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faded_skater

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hello, my name is javier. i started working with a kitchen ehaust cleaning company and worked for them for over a year. later i purchased my own equipment, and have been subcontracting for another year. 2 1/2 years total. i am confident in my work, and i am interested in seeking my own clients. but there are a couple questions ive been trying to get answered.
first. do i need to be certified to begin to seek for potential clients?
second. if not where would i go to get the nessecary hood stickers under my company name?
third. what would be the proper insurance needed for this feild.
see im not trying to do anything the wrong way. and would like to expand my small business' posibilities. thank you for anyone who can take the time to reply
 
hello, my name is javier. i started working with a kitchen ehaust cleaning company and worked for them for over a year. later i purchased my own equipment, and have been subcontracting for another year. 2 1/2 years total. i am confident in my work, and i am interested in seeking my own clients. but there are a couple questions ive been trying to get answered.
first. do i need to be certified to begin to seek for potential clients?
second. if not where would i go to get the nessecary hood stickers under my company name?
third. what would be the proper insurance needed for this feild.
see im not trying to do anything the wrong way. and would like to expand my small business' posibilities. thank you for anyone who can take the time to reply

Are you conversant with the NFPA 96? Have you read and do you understand OSHA regulations as they pertain to the kitchen grease exhaust cleaning industry? If you answered yes to both of these questions you are probably ready to take a certification exam. However if the answer is no to either I recommend that you seek further education in these areas. The person that you need to satisfy is the AHJ in your area. If he requires certification then you must be certified. If not then you don't have to be unless your insurance company requires it. By the questions that you are asking I would guess that you need further training. I can tell you that you will need to have specialized insurance for vent cleaning. You will learn the answers to all of your questions in a good training class. There are many guys on this board with more experience in this area than I. Perhaps one of them will chime in and give us a hand with this.
 
Certification is most important. You need to understand what your liabilities are. Second you need help. There are only so many hours in one day. You cant sell and clean for to many days in a row or you will fall over dead.
*you need to be certified (why? you dont know your liabilities.)
*you need capital to start
*how are you going to diferentiate yourself from your competitors (this does not mean low ball pricing. It really means being capable of providing something your competitors dont. Being that you currently work for your competitor this maybe hard to do.)

Recomendations:
getting certified as a cleaner and staying with your employer. This will make you more valuable as an employee and will end up making you more money, and your employeer will likely pay for it!


If you end up trying to get faded and skate on your own ramp, you will probably end up getting hurt!
 
The previous advice is accurate.

Being Phil Ackland Certification means you personally understand your responsibilities to your client and other concerned parties (insurance, fire, other potential clients).

Review our website under "certification" -- these are our values. http://www.philacklandtraining.com/

Your insurance needs are generally a local issue. Connect a reliable agent.

This is fire prevention. Anyone who gets into this field better understand that. The expectation levels are higher than most other cleaning fields.
 
Second you need help. There are only so many hours in one day. You cant sell and clean for to many days in a row or you will fall over dead.

Thats why I feel so bad I have been selling and cleaning for the past 19 or so years .. I think maybe one day when I get real old , say around 70 I may have to hire some help LOL
 
According to the laws and codes of the land, in KEC there is only 1 true certification. IKECA is the only org to meet all UL requirements to be able to provide a true certification.

All other schools, PAC, Rustys, etc give you a certificate upon completion and passing whatever tests they might have. But, as was stated before, it all depends on your local AHJ.

There is a lot more to a KEC business than knowing how to scrape a duct to BARE METAL. The business end of it can be over whelming if you have little to none in the way of business experience.

Good Ins that covers KEC is a must. Like Mr Ackland said, this is fire prevention. The only real common denominator we have with these guys on this bbs are the tools we use and a few of the chems. To them we are hacks, To us they are skirt wearing flat workers. :dance3:

:jester:, Still like most of the people on this bbs.
 
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