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This privacy notice describes how we collect and use personal information about you should you should you enter into a working relationship with us, in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). 

The SMS is a “data controller”. This means that we are responsible for deciding how we hold and use personal information about you. We are required under data protection legislation to notify you of the information contained in this privacy notice. 

It is important that you read this notice so that you are aware of how and why we are using such information. 

Data Protection principles 

We will comply with data protection law. This says that the personal information we hold about you must be: 

1. Used lawfully, fairly and in a transparent way. 

2. Collected only for valid purposes that we have clearly explained to you and not used in any way that is incompatible with those purposes. 

3. Relevant to the purposes we have told you about and limited only to those purposes. 

4. Accurate and kept up to date. 

5. Kept only as long as necessary for the purposes we have told you about. 

6. Kept securely. 

The kind of information we hold about you 

Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include data where the identity has been removed (anonymous data). 

We will collect, store, and use the following categories of personal information about you. 

(You may come under one or more of the categories listed below.) 

Members 

The Society will collect information that it believes to be relevant and required to understand the member's needs, define its relationship with the Society and to comply with legislation: 

• Personal contact details such as name, title, address, telephone numbers and personal email address 

• Qualifications 

• Business Services 

• Payment details including credit or debit card information or bank account details. 

Course and Event Applicants 

• Personal contact details such as name, title, address, telephone numbers and personal email address 

• Payment details including credit or debit card information or bank account details. 

• Dietary requirements 

• Previous qualifications 

• Any relevant physical/medical conditions 

• Photograph in respect of Qualified Saddle Fitter Course delegates 

City & Guilds Assessment Candidates 

• Personal contact details such as name, title, address, telephone numbers and personal email address 

• Gender 

• Date of Birth 

• Payment details including credit or debit card information or bank account details. 

• Any relevant physical/medical conditions 

• City & Guilds Enrolment Number 

General Enquiries 

• Personal contact details such as name, title, address, telephone numbers and personal email address 

Any person seeking arbitration in a dispute with a member 

• Personal contact details such as name, title, address, telephone numbers and personal email address 

• Any relevant physical/medical conditions 

Any person making a payment to or receiving payment from the Society 

• Personal contact details such as name, title, address, telephone numbers and personal email address 

• Payment details including credit or debit card information or bank account details. 

How is your personal information collected? 

We collect personal information about members and customers from application forms, messages, emails, texts or phone calls and face-to-face provided by yourself or your representatives. 

How we will use information about you 

We need all the categories of information in the list above (see: The kind of information we hold about you) primarily to allow us to perform our contact with you and to enable us to comply with legal obligations. In some cases we may use your personal information to pursue legitimate interests of our own or those of third parties, provided your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests. The situations in which we will process your personal information are listed below: 

Some of the grounds for processing will overlap and there may be several groups, which justify our use of your personal information. 

Members 

• To perform the contract we have entered into with you; 

• Contacting you in relation to your contract or other things of potential interest to you; 

• Making decisions to fulfill our contract with you; 

• Membership administration; 

• listing on SMS web site and Members Lists in printed form; 

• Recording of Continuing Professional Development points 

• Sending: o SMS and industry news, marketing and updates; 

o information on products; 

o information on regulations and recommended policies; 

o event and course invitations and administration; 

• When making an order with a manufacture or supplier; 

• Where we need to comply with a legal obligation; 

• Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests. 

Your contact information may be shared with third parties for the purposes of; 

o promoting your business as an SMS member; 

o marketing relevant to the saddlery industry; 

o providing member benefits; 

o placing an order; 

o contact with Trading Standards in the case of a dispute. 

Third party service providers are likely to be the following organisations: 

o The Worshipful Company of Saddlers; 

o City & Guilds; 

o The Saddlery Training Centre, Salisbury or another Companies involved in relevant training, registration, qualification, certification and other related areas; 

o SMS Trade Members; 

o SMS printing service providers; 

o SMS Press and Marketing providers; 

o SMS Legal Helpline; 

o Yellow Pages; 

o Trade publications; 

o Watson Equestrian Directory. 

o Courier company or Royal Mail; 

o Trading standards 

Course and Event Applicants 

We will only use your personal information when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal information in the following circumstances: 

• To perform the contract we have entered into with you; 

• Contacting you in relation to your contract or other things of potential interest to you; 

• Making decisions to fulfill our contract with you; 

• Course / event administration; 

• To record Continued Professional Development; 

• Marketing of other relevant events / courses; 

• Third parties may be contacted to confirm eligibility to attend under a listed professional body’s membership; 

• Where we need to comply with a legal obligation; 

• Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests. 

Data will be shared with: 

• Officers, directors or representatives of the Society in the process of course arrangements; 

• Relevant professional organisations; 

• Course lecturers; 

• Course venue administrators. 

City & Guilds Assessment Candidates 

We will only use your personal information when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal information in the following circumstances: 

• To perform the contract we have entered into with you; 

• Contacting you in relation to your contract or other things of potential interest to you; 

• Making decisions to fulfill our contract with you; 

• To carry out the necessary administration of the examination process; 

• Where we need to register or apply for Qualifications that you are undergoing training or assessment for; 

• to record results and CPD for future reference by The Society of Master Saddlers; 

• Where we need to comply with a legal obligation. 

Data will be shared with: 

• The Saddlery Training Centre Salisbury; 

• Other SMS recognised training centres; 

• SMS assessors in the examination process; 

• The Saddlers’ Company and City & Guilds for the purposes of learning, assessment, registration and certification. (Please go to the City & Guild’s learner privacy notice at www.cityandguilds.com/learner-policy for further information); 

• Data may also be shared with the Saddlers’ Company (and by extension with City & Guilds) in the event of a request for a reasonable adjustment, or in the course of an investigation, appeal or complaint. 

General Enquiries 

We will only use your personal information when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal information in the following circumstances: 

• Contacting you in relation to your enquiry or other things of potential interest to you; 

• Making decisions to answer your query; 

• Where we need to comply with a legal obligation. 

Data will be shared with: 

• Officers, directors or representatives of the Society to gain advice on the issue raised. 

Any person seeking arbitration in a dispute with a member 

We will only use your personal information when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal information in the following circumstances: 

• Contacting you in relation to your dispute; 

• Making decisions to assist with the dispute; 

• Arranging a second opinion; 

• Where we need to comply with a legal obligation. 

Data will be shared with: 

• Officers, directors or representatives of the Society to gain advice on the issue raised; 

• An SMS representative enlisted to carry out a second opinion; 

• The SMS member with whom you have a dispute; 

• Trading Standards or Citizens Advice. 

Any person making a payment to or receiving payment from the Society 

We will only use your personal information when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal information in the following circumstances: 

• To perform the contract we have entered into with you; 

• Contacting you in relation to your contract or other things of potential interest to you; 

• Making decisions to fulfill our contract with you; 

• Where we need to comply with a legal obligation. 

Data will be shared with: 

• The Society’s book-keeper; 

• The Society’s Accountant; 

• Credit card payment provider if applicable; 

• Courier company or Royal Mail. 

Data Retention 

How long will your information be kept for? 

We will only retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying and legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements. 

In some circumstances we may anonymise your personal information so that it can no longer be associated with you, in which case we may use such information without further notice to you. Once our contract with you is complete we will retain and securely destroy your personal information in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. 

Information will be retained under specific headings as follows: 

Members 

Digital and hard copy information will be held for the duration of your membership. Historical contact details are retained in printed Year Books and Members’ List in the Society’s archives and will have been distributed to the riding public and fellow members. 

Course and Event Applicants 

Full details supplied will be held until the relevant course has been completed and administration finalised or until the applicant informs the Society that they no longer wish to remain on a waiting list. Thereafter the name, company and qualifications of delegates who complete a course will be retained in perpetuity for future reference in regard to ongoing training / membership eligibility. If requested, contact information will be retained in order to inform delegates of future training courses. 

City & Guilds Assessment Candidates 

Full details supplied will be held until the relevant examination has been completed and administration finalised. Thereafter the candidate’s name, enrolment number and qualifications will be retained for future reference in regard to ongoing assessment and membership eligibility. 

Any person making a payment to or receiving payment from the Society 

Information will be held by the Society for the statutory accounting requirements of seven years. 

General Enquiries 

Data will be retained for the duration of the enquiry. 

Any person seeking arbitration in a dispute with a member 

The customer’s information will be held on the member’s file for future reference in regard to membership. 

If you fail to provide personal information 

If you fail to provide certain information when requested, we may not be able to perform the contract we have entered into with you, or we may be prevented from complying with our legal obligations. 

Change of purpose 

We will only use your personal information for the purposes for which we have collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another purpose and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If we need to use your personal information for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and explain the legal basis, which allows us to do so. 

Please note that we may process your personal information without your knowledge or consent, in compliance with the above rules, where this is required or permitted by law. 

Data sharing 

We may have to share your data with third parties, including third party providers and other entities in the group. We require third parties to respect the security of your data and treat it in accordance with the law. We may transfer your personal information outside the UK. If we do, 

you can expect a similar degree of protection in respect of your personal information. 

Why might we share your personal information with third parties? 

We might share your personal information with third parties where required by law, where it is necessary to administer the working relationship with you or where we have another legitimate interest in doing so. (See specific categories for more information) 

Which third party service providers process your personal information? 

“Third parties” include third party service providers (including designated agents) and are listed under specific categories above. 

How secure is your personal information with a third party service provider and other entities? 

All our third party service providers and other entities are required to take appropriate security measures to protect your personal information in line with our policies. We do not allow our third party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes. We only permit them to process your personal data for the specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions. 

What other third parties might your personal information be shared with? 

We may share your personal information with other third parties, for example in the context of the possible sale or restructuring of the business. We may also need to share your personal information with a regulator or to comply with the law. 

Data Security 

We have put in place measures to protect the security of your information. Third parties will only process your personal information on our instructions and where they have agreed to treat the information confidentially and to keep it secure. 

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal information from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal information to those employees, agents or other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal information on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentially. 

We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a suspected breach where we are legally required to do so. 

Rights of access, correction, erasure, and restriction 

Your duty to inform us of changes 

It is important that the personal information we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal information changes during your working relationship with us. 

Your rights in correction with personal information 

Under certain circumstances, by law you have the right to: 

• Request access to your personal information (commonly known as a “data subject access request”). This enables you to receive a copy of the personal information we hold about you and to check that we are lawfully processing it. 

• Request correction of the personal information that we hold about you. This enables you to have any incomplete or inaccurate information we hold about you corrected. 

• Request erasure of your personal information. This enables you to ask us to delete or remove personal information where there is no good reason for us continuing to process it. You also have the right to ask us to delete or remove your personal information where you have exercised your right to object to processing (see below). 

• Object to processing of your personal information where we are relying on a legitimate interest (or those of a third party) and there is something about your particular situation, which makes you want to object to processing on this ground. You also have the right to object where we are processing your personal information for direct marketing purposes. 

• Request the restriction of processing of your personal information. This enables you to ask us to suspend the processing of personal information about you, for example if you want us to establish its accuracy or the reason for processing. 

• Request the transfer of your personal information to another party. If you want to review, verify, correct or request erasure of your personal information, object to the processing of your personal data, or request that we transfer a copy of your personal information to another party, please contact The Chief Executive in writing. 

What we may need from you 

We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access the information (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is another appropriate security measure to ensure that personal information is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. 

Right to withdraw consent 

In the limited circumstances where you may have provided consent to the collection, processing and transfer of your personal information for a specific purpose, you have the right to withdraw your consent for that specific processing at any time, unless it has been produced in printed form distributed to the public or fellow members . To withdraw your consent, please contact The Chief Executive, Hazel Morley. Once we have received notification that you have withdrawn your consent, we will no longer process your information for the purpose or purposes you originally agreed to, unless we have another legitimate basis for doing so in law. 

If you have any questions about this privacy notice or how we handle your personal information, please contact The Chief Executive, Hazel Morley. You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner’s Office, the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues. 

Changes to this privacy notice 

We reserve the right to update this privacy notice at any time. We may also notify you in other ways from time to time about the processing of your personal information. 

If you have any questions about this privacy notice, please contact: 

The Chief Executive 

The Society of Master Saddlers (UK) Ltd 

Green Lane Farm, Stonham, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 5DS 

01449 711642 enquiries@mastersaddlers.co.uk 

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This Privacy Policy is designed to give you useful information about the way we collect and use personal information and how we use cookies.
Please read the following carefully because by visiting our websites and/or send us your personal information you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this policy.
For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998 (the Act), the data controller is The Society Of Master Saddlers (UK) Ltd, Green Lane Farm, Stonham, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 5DS. (referred to in this policy as "we").

Information You Give Us
You may give us information about you by filling in forms on our site or by corresponding with us by phone, e-mail or otherwise and we will only use that information as we specifically state when you provide that information or as set out in this policy. Some examples of the information that we collect and how we use it are:

• Email and other contact details: You may wish to contact us from time to time by sending us letters or emails or by filling in contact forms on one of our websites. We will only use this information to respond to your query or suggestion.

Information We Collect About You
With regard to each of your visits to our site we may automatically collect the following information:

• technical information, including the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform;
• information about your visit, including the full Uniform Resource Locators from which you have visited our site or that you visit after our site; page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), and methods used to browse away from the page.

We will use this information:

• to administer our site and for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, statistical and survey purposes
• to improve our site to ensure that content is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer
• to allow you to participate in interactive features of our service, when you choose to do so
• as part of our efforts to keep our site safe and secure
• to measure or understand the effectiveness of advertising we serve to you and others, and to deliver relevant advertising to you
• to make suggestions and recommendations to you and other users of our site about goods or services that may interest you or them.

Information We Receive From Other Sources
We may receive information about you if you use any of the other websites we operate or the other services we provide. We may also receive information about you from any of business partners to whom you may have given your details with permission for them to send it to us.

Changes To Our Privacy Policy

Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy policy.

Contact
Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed to:
Green Lane Farm,
Stonham,
Stowmarket,
Suffolk,
IP14 5DS

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Disclosure Of Your Information
We may share your information with selected third parties including:

• Business partners, suppliers and sub-contractors for the performance of any contract we enter into with them.
• Advertisers and advertising networks that require the data to select and serve relevant adverts to you and others. We do not disclose information about identifiable individuals to our advertisers, but we may provide them with aggregate information about our users. We may also use such aggregate information to help advertisers reach the kind of audience they want to target.
• Analytics and search engine providers that assist us in the improvement and optimisation of our site.

We may disclose your personal information to third parties:

• In the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we may disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets.
• If we or substantially all of our assets are acquired by a third party, in which case personal data held by it about its customers will be one of the transferred assets.
• If we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our terms of use and other agreements or to protect our rights, property, or safety or that of our customers or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

Third Party Sites
Our site may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.

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Society of Master Saddlers’ Training Courses

 Terms and Conditions of Booking courses, assessments and modules

 

The Terms and Conditions set out below and our Privacy Policy together constitute an agreement between you and The Society of Master Saddlers relating to the provision of training courses and assessments. When you make a booking with The Society of Master Saddlers, you agree to our payment terms – we do not accept any other payment terms.

 

Within these terms:

·        We refer to The Society of Master Saddlers as The SMS, SMS, We, Us, Our etc.

·        We refer to the person placing the booking and attending the course or assessment as the attendee, you, your or they.

 

 

1.      Acceptance of Bookings:

a.      Our Moodle training website (mastersaddlers-training.co.uk) guides you through the booking process for our fitting courses.   All course details can be reviewed before completing the booking, so please take the time to read through all course information before completing the booking.

b.     The Society of Master Saddlers uses Moodle for delivery of Theory components for all fitting courses.   A log-in account needs to be created to book any course.

c.      Bookings for member Modules or Flocking or Skill Assessments are made direct with SMS head office at enquiries@mastersaddlers.co.uk.

d.     All bookings are subject to availability and review and we reserve the right to right reject a booking. If we do not accept your booking, we will inform you by email as soon as possible.

e.      Once a booking has been made for a training course, you will receive a confirmation email and immediate access to the theory content for that course.

f.       All course venue details are contained within the Moodle site and will be updated accordingly with venue details if they are subject to change.

g.      All application details will be collected as part of the course you have signed up to complete and this is a requirement prior to theory information being released.

h.     All courses contain a “How-to guide” within the course page and guidance can be sought via Training@mastersaddlers.co.uk. Please submit screen shots with any help requests.  

i.        The Society of Master Saddlers reserves the right to alter the advertised schedule of courses, which may include cancellation of a course. Whereby a course has to be cancelled by the SMS, an alternative course date will be provided or upon request a full refund, less any theory costs.

 

 

2.      Payment & Invoices:

a.      Payment for all courses are due 6 weeks prior to the practical element of the course.

b.     At the time of booking you can select whether to pay by card or PayPal credit scheme.

c.      The price featured for any course is the fee per person.  Attendees are not permitted to share course content with any other parties. All SMS content is subject to copyright.

d.     VAT is applicable to all fees at the standard rate for all hybrid courses and for your country of residence for Theory only courses.

 

3.      Cancellation & Transfers:

a.      If the attendee can no longer attend a course or assessment date, the attendee can be transferred to attend the same course or assessment at an alternative date, if we are advised more than 30 days within writing. Transfer requests made within 30 days of the course date are not accepted unless there are exceptional personal circumstances – Requests must be put in writing and The SMS will assess the request and advise. All written requests in regard to transfer of fitting courses or assessments must be made to Training@mastersaddlers.co.uk.   Written requests in regard to member Modules or Flocking or Saddlery Skills Assessments must be made to ceo@mastersaddlers.co.uk

b.     Cancellation requests made within 30 days of the course date will be subject to review by The Society of Master Saddlers and if the space can be filled, a refund may be given, less the portion of the course fee payable to access the online Moodle training and will incur a non-refundable, non-transferable charge of 10% of the course fee.

c.      Cancellation requests made with over 30 days until the course date will incur a non-refundable, non-transferable charge of 10% of the course fee with the remainder being refunded, less the portion of the course fee payable to access any online Moodle training.

d.     All cancellation requests for fitting courses must be made in writing by email to Training@mastersaddlers.co.uk prior to the course date or for member modules, Flocking or Saddlery Skill Assessments to ceo@mastersaddlers.co.uk

e.      No shows on the day without any notice will be classed as cancelling on the day and no refund or transfer of the fee will apply.

f.       All advertised programmes require a minimum number of bookings to be placed on each course. Where this number is not reached, we may choose to cancel the course.  Where The Society of Master Saddlers cancels a course, individuals with confirmed bookings on that course will be offered alternative dates.  If none can be provided or any alternative date offered is unsuitable then a full refund will be given.  If we need to cancel a course/change venue then 14 days’ notice will be provided unless Government or Equine Disease Control restrictions prevent 14 days’ notice being given.

g.      The Society of Master Saddlers will not be liable for any losses or expenses, including consequential, arising from any such alterations or amendments to the programme content and schedule including cancellation.

 

4.      Terms for the Practical Component of any Course or Module:

a.      Joining instructions are provided within the Moodle course page for the practical portion of a fitting course at the time of booking. Should you not be able to see the venue information, please email Training@mastersaddlers.co.uk.

b.     Venues for the practical component of the courses will be confirmed by the time of booking, on a rare occasion the venue may change details. If the venues are subject to any changes, this will be completed at least 2 weeks before the course date and an email notification will be sent out.

c.      Acceptable Use of Facilities: In placing a booking you agree to abide by The Society of Master Saddlers’ Acceptable Use Policy relating to the use of facilities provided by the SMS. This policy requires the following:

                                                              i.      None of The Society of Master Saddlers’ facilities or venues may be used to locate, display or transmit any material which is illegal or offensive,

                                                            ii.      No software may be downloaded or installed on any of The Society of Master Saddlers’ computing equipment unless under the explicit direction of The Society of Master Saddlers’ Trainer,

                                                          iii.      No data may be imported which has not been checked for viruses and which is not under the explicit direction of The Society of Master Saddlers’ Trainer

                                                          iv.      The Society of Master Saddlers’ premises and venues are non-smoking and all delegates are required to adhere to this policy.

                                                            v.      The Society of Master Saddlers reserves the right to refuse access to its facilities, premises and venues where there is reason to believe that a delegate is in breach of these conditions or where a delegate uses threatening, bullying, harassing or disruptive behaviour.  The Society of Master Saddlers will not be liable for any losses or expense (including course fees and consequential damages) incurred by a delegate arising from such an exclusion.

 

5.      Theory Only Course Terms:

a.      All theory only courses are subject to Term 1 – Acceptance of Booking, therefore upon payment which is due at the time of booking any other terms become void due to the Instant access to Theory Content, therefore there will be no refunds or transfers available.

b.     Our online courses are self-paced study delivered via Moodle platform.

 

 

6.      Terms for Live Components of any Course or Module:

a.      The Society of Master Saddlers may provide access to our online training platforms or webinars in order for delegates to attend an online training course.

b.     It is the delegate’s responsibility to check that they have the appropriate equipment and connectivity prior to joining an online course / webinar and to cancel within the required timescales where these cannot be met.

 

7.      The Society of Master Saddlers will not be responsible for failures to connect due to software or hardware requirements not being met, internet drop-outs or failures, issues with firewalls or being unable to download the required Course, Module or Assessment Attendance:

a.      By paying the course or module fee or by attending any non-fee paying event participants of SMS training courses, events, modules and assessments accept and shall be subject to the following:

                                                              i.      With the exception of death or personal injury caused by our negligence during a course, The Society of Master Saddlers, its employees, servants, agents and consultants will not be liable for any injury to any person or persons arising from or in connection with the course or the Participant’s attendance.

                                                            ii.      The Society of Master Saddlers, its employees, servants, agents and consultants shall not under any circumstances be liable for any other loss or damage, for any loss of profit or any indirect special or consequential loss, costs, expenses or other claims for compensation whatsoever to or suffered by the Participant or the Principal and / or their business arising from or in connection with the course or the Participant’s attendance, howsoever caused.

                                                          iii.      The Participant and the Principal severally undertake to indemnify The Society of Master Saddlers against any claim of any kind by any person and against any loss or damage which may arise in any way whatsoever from or in connection with the Participant’s attendance at the course and to pay to The Society of Master the amount of any claim as aforesaid which is made against any employee, servant, agent or consultant of The Society of Master Saddlers.

                                                          iv.      In accepting this offer of training, participants acknowledge that The Society of Master Saddlers does not warrant the success or otherwise of the Participant or their business and further that responsibility for the business and any services supplied by the participant or their business lies with the participant alone.

                                                            v.      It is the responsibility of the participant to ensure that they have adequate insurance in place to carry out any procedures in relation to their business or work as a saddler or saddlery fitter.

b.     software due to internal security policies.

 

IMPORTANT:  Acceptable use of SMS logo or wording connected to course attendance

The Society’s logo is a registered trade mark and as such may only be displayed by persons authorised to do so by the SMS.  Attendance of a course or assessment run by the SMS does not qualify a delegate to display the logo.  Delegates are also not permitted to use the term ‘Certified / Trained by the Society of Master Saddlers’ or any version thereof.  When stating that a delegate has attended a course run by the SMS the full title of the course must be included to show the level of training received.  Introductory fitting courses do not lead to a qualification and delegates must not therefore imply such.  A ‘Confirmation of Attendance’ will be sent to all delegates for CPD purposes.