AC Lockyer
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Let's not make this about the **** let's keep talking about raising the bar and educating contractors into professionals.
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Tony Shelton
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I wasn't making it about ****. I was talking about (((. If only ### would get out of the way ### could rise above the fray and make the market more open to $$$$.
Tony Shelton
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I'm not a softwash guy. At least no while I have viagr@. I have no place in this conversation. :O)
Certifications Make a Difference in the Pressure Washing & Mobile Cleaning Industry
Contractors are raising industry standards by becoming certified in numerous areas. As certification mania sweeps across the industry, and as organizations are moving forward with their own programs, there’s really no question that certification matters. But, as more certification programs become available, how do customers know which the correct contractor with the best certifications?
We at National Cleaning Expo cannot tell you which certifications are “wrong” because many have correct aspects along with some misinformation. However, based on our own careful studies and the input we’ve gathered by having regulators and water authority engineers from three universities at several of our events, we do recognize some programs that stand out head and shoulders above the rest.
One key area where National Cleaning Expo has been leading the way is by fostering the first Wash Water Control Certification in the industry. Sirocco Systems has written a comprehensive wash water certification seminar educating contractors in the mobile wash industry. We like the Sirocco wash plan because it's the only one in the industry that talks first about reduction, and that washing is actually friendly to the environment. The others only focus on washing being a form of pollution and what can be done to reduce waste after polluting.
You can attend the Wash Water Control School throughout 2012 and 2013 at mini camps throughout the US.
Every contractor should have a wash water control plan in place to reduce the client’s liability and to better understand the positive environmental impacts that washing can accomplish. This wash water plan begins with the evaluation of the job.
Education is powerful. Contractors benefit from being properly educated, and customers feel confident in using contractors who properly understand the laws and impacts of washing.
Customers are aware. They often know the issues. It’s time you know them better than your customers so that you do not look uninformed in front of them. Most importantly, you do not want to misinform your customers by spreading the propaganda that has been promoted in our industry by distributors and manufacturers. This information makes you look inexperienced and you will lose the contract to a well-informed contractor..
So don’t avoid certification just because someone else in the industry says it’s not important or unnecessary. Who are the ones telling you this? Are they possibly your competition?
We at NCE know that certifications don't make you a better contractor or person. They just make you aware and let your customers know you understand the right way. No one can make you practice what you learn.
Ron musgraves National Cleaning Expo
Ron Musgraves text me for questions 480-522-5227 Pressure Washing Institute
Contractors are raising industry standards by becoming certified in numerous areas. As certification mania sweeps across the industry, and as organizations are moving forward with their own programs, there’s really no question that certification matters. But, as more certification programs become available, how do customers know which the correct contractor with the best certifications?
We at National Cleaning Expo cannot tell you which certifications are “wrong” because many have correct aspects along with some misinformation. However, based on our own careful studies and the input we’ve gathered by having regulators and water authority engineers from three universities at several of our events, we do recognize some programs that stand out head and shoulders above the rest.
One key area where National Cleaning Expo has been leading the way is by fostering the first Wash Water Control Certification in the industry. Sirocco Systems has written a comprehensive wash water certification seminar educating contractors in the mobile wash industry. We like the Sirocco wash plan because it's the only one in the industry that talks first about reduction, and that washing is actually friendly to the environment. The others only focus on washing being a form of pollution and what can be done to reduce waste after polluting.
You can attend the Wash Water Control School throughout 2012 and 2013 at mini camps throughout the US.
Every contractor should have a wash water control plan in place to reduce the client’s liability and to better understand the positive environmental impacts that washing can accomplish. This wash water plan begins with the evaluation of the job.
Education is powerful. Contractors benefit from being properly educated, and customers feel confident in using contractors who properly understand the laws and impacts of washing.
Customers are aware. They often know the issues. It’s time you know them better than your customers so that you do not look uninformed in front of them. Most importantly, you do not want to misinform your customers by spreading the propaganda that has been promoted in our industry by distributors and manufacturers. This information makes you look inexperienced and you will lose the contract to a well-informed contractor..
So don’t avoid certification just because someone else in the industry says it’s not important or unnecessary. Who are the ones telling you this? Are they possibly your competition?
We at NCE know that certifications don't make you a better contractor or person. They just make you aware and let your customers know you understand the right way. No one can make you practice what you learn.
Ron musgraves National Cleaning Expo
Ron Musgraves text me for questions 480-522-5227 Pressure Washing Institute
AC Lockyer
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I agree Ron, Certs will save the industry lots of headaches.
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Christopher
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Great post Ron!
It is great that the Sirocco certification stands out above the rest and educates everyone properly instead of another class or org out there improperly labeling contractors as polluters and then having to deal with the pollution they just caused.
We as contractors are in business to remove the pollution, not cause it.
It makes you wonder what else is wrong with those out there that label us as polluters instead of contractors that remove pollution. It is clear as day and it is common sense that we are removing pollution before it gets into the U.S. Waterways and causes serious problems with marine life and drinking water.
Maybe it is a marketing gimmick to try to sell cities on only a certain way to clean using overly-expensive equipment that is really not needed in almost every situation and by calling cleaning contractors "polluters" it casts a dark shadow over us to cities and it is easier to bend their ear towards recommending and in some cases, Demanding the overly-expensive equipment to do the jobs or you cannot work in that city or get a permit or a certificate to work there.
All of this nonsense needs to change as it is causing non-needed problems with the city, with contractors and regulators.
We are just trying to make the world a cleaner place by removing pollution, not cause it like some will say.
It is great that the Sirocco certification stands out above the rest and educates everyone properly instead of another class or org out there improperly labeling contractors as polluters and then having to deal with the pollution they just caused.
We as contractors are in business to remove the pollution, not cause it.
It makes you wonder what else is wrong with those out there that label us as polluters instead of contractors that remove pollution. It is clear as day and it is common sense that we are removing pollution before it gets into the U.S. Waterways and causes serious problems with marine life and drinking water.
Maybe it is a marketing gimmick to try to sell cities on only a certain way to clean using overly-expensive equipment that is really not needed in almost every situation and by calling cleaning contractors "polluters" it casts a dark shadow over us to cities and it is easier to bend their ear towards recommending and in some cases, Demanding the overly-expensive equipment to do the jobs or you cannot work in that city or get a permit or a certificate to work there.
All of this nonsense needs to change as it is causing non-needed problems with the city, with contractors and regulators.
We are just trying to make the world a cleaner place by removing pollution, not cause it like some will say.
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Ron Musgraves text me for questions 480-522-5227 Pressure Washing Institute
Paul Freeman
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I don't like having to write a post like this, but it’s my own fault that I find myself needing to do so.
I retract the previous comment I made in this thread.
After reconsidering what I said I realized that the blanket statement I made is just flat out wrong, for a number of reasons. One of which is that I broke my own #1 rule; I swore to myself that I was going to keep a positive attitude on PWI this time around and I wound up jumping into a puddle of mud anyway.
More importantly though, I know for a fact there are good and decent people over at the RCIA who want only to be as professional as possible, by learning and growing their businesses, and getting certified. I respect every one of them for that.
I should have taken my gripe directly to Chris Tucker. I failed to do that. Instead, I choose to take a cheap shot at his organization. That makes me more of an ass than the person over there that started the drama regarding the situation that I didn't even mention here, to begin with.
I sincerely apologize to Chris Tucker and The Roof Cleaning Institute of America. Chris, if you ever want to know what happened from my prospective, I’d be happy to share it with you, privately. If you don’t, I’d understand that too, given the circumstances.
Sincerely,
Paul Freeman
I retract the previous comment I made in this thread.
After reconsidering what I said I realized that the blanket statement I made is just flat out wrong, for a number of reasons. One of which is that I broke my own #1 rule; I swore to myself that I was going to keep a positive attitude on PWI this time around and I wound up jumping into a puddle of mud anyway.
More importantly though, I know for a fact there are good and decent people over at the RCIA who want only to be as professional as possible, by learning and growing their businesses, and getting certified. I respect every one of them for that.
I should have taken my gripe directly to Chris Tucker. I failed to do that. Instead, I choose to take a cheap shot at his organization. That makes me more of an ass than the person over there that started the drama regarding the situation that I didn't even mention here, to begin with.
I sincerely apologize to Chris Tucker and The Roof Cleaning Institute of America. Chris, if you ever want to know what happened from my prospective, I’d be happy to share it with you, privately. If you don’t, I’d understand that too, given the circumstances.
Sincerely,
Paul Freeman
Paul you just did what I said not to do, your making this about PWI & RCIA.
Please read the post, here they are.
Please read the post, here they are.
Paul Freeman
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Ron, it won't happen again. I was going to edit everything out of my post beyond: I retract the previous comment I made in this thread, but since you quoted it, I'll just leave it alone.
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