Getting Certified?
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Topic: Getting Certified?
Posted By: Ken_Is_OK
Subject: Getting Certified?
Date Posted: 18/February/2007 at 10:05pm
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OK so we all know you can be a certified carpet cleaner without EVER having pushed a wand or kicked the switch on a Ninja.
In other words without ever having cleaned a carpet, vacuumed a carpet, seen a carpet being cleaned you can be a FULLY CERTIFIED IICRC Carpet Cleaning Technician. So I'm racking my brain trying to figure out what other professions can one be certified in without ever having done it or seen it done??? Honestly this is not another bash the iicrc thread. What other professional can come into your home, tell you and show you he is certified then do the work and then tell you "Sir this was the first time I have ever done this service in my life"..."In fact this is the first time I have ever used this machine"..."Would you like to pay by cash, cheque, Visa or MasterCard?" |
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Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 18/February/2007 at 10:18pm
I can't think of any off the top of my head  ------------- 
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Posted By: pilediver
Date Posted: 18/February/2007 at 10:27pm
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I would rather have one with the understanding and ambition to invest in formal training than have one who watched a get-rich video and purchased a swirly machine and a portable package from a 1-800 number.
Does the industry need more professionalism? - yes. Can you get it through other current certification agencies yes. Is there a better way to learn? Yes; go work for someone who does know what they are doing. They will in all likelihood for their own interests have you attend IICRC courses even more specialized courses and certification or ASCR or Wools of New Zealand or some others. If you don't think this is the only profession let me list a few that all can be certified with no experience. Locksmiths Small Appliance Repairmen Alarm Installers Gardeners Home Inspectors Which one of these professions has the most competitive marketplace? Certification is a good start - the rest is up to the person who dares call him or herself a professional and truly live up to the meaning of the word. By the way, if you want to know the difference in IICRC it would be a Journeyman or a Master who has more than the papers. ------------- http://www.expertcarpetcare.ca>Carpet Cleaning in Victoria BC |
Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 18/February/2007 at 10:31pm
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Guess that leaves me out? ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 18/February/2007 at 10:33pm
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You can become a journeyman or master without ever doing a job. Just take the required courses and wait the three years. No one from the IICRC will check to see if you've ever done any cleaning -------------
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Posted By: jtuseo
Date Posted: 18/February/2007 at 11:09pm
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In nyc you have to work for a locksmith for 7 years before you can even take the test. ------------- WWW.PREFERREDCARPETCLEANING.COM |
Posted By: pilediver
Date Posted: 19/February/2007 at 12:54am
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Not around here. ------------- http://www.expertcarpetcare.ca>Carpet Cleaning in Victoria BC |
Posted By: nightrider
Date Posted: 19/February/2007 at 2:29am
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Posted By: Hammy
Date Posted: 19/February/2007 at 3:31am
If my memory serves me correct are you not required to have two letters of recommendation from someone related in the industry before receiving you journymen or master cleaning cert? ------------- Could somebody just clean my carpets! |
cmaster wrote:Posted By: Ken_Is_OK
Date Posted: 19/February/2007 at 7:47am
| where can you get certified for alarm install in Canada without ever having seen an alarm. |
Posted By: pilediver
Date Posted: 19/February/2007 at 11:38am
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BC ------------- http://www.expertcarpetcare.ca>Carpet Cleaning in Victoria BC |
Posted By: Ken_Is_OK
Date Posted: 19/February/2007 at 12:17pm
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Posted By: wheelerman
Date Posted: 19/February/2007 at 7:48pm
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I have a "so called competitor" in my city, he advertizes he and his techs are "master cleaners" he gets new techs every spring and I would bet the farm they dont even know what IICRC stands for.I realize that if one person is certified the whole firm is ..or so I was told, but the guy that owns this company is clueless when it comes to cleaning carpet and uphol.
I have never taken to much stock in being or needing to be IICRC certified. |
Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 19/February/2007 at 8:18pm
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You need to go to the Shalon Temple and practice under Sensee Bruse Lee Senter where no on leaves till they can snatch the carpet fibers from his hand. Then and only then Grasshopper can you go out in to the free world and practice the lost are of f**kin the custie and dazzling them with all you certifications?? So Grasshopper!!! go forth and multiply??? ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 19/February/2007 at 8:37pm
And them's the straight goods  -------------
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Posted By: stevnlevine
Date Posted: 25/May/2007 at 2:51pm
| How about wedding photography? I studied photography in college, and apprenticed for two seasons. Now I compete with morons that just bought a digital camera, and have decided to make a quick buck. |
Posted By: nightrider
Date Posted: 25/May/2007 at 3:13pm
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Posted By: stevnlevine
Date Posted: 25/May/2007 at 3:17pm
| No one said they know what they are doing. They are just doing. After they piss off a few brides, their enthusiasm wanes. |
Posted By: nightrider
Date Posted: 25/May/2007 at 5:43pm
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Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 25/May/2007 at 5:55pm
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You are too funny -------------
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Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 25/May/2007 at 6:37pm
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I was the last one to know and the last one to show
I was the last one you thought you'd see there I toasted you said honey we may be threw but you'll never heard me complain Cause Ive got friens in low places think I'll slip on down to the oasis cause I got friends in low places? ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: nightrider
Date Posted: 25/May/2007 at 6:59pm
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Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 25/May/2007 at 8:04pm
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ragweed? ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: nightrider
Date Posted: 25/May/2007 at 8:15pm
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Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 26/May/2007 at 8:26am
Wow. You're not allergic? -------------
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Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 26/May/2007 at 10:01am
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all natural? ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 26/May/2007 at 1:41pm
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No cheap fillers? -------------
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Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 26/May/2007 at 2:03pm
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it works better after you apply killex ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: nightrider
Date Posted: 26/May/2007 at 2:39pm
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Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 26/May/2007 at 3:05pm
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That would be quite the combination -------------
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Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 26/May/2007 at 3:55pm
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magic ragweed?? ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 26/May/2007 at 6:46pm
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That's what STT smokes -------------
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Posted By: pilediver
Date Posted: 26/May/2007 at 7:23pm
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He blows smoke up people's a$$es. ------------- http://www.expertcarpetcare.ca>Carpet Cleaning in Victoria BC |
Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 26/May/2007 at 8:01pm
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that's got to be a real task?? ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 26/May/2007 at 9:26pm
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At least he's good for something -------------
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Posted By: carpetrepairguy
Date Posted: 29/May/2007 at 12:47am
| So back to the I.I.retard carpet cleaning chronicles...There are guys who say they are master certified and can not please a customer to save their businesses, so they go out and buy the biggest, most expensive piece of equipment on the market. They spend a fortune on advertising to pay for the monstrousity that they purchased, and it does not add up to squat. They will settle for what they can get, even if underbidding a job is what it requires. Than there is the person who has been doing this for a long time, who has repeated word of mouth business, who hears from every customer about the guy with the biggest, the best, the most in advertising, the retard carpet cleaner who could not clean very well afterall. The system needs to be looked over again, gone over and revised for the true professional who believes in proper ethics, integrity, and morals. Until than there will always, in my mind, be the I.I.retard carpet chronicals. |
Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 29/May/2007 at 7:39am
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What's your point?? ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 29/May/2007 at 8:44am
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Posted By: pilediver
Date Posted: 29/May/2007 at 10:45am
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He just doesn't get it does he. The nicer the equipment you have or the more of it obviously the more usesless you are as a cleaner. The dirtier the truck the better it runs probably too.
I think he woke up on the wrong side of the bed that day.  ------------- http://www.expertcarpetcare.ca>Carpet Cleaning in Victoria BC |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 29/May/2007 at 11:11am
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He must be using a porty -------------
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Posted By: pilediver
Date Posted: 29/May/2007 at 11:17am
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50 PSI AND 3hg OF VAC ------------- http://www.expertcarpetcare.ca>Carpet Cleaning in Victoria BC |
Posted By: pilediver
Date Posted: 29/May/2007 at 11:18am
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Speaking about portables - have to use my Ninja this morning on an apartment job. ------------- http://www.expertcarpetcare.ca>Carpet Cleaning in Victoria BC |
Posted By: nightrider
Date Posted: 29/May/2007 at 12:34pm
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Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 29/May/2007 at 2:59pm
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I guess there must be nothing else to talk about ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: pilediver
Date Posted: 29/May/2007 at 4:40pm
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I lost my head for a second there. ------------- http://www.expertcarpetcare.ca>Carpet Cleaning in Victoria BC |
Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 29/May/2007 at 4:52pm
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What kind of shape was it in when you found it? ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 29/May/2007 at 6:51pm
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He's still looking for it -------------
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Posted By: pilediver
Date Posted: 29/May/2007 at 8:58pm
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It was beat up and missing a few marbles. ------------- http://www.expertcarpetcare.ca>Carpet Cleaning in Victoria BC |
Posted By: Hammy
Date Posted: 29/May/2007 at 9:47pm
Who needs marbles ?  ------------- Could somebody just clean my carpets! |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 29/May/2007 at 10:05pm
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They just take up space -------------
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Posted By: pilediver
Date Posted: 29/May/2007 at 10:17pm
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And rattle a lot. ------------- http://www.expertcarpetcare.ca>Carpet Cleaning in Victoria BC |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 29/May/2007 at 10:32pm
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Damn. That's where all that noise is coming from -------------
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Posted By: pilediver
Date Posted: 29/May/2007 at 10:33pm
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All that time and you thought it was a rock in a hubcap. ------------- http://www.expertcarpetcare.ca>Carpet Cleaning in Victoria BC |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 29/May/2007 at 10:48pm
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Well now I can stop buying new hubcaps -------------
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Posted By: pilediver
Date Posted: 29/May/2007 at 10:52pm
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Think I should call back whatshisname about the truck? ------------- http://www.expertcarpetcare.ca>Carpet Cleaning in Victoria BC |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 29/May/2007 at 11:30pm
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Why not? Might as well see what's up -------------
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Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 30/May/2007 at 7:44am
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probably nothing? ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 30/May/2007 at 9:07am
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Exactly -------------
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