Certification for Michigan Hood Cleaning

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dhadaway632

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Just wondering what I have to do to get my license to do hoods in Michigan. I tried calling the state of Michigan govenrment FDA number and got put on hold for about a week or so. (I kid I kid!) :) Anyhow, I have done a number of hoods, and then I had a chinese lady ask me today if I would just sell here one of my stickers saying that her hood had been professionally washed, and it occurred to me that I can probably get into a lot of trouble if one these things go up in smoke! I have no stickers to give out, and I am assuming or at least hoping they don't just give those to anyone who wants them. Any help with this would be appreciated. I would love to attend some training seminar to get licensed, but as anyone in Michigan knows, they economy sucks, and I'm not making enough money to pay for a seminar!:rolleyes:
 
how's the weather out there?
....I havn't been out there in a month..need to get back
 
There is none and it is the world of idiots out here. Tell that lady to have it cleaned properly, as it is your job to report people like that to protect yourself and anyone else hooked to that building that may go up in smoke. Then raise your price the more she complains. This is not a game when it comes to cleaning. How do you mark the hoods that you clean now? You need to have a sticker or our state Fire marshall is going to get ya. Clean it all the way or stay out of the Grease business. Do not let these people try to push you around. I know of a few that have been taken out of business because of this practice. It's like santa clause. There is the good list and the bad list when the health department, city inspectors or fire marshalls come to visit. You want to be on the good list not the bad one.
 
Ouch, NFPA 96 (2004) 11.4.13 states:
After cleaning is completed, the vent cleaning contractor (you) shall place or display within the kitchen area a label indicating the date cleaned, the name of the servicing company, and areas not cleaned.

You are cleaning to NFPA 96 standards are you not??
 
You don't need certification.Just a general business license.getting training will save you from learning the hard way and I recomend you get trained on the job by a local KEC company.Certification means nothing once you leave the school.
If you still want certification the NORTH EASTERN HOOD CLEANING ACADEMY (NEHCA) offers a test by email for 99.99 and a down loadable certificate you can print out.It is tough it has 15 questions.
A sample question...Does the entire system need to be free of grease?
sample answer...yes
 
Sorry Russ no cheating at NEHCA.I'll give you another sample question.This one will be multiple choice.
Question....What is the proper way to install baffle filters.

A. baffles vertical
B. baffles horizontal
C. doesn't matter(just like certification)
D. ask the customer his preference and oblige him

I will not give the answer as I would rather provoke thought and debate, wich is one of our teaching tools here at NEHCA.
 
john zema said:
Sorry Russ no cheating at NEHCA.I'll give you another sample question.This one will be multiple choice.
Question....What is the proper way to install baffle filters.

A. baffles vertical
B. baffles horizontal
C. doesn't matter(just like certification)
D. ask the customer his preference and oblige him

I will not give the answer as I would rather provoke thought and debate, wich is one of our teaching tools here at NEHCA.
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thanks john i was only messing around i dont even clean hoods i just like hanging around the hood guys ...... i was really poking more at jason than anything ....best of luck
 
Well the right answer would be E--none of the above.

The proper answer is:

Grease filters that require a specific orientation to drain grease shall be clearly so designated, or the hood shall be constructed so that the filters cannot be installed in the wrong direction.

Now having stated that above, 100% of the filters I have seen ( Actor portraying EnviroClean is not affiliated with any one or multiple organizations and exercises the freedom of his own opinion) have been installed vertically.
 
Or E-run without filter so that they (filters) will stay clean.
 
Russ,
Here is my take on filters now remember I am a novice. ( Actor portraying EnviroClean on a closed course, opinion expressed is not necessarily that of PWI or any of it's administrator or members. Side effects may vary. Infractions will be accepted on a Case by case basis. Stunt dude is not affiliated with any organization other than the ones listed in the signature line.)

Filters are essentially grease collectors and spark/flame arresters. The baffles are designed so that the grease vapors must "snake" there way through the offset metal "rungs" of the baffles. This serves to cool the grease laden vapors and allows for accumulation of vaporised grease to to transform the vapor back to solid or rather liquid grease where it drains into the accumulation cups. The filters also cool the air as it passes through therefore minimizing potential overheating and ignition of the actual duct beyond the filters. So in short filters do as the name implies, they filter out the large or grease impregnated vapors into small size so the exhaust can be pulled up the duct and expelled at the fan. another purpose is tho minimize the grease contamination of all components beyond the filter bank.

If you did not use filters the risk of fire increases dramatically.

Now this answer is not complete and int might be wrong but this would be my answer without going back and reading what the Grandfather of Kitchen Exhaust has written in the manual.
 
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