Members of The Trade Association for Craftsmen are required to
maintain our Aims & Objectives, or membership will be revoked. These
are:
1. To bring together all artisans engaged in a craft, art, trade,
profession or vocation, in order to safeguard the interests of both
craftsmen and the public.
2. To ensure that the minimum qualifications for membership preserve
the high standards of The Association by excluding unskilled
tradesmen.
3. To publicize these high standards through national and local media,
thus increasing public awareness of the ideals and aims of The
Association and its members.
4. To promote to the public the trading assets of its members, their
honour, integrity, professional expertise, high standards of
workmanship and the value for money which they offer.
5. To provide clear identification and recognition for members, in
order to enable the public to distinguish them from unskilled
tradesmen who try to pass themselves off as master craftsmen, and
so to attract and direct work to members of The Association.
6. To assist all members and to protect them against the damaging
and devaluing activities of the unskilled, against bureaucratic
discrimination, against penal taxation and adverse legislation.
Equally, to protect the public by instilling in our members a greater
sense of responsibility, alerting them to the national importance of
the services they render, monitoring these standards to ensure that
The Association's high standards are being maintained, and by
encouraging members to always strive for excellence.
7. To encourage an interchange of views amongst members, to unite
these views and to bring them to the attention of the Government
and local authorities in order to safeguard the livelihood and
welfare of members and their dependants.
8. To constitute a pressure group to seek the support of one or more
Members of the senate or the House of Representatives to make
sure that someone speaks out for the interests of Association
members where it matters most.
9. To promote continual research within the craft, trade, art, profession
or vocation in which members are engaged, thus benefitting both
members and the public.
10.To foster learning amongst apprentices and students in order to
perpetuate the survival, evolution and success of their particular
craft.
11.To promote sponsorship of The Association by persons, firms and
organizations, whether by financial support, by endorsement of the
activities of The Association, or by patronage.
If you have any questions about The Association, our processes or our
objectives, please contact us here.
• Supporting tradesmen
The Trade Association for Craftsmen using today’s technology
helps its members get online to build and evolve their businesses
by increasing public awareness of their skill and integrity through
national promotion on www.craftsmen.com.ng
Artisans wishing to join Trade Association for Craftsmen are
required to demonstrate the high quality of their workmanship and
continual commitment to excellent customer care, which has to be
upheld in order to retain membership. Maintaining this level of
excellence helps consumers and in turn, your business.
Engaging the Public, Tradesmen and Artisans
We will engage the Public and the Craftsmen with these four rally calls:
1. Awareness: Awaken the minds and hearts of craftsmen and the
general public about the advantages of technology and the opportunity
that technology affords us in improving and providing better and more
efficient services. In addition we would show how to use technology to
their benefit even if they are not digital natives or may not be able to
speak English.
2. Advocacy: Equip and mobilize appropriate organizations and
individuals to be a voice for improved access to technology for the
craftsmen and the public and to those who do not have a voice for the
opportunities that technology provides in our Cities and Nation. We
would also be advocating for standards in the service industry with a view
to making our craftsmen sought after even outside the country
3. Action: Equip and mobilize our tradesmen and artisans to utilize the
most basic technology available not only to access their services but to
improve their services through training, videos and digital specifications
at their fingertips as well as more accurate equipment that will increase
their efficiency on basic tools like mobile phones. In the same way, the
general public will be equipped with the tools to be able to measure and
evaluate both the craftsmen and the services they provide.
4. Accountability: This discipline focuses in on the fact that “unless
we consistently hold each other accountable, the goal naturally
disintegrates in the whirlwind”. We intend to hold the craftsmen and
the general public responsible on these services in a way that is
generally beneficial using various indices like ratings, certification,
seal of approval and security checks
The Power of Many. The Power of Membership.
As an individual business owner, you can only do so much. There are only
24 hours in a day, after all, and there’s only one you. But there’s strength—
and power—in numbers. Through this trade association for craftsmen, you
are more than a single business owner. You are part of a unified, powerful
whole.
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