Certified Firms

Sure we are certified...yes you post the little IICRC thingy...but most customer don't know much about certification....

as for business from being certified....... nada

I believe you underestimate your customers. When you show them you are a Certified Technician, I believe they register in there mind that you should know what you are doing. Great selling tool!

Good question though. My question to you in the forum is that I can not believe the amount of people that have taken a certified course, passed and does not bother to re-new each year. Why is that?

I agree...big scam foolishness....once your certified...why do you have to renew each year or take the course over....

money grab at it's best....they should just do the course and sell you the books

ONE TIME FEE...

damn I wish I had thought of IICRC

Well I've been paying for many years and I don't agree...you get one stinky news letter(thats if you get it) what do they do for my dues....just insist that I take more courses...so they can make more money.....

I seriously thought about writting a book "Carpet cleaning for dummies" That could cover everything that they do in their rip off little seminars...

I would write a series for everything they got....

I pay my dues...I carry the card.....but I find that I have got nothing out of it..it's all theory very little practical.....all you got to do is listen to what the instructor tells you...high light it....remember it for the test...and there you go 100%

But does it help you when you go out into the field....NO

It's just another scam to take money away from the hard working people...why should anyone pay the dues for nothing...

Wake up people and smell the coffee.....(there is no free lunch)

The IICRC burns me up...I wonder if anyone here would like to sit down and help me put together a book(this is one thing I would do for free)

Maybe we could get input from all over the world

what does IICRC DO for its members...let me tell you...collect your dues...otherwise nothing

Education is GREAT, but paying for keeping a certification you already earned seems wrong to me. What, are you going to become WORSE at your job as time goes on? Or are you going to master your job or method or whatever?

Any businessman is going to improve, so the renewing of certification makes no sense to me.

This reminds me of another story related to IICRC, in Quebec a homeowner is not allowed to do their own wiring during renovation by law and the insurance companies stand behind that decisiion, you know why........Only a CERTIFIED ELECTRICIAN can connect a black wire to another black wire and a white wire to another white wire. Only a certified roofer can hammer in a nail, only a certified lawn care attendant can spray a chemical on your lawn, only a certified technician can move around a satellite dish outside while his helper inside screams out HEY HEY Thats it we got a picture, you need to be a certified  whatever just to make some other assholes think of more crap that they can sell you and tell you how clean your shirts can be, and what cigarettes are better for you to smoke. Please remember all you hard working carpet cleaners out there, you work hard for your money, and don't think a customer gives a dam if you show them a certification card as a professional carpet cleaner.......they're going to think you're retarded or trying to scam them or something. Do you not think this same customer has never cleaned a dish, or cleaned a wall ,or painted one, or even rented a carpet cleaning machine from the local foodstore..........what does that make her.........I'll tell you what that makes her...........A CERTIFIED CARPET CLEANER AND ALL AROUND MAINTENANCE  AND SANITARY ENGINEER.........AND HOW IS SHE CERTIFIED BOYS AND GIRLS...........BY HER HUSBAND, HER KIDS, HER FAMILY MEMBERS, HER FRIENDS, AND MOST OF ALL BY THE WAY HER HOME LOOKS AND SMELLS.     IICRC, YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF. AGAIN I HAVE TO SAY.........WE PLAY WITH SOAP AND WATER........I DID THAT WHEN I WAS 2 YEARS OLD TAKING A BATH, WE ALL DID, WE STILL DO, EXCEPT NOW WE GET PAID FOR IT BECAUSE OTHERS ARE TOO LAZY, TOO BUSY, OR TOO RICH AND WOULD RATHER SEE US GET DOWN AND DIRTY, IT GIVES THEM A POWER OF SUPERIORITY OVER ANOTHER HUMAN BEING AND DEMONSTRATES TO THE NEIGHBOURS THAT THEY ARE CLEAN AND ECONOMICALLY STABLE.......IT'S A DOMINO EFFECT......THAT'S WHY IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO LEAVE A FLYER OR MESSAGE STATTING YOU JUST CLEANED THEIR NEIGHBOURS HOUSE AND WILL BE IN THE AREA FOR THE NEXT 2 WEEKS. OR KNOCK ON THEIR DOOR WHILE CLEANING SO THAT THEY CAN COME OVER AND SEE THE WORK IN PROGRESS.

         JACK FROM MONTREAL      AKA  NIGHTRIDER