CSA
website www.csa.org.uk.

Enrolling on a DLC
Enrolment forms available to download on the CSA website under Training & Career tab then Distance Learning. Complete
appropriate enrolment form and e-mail it to the CSA offfice. We will invoice you or your company and then e-mail you the
first 3 modules of your DLC together with your instructions. These inform you that you have 1 year to complete the course
and includes full details of your personal tutor who you can contact at any time if you have any queries with the course.
All homework and course modules are electronically e-mailed to you via Tracey in the CSA office.

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