HYDRAMASTER SPONSORED ON-LINE TRAINING CLASSES

Upholstery/Fabric Cleaning Technician

Have the horror stories of ruined upholstery prevented you from taking advantage of this lucrative field?

Learn to avoid the mistakes that others have found only through trial and error. Experience can be a great teacher, but a very expensive one. This two-day virtual course will teach you all the techniques necessary to be a successful upholstery and fabric cleaner.

Having experience as a carpet cleaner will help on the easy synthetic fabrics but is of no help on the silks, cottons, linens, and other exotic fabrics you will encounter.

You will learn how to test and inspect each fabric to determine your safest method of cleaning. Certain fabrics such as chintz or moiré require special attention. The pH scale you may have learned in a carpet course will be reviewed heavily and will be the basis for much of your cleaning. Understanding the role of an “acid rinse” will keep you out of trouble. You will learn a detailed inspection process that will keep you from making the big three mistakes: bleeding, browning and shrinkage.

One of the largest and missed opportunities in cleaning is office partition cleaning. You will learn how easy it is to clean these partitions and how to sell this type of cleaning. If you were to compare the value of carpet versus fabric in the average home, fabric would win. Many companies turn down fabric cleaning due to fear. This fear is due to a lack of knowledge and training. Become a fabric specialist and reap the rewards!

What you’ll learn

• How to test for the correct cleaning method
• How to select the proper chemicals and cleaning equipment
• The inspection process that can eliminate complaints
• How to clean bleeders and sensitive fabrics
• How to test for polished cotton
• When dry cleaning is the right choice
• What the codes S, W, and X mean
• How to recognize, prevent and solve difficult problems

This course has been approved for (14) IICRC CECs.

Want to know more about this course? Watch this video from your course instructor

About Your CCT Instructor: Shawn Bisaillon

Shawn Bisaillon works with HydraMaster as a consultant and trainer in the areas of Carpet, Upholstery, Rug, and Hard Surface Cleaning. Shawn is a veteran of the cleaning and restoration industry for more than 25 years and is one of the most passionate cleaning coaches and trainers teaching today. He is active on many different Carpet and Rug Cleaning Facebook groups and is considered a “go-to” leader in the fields of carpet, upholstery, and rug cleaning. He reaches thousands of dedicated fabric and rug specialists every day in the social marketing world.

Shawn’s journey began with apprentice training as a specialist for his family’s business, the oldest and largest rug cleaning and sales company in Colorado. After intense study and training over several years Shawn was able to expand his horizons and joined the team at a leading manufacturer of truckmounts and cleaning solutions as a sales consultant and eventually an IICRC Instructor. More recently, he has served as a trainer and sales consultant for one of the largest manufacturers of cleaning chemistry within the jan-san world, working directly with airports, large facilities, and building service contractors throughout the United States.

He currently serves as an International independent cleaning coach and a directing manager of his wife’s cleaning and restoration business. His knowledge continues to expand based upon helping to run an active and vibrant carpet and rug cleaning business in Superior, Colorado every day. He keeps his cleaning skills up to date by routinely working on his and other companies service trucks, training one on one with his and others cleaning specialists. This helps him staying up to date with all the latest textiles, techniques, and cleaning equipment. Shawn also serves as the carpet and upholstery “live” trainer for the Experience Conventions (both East Coast and Las Vegas) and assists with the live “experience” in rug care.

Shawn currently serves with the IICRC as the Chairman for the Technical Advisory Committee for Commercial Carpet Maintenance and consults with some if the world’s largest Building Service Contractor’s designing and implementing maintenance in a variety of US airports and large commercial properties. Shawn delivers a high energy training experience collaborating with technicians and owners of cleaning and restoration businesses to motivate and educate them to be the best cleaners in the World.

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