I can see where some might imagine the short term value in creating a low cost certification that doesn't actually make sure that the individual cleaning the grease exhaust system is "certified."
This is a main sticking point with CHDCA.
That the person that's actually on the job site, has actually been properly trained, qualified and is in fact the person that is certified to clean it.
I've contacted Disney about getting some 'Magic Wand Certification Rods', but come to find out they have an exclusive contract with IKECA to provide these.
So I guess for now, we'll just do it the old fashioned way, of training One Person to DO IT RIGHT, and then Certify that they know what they are doing.
Then we take the NEXT person, and make sure that they know what they are doing.
So far, we've properly trained, qualified and certified over 170 individuals to do this industry.
Some have gone on to LEAD our competitors in this industry, and we are VERY proud of them.
Others have taken the lead in their communities as TOP TEIR Kitchen Grease Exhaust Cleaning Companies.
That's the kind of people who choose "Hood Cleaning School" as their choice to get into the Kitchen Grease Exhaust Cleaning Business industry.
So, if Boston is READING this, and I'm sure that they are, requiring ONE kind of certification is never the best answer.
We on the NFPA 96 Technical Committee, will never recommend a particular "BRAND" of certification, that is it will never say that "a person must be properly trained, qualified and (insert your brand here) certified."
We have our people on the Ground in Boston, and Boston can be the shining example of how to properly do this.
Or they can just another example of a 'Knee-Jerk' reaction to a perceived problem that could have been fixed all along the way by just enforcing the existing codes on the books.