Nope we didn't get left out of the loop.
If people want to become a properly trained, qualified and certified kitchen grease exhaust cleaner then the only logical school to attend is one where the entire focus of the course is to personally, hands on, clean as many different types of grease exhaust systems in a week as you can training.
Memorizing fire codes, OSHA codes, & watching videos only go so far. Congratulations, you have a piece of paper that states that you can memorize.
We focus on the reality of kitchen grease exhaust cleaning in real world situations 24/7. You won't be sitting in a classroom discussing how to clean hoods, you'll be on the roof with chemicals in one hand and the pressure washer in the other actually cleaning the greasy fan at 2am, 2pm or whenever that hood needs to be cleaned.
So, how can you leave an organization out that is already on the NFPA technical committee? Just because I don't post everyday, doesn't mean that I'm out of the loop.
I just don't take every hour of every day to post and post and post and post.
We just focus on training high quality kitchen grease exhaust cleaners who can acutally perform the work, know the fire codes, osha codes and actually clean an entire grease exhaust system from top to bottom, left to right, A to Z, get paid, work safely, and know everything there is to know about how to set up, operate, and run a successful kitchen grease exhaust cleaning company. Then we throw in a lifetime membership, an optional guaranteed clients program, and then network them on a member's only bulletin board where our veteran hood cleaners assist the newby's with any questions that they have.
It seems that we are actually doing exactly what everyone claims that they want done. A hood cleaner that actually knows what he is doing.
We've been in business since 1992 (pre-IKECA) and we even have the original letter that IKECA sent us back then to join as a charter member. We choose not too.
Then when PWNA decided to start acknowledging that hood cleaners use a pressure washer in 1995, we decided not to join with them.
Then in 2001, we decided to form our own organization. I didn't stop to call up IkECA and ask their permission. I didn't call up PAC and ask their permission. I didn't call up PWNA and ask their permission. I saw what needed to be done, and I did it.
Now we have over 120 members that have been trained since 2001 and growing every month.
Do you think I care what IKECA, PWNA or PAC do? I don't really care at all.
They are fine organizations, but they overlook the most critical element of certification. Can that person actually clean a grease exhaust system?
How do you work around non NFPA 96 grease exhasut systems?
How do you work with AHJ's that don't care or even know that you exist?
If you are even considering learning this industry, then I seriously ask you to pick up the phone and have a conversation with me. You will soon realize exactly why people from all over the world have chosen our training program to attend (even folks from Canada).
Other than that, how's everyone doing lately?
