Good questions. Got more?
Yes, I do.
I was certified, and our company was Firm certified for 25 years, by the IICUC in 1985, my cert #1285, and then the name change to the
IICRC. I kept my certs current until the fiasco a couple of years ago with the Clean Trust and then back to the
IICRC.
The
IICRC really never did anything for me as far as promoting an
IICRC cleaner but I always paid my dues for 28 some years.
But this year the
IICRC hooked up with the carpet mills and said that if a retail carpet store does not use a current certified
IICRC cleaner, their carpet warranty is void. So, I lost a huge carpet retailer here in town because of that, and the guy who now handles their cleaning has only been in biz cleaning carpet for 5 years, but he is currently certified. I am sure with all of my 31 years of cleaning experience I could clean circles around him.
I was told by the
IICRC I would have to pay quite a few bucks and take a bunch of classes to become certified again. I call foul on that since they went through so much turmoil I didn't feel I could trust them not to do it again.
I assume the mills are saying people have to use an
IICRC cleaner and save every receipt of cleaning so they don't have to honor a lot of carpet warranties if there is ever an issue with the carpet that they purchased.
Bottom line is I have lost a lot of business because of the
IICRC, so how am I supposed to feel about them?