IICRC Carpet Cleaning Technician

Location:  Columbus, OH

Class Dates: March 3 & 4

Price:  $269 / Additional Person $229

Instructor:  George Cazares

 

Class Description:

 

 

• The most commonly encountered natural (wool, cotton, silk, sisal) and synthetic (nylon, polyester, olefin, acrylic, rayon) carpet fibers- characteristics
• The carpet manufacturing process: fiber selection, fiber production, (natural, synthetic continuous filament and stubble), yarn manufacturing (spinning, twisting, heat setting), construction (tufted, woven, fusion bonded), dyeing, and finishing - how each step effects clean ability.
• Fundamentals of cleaning: dry soil removal (vacuums and vacuuming), soil suspension (chemical action, heat agitation, time), related to every cleaning job.
• Cleaning methods: hot water extraction, absorbent pad (bonnet) cleaning, absorbent compound, rotary and dry foam shampoo, and encapsulation low moisture cleaning.
• Corrective and restorative deep cleaning: equipment, procedures, indoor environmental quality.
• Operational efficiency: van accessories, portable heaters, injection sprayers, electric sprayers, battery sprayers, pump up sprayers, cleaning wands and wand technique and power wands.
• Fundamentals of cleaning chemistry: the ph scale;, spotting, and effects on carpet fiber; soaps and detergents; hard waters effects upon cleaning; specific solution selection (pre-sprays, rising/extractions, encapsulation, bonnet, rotary or dry foam and boosters)
• Carpet Spotting: contents of spotting kits, spot and stain removal chemical selection, unknown spots, application and procedures, reducing bleaches, oxidizing bleaches, stain removal kits, specific spot and stain removal procedures.
• Safety and job considerations: MSDS, hazard communication, chemical safety, equipment safety, hose handling, customer service considerations waste water handling.
• Carpet problems: detects, characteristics, installation cleaning related problems (shrinkage, streaking, accelerated re-soiling, fungi growth, browning, bleeding, furniture stains), inspection, prevention, customer education and correction.
• Specialty areas: deodorization, carpet and fabric protection, cleaning stain resistant warranted carpets.

 

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IICRC Water Damage Restoration (WRT)

Location:  Columbus, OH

Class Dates: March 24-26

Price:  $349 / Additional Person $279

Instructor:  Dick Driscoll

 

Class Description:

 

 

• Major causes of water damage, finding all the water, responsibilities of the water damage restoration technician, controlling the scene.
• Safety: IICRC Standards - written plans, hazard communication standard, personal protective equipment (PPE), job hazards - slip and fall, electricity, weight of water and eliminating hazards, categories of water damage, third party evaluation
• Equipment of water damage: extraction equipment, inspection tools- thermo-hygrometer, moisture meters, moisture sensors, thermal imaging camera, air movers, axial fans, wall drying units, injection units, dehumidifiers, air filtration devices, foggers
• Chemicals of water damage restoration: biocides and disinfectants, spotting chemicals, rust, browning & yellowing correction, pet urine treatments, carpet cleaning solutions, fine fabric and delicate rugs
• Carpet identification: cushion identification, carpet construction, disengagement procedures, delamination.
• How water flows through the structure: case studies, common structural problems vapor retarding materials, challenges, crawl spaces, hardwood floors
• Simple Psychrometry: the science of drying relative humidity, specific humidity, vapor pressure, dew point, calculations and chart analysis, secondary damage, saturation, permeance, balanced drying system, increasing rate of evaporation, dot communication system
• Mold: types of mold, principles of mold remediation visible mold growth, safety issues
• Drying hardwood and alternate floors: vinyl and hardwood, moisture content, tent drying, push and pull method, negative air method, laminate flooring
• Contents restoration: dying with trapped moisture, drapery, upholstery, books and papers "special-handling contents, contents requiring prompt action
• Clean loss procedures: office procedures, work authorization and deductible, informed consent, drying procedures, taking measurements, inspection and documentation, ceilings, monitoring the mob, work completion and payment
• Grey and black water procedures: ongoing inspection and evaluation, evacuation, mitigation phase, evaluation, coordination, waste disposal, S500 procedures

 

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IICRC Upholstery Fabric Tech

Location:  Columbus, OH

Class Dates: April 14 & 15

Price:  $269 / Additional Person $229

Instructor:  George Cazares

 

Class Description:

 

 

• Opportunities and fears
• Upholstery fibers: cellulosic (cotton, linen, jute) protein (wool, silk) synthetic (rayon, acetate, nylon, polyester, acrylic and olefin), Fiber identification: visual identification, burn testing, chemical testing
• Fiber manufacturing: spinning fiber into yarn, fabric types and weaves- tufting, flocking, weaving
• Types of weaves: plain weave, basket weave, jacquard weave, twill, satin pile, novelty yarns
• Finishing techniques: calendering, glazing, mercerizing, morreing, weighting
• Fabric dyeing: pre and post dyeing: cleaning characteristics and limitations.
• Upholstery cleaning chemistry: the ph scale, upholstery soil versus carpet soil; formulation of upholstery cleaning chemicals, chemistry of dry cleaning.
• Upholstery cleaning basics: upholstery soiling; basics of soil suspension chemical, heat, action, time.
• Principles of upholstery cleaning: dry vacuuming, pre-conditioning, extraction or soil removal, finishing drying.
• The methods of upholstery cleaning: hot water extraction cleaning, cleaning tools, wet shampoo extractions, dry foam shampooing dry extraction, encapsulation cleaning; dry cleaning.
• Spotting: professional spotting kit, spot and stain removal chemicals, specialty procedures for spot removal on upholstery, unknown spots
• Cleaning related problems: bleeding; crocking; fading; fabric deterioration; shrinkage, browning, migrating ink marks; texture change; assessment for potential, prevention and correction.
• Pre-cleaning inspection: potential cleaning related problems, fiber fabric and weave, age and condition; platform issues; reporting findings to the customer.
• Upholstery agitation and grooming tools: grooming; agitation; nap setting, load list.
• Job set up and cleaning procedures: pre-inspection; testing; cleaning codes; preparing work area; grooming and drying; preconditioning; extraction; neutralizing and conditioning; fabric protection; drying.
• Office partition cleaning: construction; cleaning.

 

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IICRC Odor Control

Location:  Columbus, OH

Class Dates: April 28

Price:  $169

Instructor:  Joey Pickett

 

Class Description:

 

 

• Anatomy of odor: How odor is detected: what makes an odor offensive: real odors and heightened awareness (psychological) odors; odor amplification; categories of odor.
• Definitions of odor control: health benefits; nature’s deodorization techniques; identifying odors; and categorizing odors
• Principles and procedures of deodorization: source control; cleaning; recreating the conditions, sealing
• The bloodborne pathogens standard and odor control: exposure control plan; training and education for the technician; record keeping; immunizations; personal protective equipment, engineering controls; housekeeping requirements, universal precautions
• The classes of deodorization chemicals: Absorption, adsorption, and filtration; masking or time release deodorants; pairing agents, biocide and disinfectants; enzyme producing deodorizers, oxidizing gases (ozone); sealing solutions; vapor diffusion deodorizers; cleaning solutions; general purpose and heavy duty water based deodorizers, solvent deodorizers
• The equipment of deodorization: micron particle measurement; safety considerations; injection systems; sprayers; air scrubbers; deodorant diffuser; wet or cold foggers; ultra-low volume wet fogger; thermal or hot foggers; ozone generators
• Pet urine decontamination and deodorization: chemistry of urine; methods of identifying problem areas; problems associated with urine contamination, chemicals and equipment of pet urine decontamination and deodorization; specific treatment procedures; customer education
• Mold and fungi odor: requirements for growth; potential sources; treatment procedures
• Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS): nature of contamination; health effects; decontamination, cleaning, and deodorizing procedures
• Specialized odors and treatment procedures: automobile protein odors; decomposing animal; drug labs; smoke odor deodorization; new carpet odors, power outages and freezers and refrigerators; skunk odors; tear gas

 

 

 

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IOT Certified Mold Technician

Location:  Columbus, OH

Class Dates: May 6 & 7

Price:  $399

Instructor:  Tim Lovell

 

Class Description:

 

 

CMT- Certified Mold Technician
2-day IOT Certification course that provides Continuing Education through the IICRC, AmIAQC, and NEHA. The CMT is a technician level mold remediation training program especially suited for the hands-on remediation worker

 

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Customer Appreciation Dy

Location:  Columbus, OH

Class Dates: August 7

Price:  Free

 

Class Description:

 

 

Come join us for a fun-filled, packed day of food, games, seminars, and unbelievable deals.

Who should be there?
All owners and their crews. Bring your family, your employees, and their families, too. There will plenty of good food, awesome prizes, and representatives from some of the industry’s biggest brands to let you demo their products.

Meet your fellow pros!
You think you are the only cleaner out there with the challenges and opportunities you face? NO WAY! It’s a great time to network and build camaraderie with other professionals just like you.

FOOOOOOD!
You better come hungry, because there is going to be plenty of food. We don’t want any leftovers.

Try the New Stuff!
This is a perfect opportunity to try out all kinds of products. We’ll have truck mounts, rotary power wands, rotary tile and grout tools, upholstery tools galore, restoration equipment, encapsulation machines, accessories, chemicals, and more. We’ll have the latest in technology!

Best of all – it’s FREE. Just RSVP so we know you’re coming!
 

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IICRC Carpet Cleaning Technician

Power-Up 2-Day Hands-On Cleaning

Location:  Columbus, OH

Class Dates: September 23 & 24

Price:  $199 / Additional Person $149

Instructor:  Steve Andrews

 

 

Class Description:

 

 

The ultimate in professional cleaning knowledge condensed into 2 busy days:
• Save money, eliminate waste, and reduce your headaches with the right carpet cleaning process for the job each time, every time!
• Commercial carpet cleaning strategies that will smash down the door to new opportunities.
• Fool-proof techniques for removing stains you previously left behind.
• Eliminate pet odor problems in one step, instantly and permanently.
• Scare away the demons of upholstery cleaning.
• Teach your technicians to clean the most expensive rugs while reducing your liability to virtually nothing.
• 30 minutes of power packed learning will open doors to fast, fool-proof, and profitable cleaning of 85% of leather furniture.
• Tile and grout cleaning-dirty gray to pure white in a single pass.
• Make more money by servicing the wood floor you have been dragging your carpet cleaning hoses across.

Special Bonus Session: Systemized Successful Selling For Technicians
• Sure fire ways to triple your protector sales using the industry’s most effective selling kit for fabric protectors.
• Turn your timid technicians into sales champions that put more money in their pocket and yours!
• Dazzle your customers with how much you care!

Power Up Hands-On Schedule
Day 1, Session 1 (8:30 am to 12:30 pm)
Hands-on procedures for carpet cleaning, encapsulation cleaning, spot and stain removal, and pet odor deodorization.
Day 1, Session 2 (1:30 pm to 5:00 pm)
Hands-on procedures for upholstery cleaning, oriental rugs, and leather cleaning and care.
Day 2, Session 3 (8:00 am to 11:15 am)
Procedures for cleaning hard surface floors-ceramic tile & grout, wood.
Day 2, Session 4 (11:30 am to 1:30 pm)
Bonus Working Lunch. Business building procedures. A complete audit of your company.
Day 2, Session 5 (1:45 pm to 4:00 pm)
Systemized successful selling for technicians.

 

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IICRC Carpet Cleaning Technician

Location:  Columbus, OH

Class Dates: October 6 & 7

Price:  $269 / Additional Person $229

Instructor:  Joey Pickett

 

Class Description:

 

 

• The most commonly encountered natural (wool, cotton, silk, sisal) and synthetic (nylon, polyester, olefin, acrylic, rayon) carpet fibers- characteristics
• The carpet manufacturing process: fiber selection, fiber production, (natural, synthetic continuous filament and stubble), yarn manufacturing (spinning, twisting, heat setting), construction (tufted, woven, fusion bonded), dyeing, and finishing - how each step effects clean ability.
• Fundamentals of cleaning: dry soil removal (vacuums and vacuuming), soil suspension (chemical action, heat agitation, time), related to every cleaning job.
• Cleaning methods: hot water extraction, absorbent pad (bonnet) cleaning, absorbent compound, rotary and dry foam shampoo, and encapsulation low moisture cleaning.
• Corrective and restorative deep cleaning: equipment, procedures, indoor environmental quality.
• Operational efficiency: van accessories, portable heaters, injection sprayers, electric sprayers, battery sprayers, pump up sprayers, cleaning wands and wand technique and power wands.
• Fundamentals of cleaning chemistry: the ph scale;, spotting, and effects on carpet fiber; soaps and detergents; hard waters effects upon cleaning; specific solution selection (pre-sprays, rising/extractions, encapsulation, bonnet, rotary or dry foam and boosters)
• Carpet Spotting: contents of spotting kits, spot and stain removal chemical selection, unknown spots, application and procedures, reducing bleaches, oxidizing bleaches, stain removal kits, specific spot and stain removal procedures.
• Safety and job considerations: MSDS, hazard communication, chemical safety, equipment safety, hose handling, customer service considerations waste water handling.
• Carpet problems: detects, characteristics, installation cleaning related problems (shrinkage, streaking, accelerated re-soiling, fungi growth, browning, bleeding, furniture stains), inspection, prevention, customer education and correction.
• Specialty areas: deodorization, carpet and fabric protection, cleaning stain resistant warranted carpets.

 

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IICRC Fire Damage Restoration

Location:  Columbus, OH

Class Dates: October 20 & 21

Price:  $269 / Additional Person $229

Instructor:  Bill Weigand

 

Class Description:

 

 

• Introduction: definitions: causes of fire damage; restoration contractors
• Characteristics and type of smoke: components of fire and smoke; effects of contamination; summary of ongoing damage created by contamination; categories of smoke residue; behavior of smoke; and immediate safety hazards to be addressed
• Professional responsibility: technician, insured, and the insurance company.
• Conducting the inspection: correct terminology; definitions of stakeholders; communication and paperwork
• Estimating/inspection procedures: general procedures and contents of the test kit; items to be tested
• Integral strategy and planning: job planning; execution objectives; personnel
• Restoration chemicals, supplies, and equipment: Cleaning chemicals; deodorizing agents; equipment (air scrubbers, injection systems, sprayers, exhaust fans; deodorant diffusers, wet foggers, hot or thermal foggers; ozone generators; safety equipment; restoration load lists
• Deodorizing and Odor Control: deodorizing steps (chemical containment, vapor phase, pressurized thermal fogging, ozone gas, sealing); treatment of smoke odors; deodorizing checklist
• Restoration options and the restorer’s responsibility: clean; resurface, replace
• Basic cleaning: the actions of cleaning; setting priorities and where to start; loss containment and safety; work progression
• Furnace systems and ductwork: inspection; refinishing and sealing specifications; refinishing and cleaning specification
• Structural cleaning: chemical and equipment considerations; specifications; cleaning of walls (painted surfaces, wall coverings, unfinished surfaces, masonry, paneling or cabinets) ceilings (acoustical, blown, and painted); wall tile; windows and glass; structural fixtures; concrete floors; and carpeting.
• Contents restoration: cleaning methods, wood furniture restoration; soft furnishings; window treatments; specialized contents cleaning
• Packing moving and storage: security; storage;
• Art restoration: construction; preliminary examination; raking light; cleaning, finishing; extensive restoration
• Professionalism in Fire Damage Restoration: the contractor interfacing with the insured and the adjuster
• Pricing, bidding, and estimating
 

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IICRC Water Damage Restoration (WRT)

Location:  Columbus, OH

Class Dates: November 10-12

Price:  $349 / Additional Person $279

Instructor:  George Cazares

 

Class Description:

 

 

• Major causes of water damage, finding all the water, responsibilities of the water damage restoration technician, controlling the scene.
• Safety: IICRC Standards - written plans, hazard communication standard, personal protective equipment (PPE), job hazards - slip and fall, electricity, weight of water and eliminating hazards, categories of water damage, third party evaluation
• Equipment of water damage: extraction equipment, inspection tools- thermo-hygrometer, moisture meters, moisture sensors, thermal imaging camera, air movers, axial fans, wall drying units, injection units, dehumidifiers, air filtration devices, foggers
• Chemicals of water damage restoration: biocides and disinfectants, spotting chemicals, rust, browning & yellowing correction, pet urine treatments, carpet cleaning solutions, fine fabric and delicate rugs
• Carpet identification: cushion identification, carpet construction, disengagement procedures, delamination.
• How water flows through the structure: case studies, common structural problems vapor retarding materials, challenges, crawl spaces, hardwood floors
• Simple Psychrometry: the science of drying relative humidity, specific humidity, vapor pressure, dew point, calculations and chart analysis, secondary damage, saturation, permeance, balanced drying system, increasing rate of evaporation, dot communication system
• Mold: types of mold, principles of mold remediation visible mold growth, safety issues
• Drying hardwood and alternate floors: vinyl and hardwood, moisture content, tent drying, push and pull method, negative air method, laminate flooring
• Contents restoration: dying with trapped moisture, drapery, upholstery, books and papers "special-handling contents, contents requiring prompt action
• Clean loss procedures: office procedures, work authorization and deductible, informed consent, drying procedures, taking measurements, inspection and documentation, ceilings, monitoring the mob, work completion and payment
• Grey and black water procedures: ongoing inspection and evaluation, evacuation, mitigation phase, evaluation, coordination, waste disposal, S500 procedures

 

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