icleancarpetz
Member
Is our industry considered a Trade like plumbers and electricians or maintenance / cleaning / service / other labor ?
Is our industry considered a Trade?
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Mikey P
Administrator
Why wouldn't it be?
icleancarpetz
Member
Just asking to see how most of my fellow brothers in the trade view themselves.
Desk Jockey
Member
Maybe in its broadest terms.
I've never heard of a trade school offering classes for carpet cleaning.
I've never heard of a trade school offering classes for carpet cleaning.
hogjowl
Idiot™
I think we’re all idiots
Desk Jockey
Member
That sounds as if you are including yourself. I never take the word of an idiot. IDIOT!
steve_64
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I trade labor.
Maybe I should contact my local trade school and offer to teach a night class on this.
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!
Try to pop my little idea bubble, I dare you!
Desk Jockey
Member
Ok Rob...I mean Matt. 
icleancarpetz
Member
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
Idiot™
I was definitely including you
Bob Savage
Member
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.
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.
Doug Cox
Supportive Member
Just make sure you get burn insurance.
Huh?
J Scott W
Member
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
The Undetective
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.
That's just me... I consider myself more of a salesman than a tradesman.
Cleanworks
Moderator
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FB7777
Guest
I consider it a low skill occupation...
At least the way I do it
At least the way I do it
Cleanworks
Moderator
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
Member
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
The Undetective
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.
Hack Attack
Member
there are aspects that are skilled but straight cleaning aint one of em
I love my cookie cutter competition
I love my cookie cutter competition
Meter Maid
The Undetective
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
Moderator
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
The Undetective
training to clean carpet is simple and quick...
impossible to teach them how to give a shit...
that's the hard part.
impossible to teach them how to give a shit...
that's the hard part.
Cleanworks
Moderator
That's why there will always be hacks.
