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How To Join

If you are interested in becoming a Full or Associate member of APMC, please contact the Membership Office to find out how.

How Do I Do That?

You can enquire by ...

Telephone to the Membership Office on 01200 425494
Email to: membership@associationofprofessionalmolecatchers.org

Alternatively, you can find full contact details for APMC's Membership Office here

Why Can't I Just Apply For Membership Now?

APMC is a non-commercial organisation and does not currently accept membership on demand and qualified by interest or payment alone.

Enquiring to APMC before submitting a formal application for membership means the Membership Office will be able to help you with any questions you might have about APMC and assist you in determining which membership option is most appropriate to your occupational circumstances as a mole catcher.

Also, in some circumstances, for example where applicants for APMC membership are subscribed members of an organisation Affiliated with APMC or have a trade account with an APMC Affiliated supplier of equipment, the Association is disposed to acknowledge those commitments by offering significant discounts on APMC's standard fees for annual membership.

What Information Might I Be Asked To Provide When I Apply Formally?

Formal application for APMC membership requires simply that you fill out and submit the membership form.

The type of information we might ask you to provide formally might include:

Your Personal Details
We ask you to provide your name and adequate contact details so that APMC can phone you or write to you by email and/or land mail.
Your Trading/Employment Details
We ask you to provide us with a small amount of detail describing your trading identity (if any) and your employment/trading status
Your Mole Catching
We ask you to provide us with some information about your mole catching services, how long you have been catching moles occupationally and your experience to date.
Concessionary Rate Membership Fee
If APMC has advised you that your are entitled to apply for membership at the Concessionarry Rate fee, and you wish to claim that benefit, we ask you to confirm those details for our records.

Please see the side column of this page for more information about Concessionary Rate membership fees.

In general, APMC's formal membership application processes are designed to provide us with sufficient information to process your application only.

APMC respects your privacy and discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information about you only to those of its employees, agents, Affiliated partners and contractors that need to know that information in order to qualify or process it on APMC's behalf or to provide services available at or through APMC's web sites and services (please see our web site Privacy page for further information.)

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About Concessionary Rate Membership Fees

What is it?

APMC's Concessionary Membership fee is a discount provision made available to applicants for APMC membership and who can fulfil certain criteria.

How would it benefit me?

If you are entitled to and apply for membership at the Concessionary Rate you could save one-third on the standard annual fees for Full or Associate Membership of APMC.

Why?

APMC values highly the support and good standing our Affiliated and other partner interests deliver to occupational mole catching.

Similarly, APMC appreciates the importance of mole catchers recognising and engaging with suppliers of quality equipment and connecting with responsible Membership Organisations representative of mole catchers and/or the environment mole catchers work in.

APMC recognises and acknowledges those investments by member mole catchers through the Concessionary Rate fee provision.

How does it work?

Prior to applying formally for membership of APMC the Membership Office will have discussed with you and advised whether or not you are entitled to apply for membership at the Concessionary Rate fee.

If you are entitled to apply at the Concessionary Rate, you must complete that section of your application form to register your claim to membership at the Concessionary Rate.

Please note:
APMC reserves the right and prior to accepting your membership application to contact the APMC Affiliated or partner interest concerned to verify your entitlement to membership at the Concessionary Rate.