Is our industry considered a Trade?

[icleancarpetz]

Is our industry considered a Trade like plumbers and electricians or maintenance / cleaning / service / other labor ?

 

[Mikey P]

Why wouldn't it be?

 

[icleancarpetz]

Just asking to see how most of my fellow brothers in the trade view themselves.

 

[Desk Jockey]

Maybe in its broadest terms.

I've never heard of a trade school offering classes for carpet cleaning.

 

[hogjowl]

I think we’re all idiots

 

[Desk Jockey]

I think we’re all idiots

That sounds as if you are including yourself. I never take the word of an idiot. IDIOT!

 

[steve_64]

I trade labor.

 

[BIG WOOD]

Maybe I should contact my local trade school and offer to teach a night class on this.

 

[BIG WOOD]

I'm seriously thinking of doing that. I guess I'll need to find an up to date curriculum. And market to the surrounding counties that don't want to drive to the big dealers to get certified.

Try to pop my little idea bubble, I dare you!

 

[Desk Jockey]

Ok Rob...I mean Matt.

 

[BIG WOOD]

Looks like it might work.

 

[icleancarpetz]

I think we’re all idiots

A trailer or two added to your schedule this week should help you feel better....You quite candidly speak for and of yourself....poor fella.

 

[hogjowl]

I was definitely including you

 

[Bob Savage]

It is a trade, but more importantly it is making you a business owner, not just a laborer.

Now the business owner can either be the biz owner and sole employee, or you can hire help and be a biz owner (CEO) and a trades-person.

 

[DAT]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tradesman

We sure are a trade.

 

[Doug Cox]

Maybe I should contact my local trade school and offer to teach a night class on this.

Just make sure you get burn insurance.

 

[BIG WOOD]

Just make sure you get burn insurance.

Huh?

 

[J Scott W]

Insurance companies will consider cleaning a trade when they require a minimum of three trades on a job before they will pay any O&P.

 

[Meter Maid]

When I think "trade", I think skilled tradesman... ie: electrician, plumber, hooker. Not a job you can learn in a face-paced 8-16 hours.

That's just me... I consider myself more of a salesman than a tradesman.

 

[Cleanworks]

When I think "trade", I think skilled tradesman... ie: electrician, plumber, hooker. Not a job you can learn in a face-paced 8-16 hours.

That's just me... I consider myself more of a salesman than a tradesman.

When I think "trade", I think skilled tradesman... ie: electrician, plumber, hooker. Not a job you can learn in a face-paced 8-16 hours.

That's just me... I consider myself more of a salesman than a tradesman.

FDA must stand for fuking dumb ass.

 

[FB7777]

I consider it a low skill occupation...

At least the way I do it

 

[Cleanworks]

Anyone can pick up a hammer and say they're a carpenter. Anyone can pick up a wand and say they're a carpet cleaner. Neither statement is necessarily true.

 

[Desk Jockey]

Anyone can pick up a hammer and say they're a carpenter. Anyone can pick up a wand and say they're a carpet cleaner. Neither statement is necessarily true.

Yeahhh but honestly how difficult is it to be carpet cleaner?

And to be a great one? Just prevacuum, groom and you're in the top 1%.

 

[Meter Maid]

FDA must stand for fuking dumb ass.

correct.

and don't get all weird. You can believe you're a skilled expert if you'd like. I'll keep training dummies to clean carpet and wow customers with almost no training.

 

[DAT]

correct.

and don't get all weird. You can believe you're a skilled expert if you'd like. I'll keep training dummies to clean carpet and wow customers with almost no training.

Got a training manual " how to train dummies in two weeks and line the cash in your pocket" ya wanna share?

 

[Hack Attack]

there are aspects that are skilled but straight cleaning aint one of em

I love my cookie cutter competition

 

[Meter Maid]

Got a training manual " how to train dummies in two weeks and line the cash in your pocket" ya wanna share?

yeah, just show them how to choose the right pre-spray and spotters, fire up the Tm or whatever your flavor is, work a few jobs with them and you've got yourself a skilled tradesman.

 

[Cleanworks]

It's easy to train guys how to operate the unit, vacuum, prespray, scrub, rinse, etc. It's a lot more difficult to train them to notice when the unit isn't working properly, when and how to remove stains, what to clean, what not to clean, with what product, etc. Chavez has been around so long, he's forgotten more than most of us will ever learn. Like a lot of you here, I have invested in multiple courses, learned from other skilled professionals, practiced stain removal on scraps or my own carpets. Learned how and why certain chemistry works on different carpets and fabrics. How to properly use the equipment and accessories. Learned why some carpets buckle and why others don't. There are so many aspects of the carpet and upholstery cleaning industry and related fields to learn. You are not going to learn them in a day, a month or even a year. Guys working for the big franchises and the like are not tradesmen. They are trained chimps. Monkey see, monkey do. If monkey does doo doo, call the manager to make it right. Guys who take their craft seriously, are tradesmen. We have lots of tradesmen on this forum and a few monkeys too. You be the judge, are you a tradesman or are you a trained ape?

 

[Meter Maid]

training to clean carpet is simple and quick...

impossible to teach them how to give a shit...

that's the hard part.

 

[Cleanworks]

training to clean carpet is simple and quick...

impossible to teach them how to give a shit...

that's the hard part.

That's why there will always be hacks.