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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: blacksheep on August 09, 2005, 09:09:53 pm

Title: Courses in South Wales?
Post by: blacksheep on August 09, 2005, 09:09:53 pm

hi all , does anyone know of any carpet cleaning course in south wales  or as far as milton keynes wont drive into london or birmingham kind regards blacksheep

Title: Re: course
Post by: the red carpet on August 10, 2005, 11:56:27 am

extracta do a course its held in gateshead near newcastle dont know if its any good or not im attending there next one on the 20th.
hope this helps

Title: Re: course
Post by: blacksheep on August 10, 2005, 01:05:57 pm

hi red carpet, have you got any details please, bit far but if i can sort something out i will go,who do i contact,price ect kind regards blacksheep my e-mail is akiscleaningcompany@yahoo.co.uk

Title: Re: course
Post by: Doug Holloway on August 10, 2005, 03:26:01 pm

Blacksheep

Several companies run courses but none I know of in Wales.

The NCCA are in Leicester ,Alltec are in Herts and Prochem are in South London.

Also Ashbys in Kent.

Cheers,

Doug

Title: Re: Courses in South Wales?
Post by: Gavin Reardon on August 11, 2005, 12:24:27 am

Hi Blacksheep

Im in Cardiff if you need any advice give me a call 07966 031862  ;)

Regards Gavin

Title: Re: Courses in South Wales?
Post by: blacksheep on August 11, 2005, 11:12:31 pm

thank you gavin,i am thinking of buying a carpet cleaning machine soon and if i cant find a course to go on near  me any chance of a demo how to use one as i did want to sub this work out, but having a hard time getting anyone who is interest, allthough i dont know even if i will get a lot of call for this work but i do want to be able to offer this service to clients kind regards blacksheep

Title: Re: Courses in South Wales?
Post by: the red carpet on August 12, 2005, 05:11:29 pm

hi blacksheep,  the contact details for the extracta course are tel-0191 482 5005 or web-www.extracta.co.uk, and the price is £110+vat, that includes overnight hotel if your traveling more than a certain distance,
hope this helps you

Title: Re: Courses in South Wales?
Post by: blacksheep on August 13, 2005, 08:44:20 am

red carpet this helps a lot you wonderful person thanks,if all works out i might just see you there

Title: Re: Courses in South Wales?
Post by: Gavin Reardon on August 14, 2005, 08:52:24 am

BlackSheep

I will give you a demo no probs just give me a ring  ;)

You won't fing any coures near us you will have to travel trust me!  >:(
Ive looked and have had to travel all over Britain to get the training I wonted
at a big cost to !!


Regards Gavin

Title: Re: Courses in South Wales?
Post by: blacksheep on August 14, 2005, 09:08:02 pm

hi gavin will do in a few weeks sort something out.e-mail is akiscleaningcompany@yahoo.co.uk just say hi,just to know if it works,i set this up 2 weeks ago e-mailed tredegar web site to advertise my business nothing yet,thought they would reply by now trying to get local bussines first

Title: Re: Courses in South Wales?
Post by: the red carpet on August 23, 2005, 01:50:36 am

just thought id leave some feedback on the extracta course for any1 who might be interested, as i have just attended it, i think its a must to get some sort of training as a newcomer as there was a lot covered and the guy running it (paul) seemed to know his stuff it lasted around 7 hours with just myself and four others it was basicaly just us picking his brains and asking questions, and him warning us of potential mistakes i did however think it was a lot to take in on one day and felt we needed more time i notice some other courses last a bit longer and feel that might be a better option to take a 2day course.

hope this provides some insight for any1 looking to attend

Title: Re: Courses in South Wales?
Post by: Martin Tradewell on August 28, 2005, 10:41:37 pm

I'd like to thank Red Carpet for leaving feed-back on Extracta course ( he said he would, and he did! )
Did you buy the manual, and is it any good? Seems a bit expensive at #45.00!

Title: Re: Courses in South Wales?
Post by: scott2bclean on August 29, 2005, 07:51:01 am

This thread should be perhaps re titled to Course in gateshead!

It is an excellent course and with free accommodation at a good hotel thrown in good value. 

I would advise to get the manual first, read it  and then go on the course, this will give you so much ammunition to ask questions, and will allow you to be familiar with some of the terms used within the industry. 

If you buy the manual  £70, you get money off the course, which brings it to the price martin quotes.

It is a good manual with some business and marketing advice included.

I would also advise that you take up Gavins very kind and generous offer, again before going on the course.  Same reason as above - if you know a little it gives you insight into what to ask.

Good luck
john

Title: Re: Courses in South Wales?
Post by: the red carpet on August 29, 2005, 02:03:11 pm

yeah id agree with john get the manual first as it will help i did, but you have to appreciate the course and the manual are just peoples views based on there experience and i did find a lot of the stuff covered they contradicted each other, you have to just take in as much as you can i am however gonna try and attend another course myself as it is a lot to take in for a novice