[Mike Cottam]

Is anybody attending the carpet cleaning training course at Cleansmart in Nottingham on Thursday?

Being a complete carpet cleaner newbie (“all the gear and no idea”), I am really looking forward to learning as much as I can from Derek Bolton.

This is a great forum too, everyone is really helpful!

 

[sean oregan]

There are a few very good training programs I have been on all Derek bolton's courses they are really good and he is a real gent.
Also worth looking at are Alltec with Paul Pearce very good also what Paul doesn't know isn't worth knowing.
I think John and Lynn (Restoremate) do courses  aswell but I never been on one but John defo knows his stuff.
If I could offer any advice it would be "go on as many courses with different people"

[COLIN BRIGHT]

always training before trading... the more you learn the better you will be at you job.. it is unbelievable just how many people go to a janitorial shop, buy a low powered waste of money machine and the bloke selling to them teaches them some "tricks of the trade" get the best training possible, buy the best you can afford and do the best job you can, you NEVER stop learning so keep training.

[Ian Harper]

Mike Cottam

The only one in my view for basic is prochem as its linked to the products and teaches you about preventive, corrective, and salvage cleans.

The link between products and training  is so very important. its these products that have been designed to give answers to many cleaning problems. all the other courses will teach you this link in stain removal but does not expend on it to what is the main area of carpet and upholstery cleaning.

For a marketing point products also play their part. its a matter of translating what the products do into the problems prospects  are seeking answers for. 

many of these courses are very basic but prochem is the best, for more advanced then British institute of cleaning science was set up to advance cleaning and they do this with many schools from teaching operatives on site to use mops to more advance stuff like how detergents work.  no group in the UK or world can touch them.

much of what you learn after paying out for these basic courses you will learn with BICSc

Good luck

[Mike Cottam]

Thanks for the input everyone. I attended the training course today and it will prove invalueable to my business confidence and professionalism.

[Dan Wileman]

BICS will cost you £600 to learn how to mop in a figure of 8 and plug a vacuum in safely. Completely Pointless for carpet cleaning when there are so many specific trainers around.