{"id":914,"date":"2021-01-21T13:35:41","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T13:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.bwcmg.org\/?page_id=914"},"modified":"2021-01-21T13:40:03","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T13:40:03","slug":"professional-charter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bwcmg.org\/index.php\/professional-charter\/","title":{"rendered":"Professional Charter"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"914\" class=\"elementor elementor-914\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9700994 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9700994\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-12c805f\" data-id=\"12c805f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76aec3e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"76aec3e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The British Watch & Clock Makers\u2019 Guild<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3b76f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f3b76f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p>Professional Charter<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a11230c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a11230c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">The Guild considers that:\n<p>\nAll members should strive to give the best possible professional service.<br>\nIt is the responsibility of all members to conduct their business with integrity, professionalism, and in a manner that will enhance the reputation of themselves, the Guild and the trade in general.<br>\nIt is in the interests of both the public and the trade that all work is carried out to the highest standards.<br>\nThe member should comply fully with the provisions of the Trades Descriptions Act and all other relevant enactments.<br>\nIt is the responsibility of the member to ensure all staff are aware of, and act within, the Guild\u2019s Professional Charter.\n<\/p>\n<p>MEMBERS CARRYING OUT REPAIRS\/RESTORATION<br>\n\nDuring repair or restoration, a repairer\u2019s responsibility is to the article being repaired\/restored.\u00a0 An important part of a professional restorer\u2019s skill is in helping the owner to make the correct choice from all the possible options.<br>\nAll repairs should be carried out in the manner generally considered to be \u2018best practice\u2019.<br>Originality, of even apparently mundane objects, is of paramount importance.<br>It should be made clear to the client what guarantees are offered, if a member makes exclusions from the guarantee (e.g. mainspring) this should be made clear at the time of estimating.<br>All members should have in place reasonable insurance to cover clients goods whilst in their possession, or make it clear that the client must arrange their own insurance.<br>Members should be prepared to submit itemised estimates and accounts if requested.<\/p>\n\n<p>\n\nMEMBERS RETAILING OR OFFERING GOODS FOR SALE<br>The price should be clearly indicated (including VAT if applicable)\u00a0 and the article should carry such information as the actual, or an estimated, date of manufacture, a full description,\u00a0 and any known restoration or later additions etc.<br>Any guarantee or lack thereof offered with the article should be made clear.<br>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The British Watch &#038; Clock Makers\u2019 Guild Professional Charter The Guild considers that: All members should strive to give the best possible professional service. It is the responsibility of all members to conduct their business with integrity, professionalism, and in a manner that will enhance the reputation of themselves, the Guild and the trade in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-914","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bwcmg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/914"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bwcmg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bwcmg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bwcmg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bwcmg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=914"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/bwcmg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":918,"href":"https:\/\/bwcmg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/914\/revisions\/918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bwcmg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}