The WoolSafe® Fabric Care Specialist Course is available on-line and is approved for two IICRC CECs for cleaning, restoration or inspector categories. According to Ruth Travis , WoolSafe®’s North American Director, “Previously the course was only offered in a face-to-face format with limited availability to professional cleaners interested in learning more about wool and high-value wool carpet and rug cleaning. Now students throughout the world will have the opportunity to choose to attend a course in person or study on-line.”
Originally established in 1991 by the International Wool Secretariat (the Wool Bureau in North America) - the WOOLSAFE Organization launched an accreditation program for professional carpet cleaners in October of 1998. The WoolSafe® Certified Operator program was created in response to demand from the cleaning and carpet manufacturing industries and to raise the level of expertise in cleaning wool floor coverings.
The WoolSafe® Certified Operator program now operates in Great Britain, Ireland, Australia, Germany and Greece. It is launching in North America as the WoolSafe® Fabric Care Specialist program.
The WoolSafe® Fabric Care Specialist Training Course provides professional cleaners with a convenient and cost effective means for advancing their knowledge of wool-rich carpet, high-value rug and upholstery cleaning. Students are able to complete the course at their own pace from a home or office computer. The course is intended to supplement training received in other courses.
This course is divided into 33 sections or modules and includes subjects such as:
History of Wool Wool Characteristics Wool Yarn Production Wool Cleanability Wool Fiber Structure Limitations of Wool Chemical and Abrasive Damage Specialty Spotting Wool Cleaning-Related Challenges and Solutions WoolSafe® Approved Cleaning Products WoolSafe Program
Each of the 33 modules is followed by self-evaluation multiple-choice questions, which are based on the information presented in the current module. Students simply read each question and select the correct answer from the options provided. The question is graded electronically for immediate feedback. Once the course is successfully completed, students receive a completion certificate to send to the IICRC for two CECs.
At that time, the WoolSafe® Fabric Care Specialist’s company is eligible to apply as a WoolSafe® Approved Service Provider. If accepted, the Service Provider’s contact information is listed on the International Registry at http://www.woolsafe.org and it has permission to use the WoolSafe® Service Provider Mark in all company promotional programs.
Note from Dusty: I have arranged a $20. discount on this coarse for the next few days with the administrators of the class.
Just click this link for more info and a video tutorial of the course.
*The WoolSafe® Mark is a certification mark registered and owned by The WoolSafe® Organization and is issued by them to chemical manufacturers and suppliers to be used on, or in relation to, carpet and furnishing fabric maintenance and protection products which meet defined standards of performance and safety.
PS. This on-line course is not available for my Aussy or NZ friends. For Woolsafe downunder please contact: Colin Nation at office@woolsafe.com.au or phone mobile 0408 966 500 http://www.woolsafe.com.au
Note: This on-line class is VERY GOOD, however I recommend that you take it before you do a hands-on, brick and mortor class as you will learn a LOT about wool.
I can't express to you how important this is to your success. I myself would not have believed 3 years ago just how much of a difference getting "certified" would make to the success of my own rug care plant.
It was my good friend and close business associate Peter Eckert of Sani-Tech Services (he owns a small franchise chain in BC) that dragged me kicking and screaming all the way to Seattle (A 6 hour trip) to take Aaron Groseclose's RCT (rug cleaning tech) class. I was convinced there was no way this "instructor" who had next to no experience next to me was going to be able to teach me anything. After all I had been caring for carpets all my adult life and had been specializing in loose rug care for almost a decade.
I cared for 100's of rugs a month and had thousands of happy clients.
I was wrong.
Dead wrong.
I in fact learned I knew next to nothing about rug ID. I came back from the class with a new found passion for fine rugs. I learned the basics of rug id and this set me on a road to learn more.
The bottom line is knowing how to ID rugs makes me and my team thousands of dollars a month. Here is a great analogy I like to share on this. If you have a chevy then you don't thing twice about taking your care to the local garage for an oil change, RIGHT?
And do you thing for a moment that a luxury car owner like a Jaguar would take their precious car to the local garage for anything? Not a chance. Am I right or am I RIGHT? The point is that the highter end homeowner with special rugs knows better then to let just anyone even touch his/her rugs.
These prospective clients are VERY particular on who gets to service them. There is a tremendous amount of FEAR and INTREPIDATION involved in letting anyone touch these special rugs. Maybe their rug will be ruined. Maybe lost Maybe stolen. YIKES. We have a big job to instill confidence in these prospects.
You must look, feel, taste and of all speak the right language to get the trust of these clients.
Rug ID is a big start towards this. I am hugely encouraging everyone that is reading this to get to the next rug care class you can hustle your butt to.
I am positive that with this kind of commitment he will be hugely successful in his business! How bout if you jump on the bandwagon and do the same. You can easily become the "GO To" experts in your own town.
The next step is yours!
Aaron Groseclose is doing a RCT rug class in Lancaser PA!
