What is the maximum number of annual meetings or conventions that the Aerus Operating Principal is required to attend in a calendar year?
Aerus Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
Hours for Standard and Associates 40 80 | | | | | who sign a Beyond Addendum | | | |Your operating principal and general manager are required to attend our four (4) day Management and Business Administration ("MBA") training program in Dallas, Texas, or such other location within the United States or Canada which we may designate. You may want to bring other employees to training. For in-person training that occurs at Dallas, Texas or an Aerus Business we designate, you may bring up to a total of 3 individuals to training. We may also offer certain aspects of MBA training online through our interactive training website www.aerusuniversity.com and/or allow you to attend certain aspects of MBA training remotely through telephone or web conference. If so, travel may not be required and there is currently no limit to the number of your employees that may attend our remote training options. Training topics include, among others, accounting practices, understanding profit & loss statements with projections, extensive training on our proprietary accounting software (FOAS and FAST), determining order levels of consigned product and parts, recruiting, training and retaining sales and service personnel, marketing and advertising guidelines, database management, strategies when operating a franchise in the healthy home industry. Franchisees who sign a Beyond Addendum must also attend an additional one (1)
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day Beyond Product training. MBA training is held on an as needed basis. However, our interactive training website www.aerusuniversity.com can be accessed online at any time.
All franchisees are also required to attend one (1) week of on-the-job training which shall be conducted in an Aerus Business. Franchisees who sign a Beyond Addendum must also attend an additional one (1) week on-the-job Beyond Product training that must also be conducted at an Aerus Business. (Franchise Agreement Section 8).
We or our affiliates conduct our training program.
Source: Item 15 — Obligation to Participate in the Actual Operation of the Franchise Business (FDD pages 53–54)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Aerus's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the Operating Principal and General Manager are required to attend a four-day Management and Business Administration (MBA) training program. This training takes place in Dallas, Texas, or another designated location within the United States or Canada. The MBA training is held on an as-needed basis.
In addition to the MBA training, all franchisees must complete one week of on-the-job training at an Aerus Business. Franchisees who sign a Beyond Addendum must also attend an additional one-week on-the-job Beyond Product training at an Aerus Business.
While the FDD specifies required training programs, it does not explicitly state a maximum number of annual meetings or conventions that the Aerus Operating Principal must attend. A prospective franchisee should clarify with Aerus the annual meeting or convention attendance requirements to fully understand the ongoing obligations.