Steve
I remember it well.
The guy sat next to me in Ron Tilleys class had worked the night shift in a factory in Nottingham and then driven down to Kingston for training. He had heard you could earn £25 per hour as a carpet cleaner. He was fast asleep through the afternoon session. I would love to know what happened to him and whether his dreams came true
Nigel
Ron was my instructor too during my last year in the army, when I was doing the Prochem courses as part of my civilian resettlement.
I remember that the first part of these courses was the scary bit, when Ron explained about the all the fibre and dye tests, and what could go wrong.
There were always a few who didn't bother turning up for the afternoon session, after being scared off, no doubt through beforehand thinking there's nothing to it, and then realising actually there is.
Dave.
i did the prochem course first, even before i had any equipment, and yes, after the first day i nearly walked.
glad i didn't though.
theres a lot of good/excellent suppliers, cleansmart, hydramaster, restoremate, but to answer the real question, who do i think has influenced the industry in a positive way?
for me i'd say robert saunders has given a lot with his fast track style marketing and his IICRC training. don't get me wrong i'm not a fan of fast track but the fact it encourages higher prices means for the likes of the rest of us, its not as hard to get reasonable ones. i think it was chemdry who pushed these boundaries to start with and alltec introduced it to the indipendants. might be wrong though as ive only been in the industry a short while. but thats just my (if not slightly ltd) opinion.