You made Meat's point. A 10 year old can pass cause they never have to touch anything to pass it, just answer a bunch of questions. I would not be surprised if people off the street could pass the tests with no class at all.
Ironically we are one of the least expensive and have probably one of the highest credentials of anyone in the country dealing with investment grade textiles. This year we will perform over $500,000 in rug restoration, 75% of which involves some type of reweaving, or hand refringing and only about 25% being hand selvage repairs, overcasting, or machine work.
Ken
Ps To really make Meat's point one only has to look at the Logo for this Board that was decided to represent our industry. I always call it the mark of the maid, but I guess it could be considered one notch down to mark of the janitor.