Renewing Your Membership
If you are a Full (FM) or Certificate (CM) Member you can:
- renew at the same level (prerequisites are 30 hours of PD, professional indemnity insurance and appropriate fee paid)
- renew as non practicing if you are not seeing clients so don’t require insurance but want to stay a voting member of the AHHCA and be kept in the loop (NP fee applies)
- upgrade to Approved Trainer (normal prerequisites PLUS teaching qualification and First Aid certification and AT fee applies)
- notify us in writing of your wish to retire or otherwise cancel your membership
- lapse (if you do nothing)
As an Approved Trainer (AT) you can:
- renew at the same level (prerequisites are 30 hours of PD and professional indemnity insurance, PLUS keeping teaching and First Aid certifications up to date – AT fee applies)
- downgrade to Full or Certificate Membership (based on previous level of membership, with prerequisites of 30 hours of PD and professional indemnity insurance – Full/Certificate Membership fee applies)
- renew as non practicing if you are not seeing clients so don’t require insurance but want to stay a voting member of the AHHCA and be kept in the loop (NP fee applies)
- notify us in writing of your wish to retire or otherwise cancel your membership
- lapse (if you do nothing)
If you are currently a Non Practicing (NP) you can:
- renew at same level if you are still not seeing clients (NP fee applies)
- upgrade to a practicing level of membership (Full or Certificate) based on previous level of membership, requiring professional indemnity insurance and the payment of Full/Certificate Member fee
- upgrade to Approved Trainer (prerequisites are 30 hours of PD and professional indemnity insurance, PLUS teaching and First Aid certifications and payment of AT fee)
- notify us in writing of your wish to retire or otherwise cancel your membership
- lapse (if you do nothing)
Life Members (LM) must:
- provide details of 30 hours of PD and professional indemnity insurance and keep contact details up to date
- if you are also an Approved Trainer you also need to keep your teaching and First Aid certifications current
- notify us in writing of your wish to retire or otherwise cancel your membership
- otherwise membership will lapse.
Affiliated Organisations (AO) must:
- pay annual AO fee, keep contact details up to date and provide proof of business insurance
- notify us in writing of your wish to cancel your membership
- otherwise membership will lapse.
Associate Members (AM) must:
- pay annual AM fee and keep contact details up to date
- apply for Full, Certificate or Approved Trainer Membership if they wish to upgrade (using the New Member application process, not the renewal options)
- notify us in writing of your wish to cancel your membership otherwise membership will lapse.
Student Members (SM) must:
- keep contact details up to date
- upgrade to Full or Certificate Membership via the New Member process once studies are completed – $50 discount applies
Annual renewal fees are currently:
- AT – $ 160
- FM – $120
- CM – $120
- AO – $80
- NP – $50
- AM – $50
- SM – $0
- LM – $0