[Marc Stock]

Thinking of expanding into crime scene cleaning and trauma cleanup.

Been searching on the internet for qualifications in this area, only thing I can come up with is the nacsc. are they the only people who can accredit you?

How much money can you make in this area? is it saturated? or is it very much one of those taboo services that can be lucrative?

[John Kelly]

Very limited opportunities.

[Marc Stock]

Very limited opportunities.

Yeah..ok can you elaborate please?

This is an add-on business. I want to focus mainly on trauma clean up, stabbings, road/rail and civil fatalties clean up.

[Rob_Mac]

You need to speak to Martin606 on here. He does it!

Rob

[BDCS]

I've got the NACSC qualification and it means nowt. They refer very few jobs - the ones their bloke can't cover. You have to "join their club" every year and they have loads of members in every area. Its just a training arm of Ultima cleaning abeit a very profitable one for them. I have done a de-comp roughly every other year, several needle picks and a few blood spills - over the last 6 years. The qualification is with some Welsh examining body nobody has heard of. I'd steer towards guano cleaning as there are millions of pigeons. I think the National flood school do a similar course and there was also someone else sueing Ultima - search the very old posts

[Marc Stock]

Okay so am I right in assuming you don't need a qualification for this kind of work?

[BDCS]

There are no proper qualifications - nothing more than workplace training. I have a certificate to say that I have attended a course and passed an exam. At the end of the day you have to write your own RAMS and they don't train you in the actual work. You need some training and they do give you an idea of the practices involved but the certificate is almost worthless. Book Kevins training centre and I'll come up and train you 

[Carpet Dawg]

Just out of interest, how would you get the work?

Not that I am interested, just want to give the OP something to think about.

[BDCS]

Mostly word of mouth from existing customers and a couple from the nacsc although they take a hefty chunk. The website is still work in progress

[Marc Stock]

There are no proper qualifications - nothing more than workplace training. I have a certificate to say that I have attended a course and passed an exam. At the end of the day you have to write your own RAMS and they don't train you in the actual work. You need some training and they do give you an idea of the practices involved but the certificate is almost worthless. Book Kevins training centre and I'll come up and train you 

ok i will. That sounds great.

[Timmy Boy]

Hi Marc
Done a few jobs like this - they come from the strangest places - solicitors, commercial landlord, and social services. They are mainly a very careful and common sense approach - I know that the term 'common sense' means that everyone should know but you get the idea. Slow work, carefully does it attitude and yellow bag everything! The smell is unique and takes a lot of getting used to and it will get through your coveralls, clothes and no amount of showering seems to get it off! Generally the suicide stuff will be tied up with the police and also include cleaning up cells after drunks have been in there - you get the picture. Any further questions I will try to answer but don't buy any kit until you get the first job and then factor the costs into your first quote. Find out who will take your clinical waste, needles etc. You will defo need a thermal fogger, a proper full face mask and check out chemspec and restoration express for products and equipment.
Hope this helps
Tim