BRAMM Accredited Fixers have to be linked to a BRAMM registered business – so you do need to ensure that your business is registered with BRAMM.
No pre-existing qualifications are required. The BRAMM Fixer Assessment is for EXPERIENCED Masons only. If you have memorial fixing qualification, we may accept this as an alternative to experience. Please contact BRAMM Head Office if you wish to discuss this option.
You will need to complete Continuous Professional Development (CPD) on-line, you will automatically be contacted by email. Please note that if you do not keep up to date with the CPD requirement you will be asked to take an in-person BRAMM Fixer Assessment.
If a Burial Authority is signed up to the Scheme and insists that fixers must be accredited then anyone not accredited will be unable to work in that Authority’s Cemeteries unless supervised by a BRAMM accredited fixer.
Every ‘fixing team’ erecting a memorial must have at least one Licenced Fixer. If you have three teams working on three memorials you would need to have at least three Licensed Fixers (one working/supervising on each memorial). No fixing work in cemeteries on any memorial can take place without a Licensed Fixer being present at all times.
You will be provided with a report which will detail why you have failed and what you need to do to gain accreditation next time.
You can retake the BFL Practical Assessment once without having to take a full re-assessment.
If the employer has confirmed in writing that an employee has learning difficulties and would be unable to do the written test then arrangements can be made for an oral test to be taken.
There have been a lot of changes in the methods of erecting memorials over the past 30 20 years and an increasing number of Burial Authorities are insisting that masons working in their cemeteries can prove that they can erect a memorial safely by achieving a recognised qualification to prove current competence and compliance with BS 8415.