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Validator Agreement
The terms that govern paid validation work on EngTree — built around chartership, professional indemnity, and the liability framework for safety-critical content.
Status — drafting in progress
This document is being authored by our legal advisor.
EngTree is pre-launch ahead of our Pre-Seed raise. Formal legal documentation — drafted by a qualified UK solicitor, reviewed for UK GDPR + ICO compliance and engineering-sector-specific liability — is being authored in parallel and will be published here before public launch.
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Email us a questionScope of this document (when finalised)
- Eligibility — CEng / IEng / international-equivalent active registration
- Tier-1 / Tier-2 / Tier-3 validation responsibilities and fees (£50 / £150 / £400 per validation)
- Quarterly revalidation retainer terms
- AI Pre-Check workflow — what Claude flags vs what you assess
- Liability framework for Tier-3 (safety-critical) validations — PI cover requirements + platform indemnity scope
- Standards-currency obligations — when a referenced standard is superseded, who's responsible for flagging
- Validator code of conduct — independence, disclosure of conflicts, dissent flagging (Galileo flag)
- Editorial Curator role (Stage 2) — eligibility, fees, scope of authority over a topic constellation
- CPD attribution for validation work
- Payment terms, tax withholding, international payment routing
- Termination and validator-record portability
Last reviewed by EngTree team: 16 May 2026 · Source-of-truth file will replace this placeholder on publication.