Hi, Lynda. AARST National refers to the industry association. You can join the association here: https://aarst.org/memberships/.

Kyle, thank you for your reply. I've been a dues paying, card carrying AARST member for 13+ years. I thought in order get to the page to take advantage of the membership-perk free CE classes, you had to be an AARST member.

Of all the AARST free CE classes listed on the page, 2 or 3 specifically state *open only to members of AARST National. This confuses me. It has me thinking there's something additional that makes an AARST membership become an AARST National membership.

I looked it up with the help of Jane Malone and you are in fact a member of National. All you will need to do I think is log in and you should be able to access the CE.

Thank you so much for taking the time to do this research! I myself did further research last week. I found out to be a National member, one needs to be certified with NRPP, which I am, in addition to being an AARST member. The AARST CE page is really short on explaining all this.

Hi Lynda,
Possession of a credential from NRPP is not a prerequisite for joining AARST.
Jane

Thanks, Jane! So I learned!

Regards,
Lynda