[LTT Leathercare]

The next LTT training courses will be as follows:

2 day Full Technicians Course
17th - 18th March

Our 1 day courses are now fully booked up until March but the April dates are as follows:

DAY 1
The Tanning Process      
Leather ID – Includes LTT’s unique 5 step identification process
Products (which work and which don’t and why)
The Cleaning Processes
Aniline Restoration
Marketing Leather Cleaning to your customers
COST: £35.00 + vat (including lunch and refreshments)
April 4th   

DAY 2
Minor Repairs
Scuffs and scratches
Ink Removal (new and old ink)
Nail polish removal
Colour Mixing – LTT’s unique teaching method – go home with ready to use colour charts
COST: £50.00 + vat (including lunch and refreshments)
April 11th

Day 3
Grain Copying (Cigarette burns)
2 tone Colour mixing
Advanced Colour application
Panel Recolouring (BRIT system)
Antique Finish replacement
Finishes
COST: £85.00 + vat (including lunch and refreshments)
April 18th

DAY 4                 
Grease removal
Pigment restoration (BRIT System)
Problems you may encounter
COST: £85.00 + VAT (including lunch and refreshments)
April 25th

These courses will also give you the opportunity to expand your business at a more controlled pace, adding elements as you gain experience.

You can book as many or as few days as you like but always recommend that you attend Day 1 before the others.

Please book your places early as we are booking up very quickly on all our courses this year.

Look forward to hearing from you.
Judy

[Doug Holloway]

Hi Judy

Looks like a comphrehensive list of courses.

I have made sticky for a few days as we have always encouraged training on this forum.

Cheers

Doug

[Tony Gill Carpet Smart]

Hi Judy are these the FREE!!!? courses you where running with what was a £35 booking fee. £25 of which the booking fee may be redeemed against products purchased. I see you are charging a lot more for some days than others now is there a bigger amount redeemable against products.

CHEERS TONY

[LTT Leathercare]

 All the free courses were fully booked up very quickly and they end in March.
They were advertised as winter courses so that special offer has now finished.

Cheers
Judy

[Tony Gill Carpet Smart]

Hi Judy re your post on 27th September you clearly stated that the four courses would be repeated throughout next year and there was no mention of them been a winter offer anywhere in your post.
What you did say was PLEASE NOTE FOR THE SCEPTICS AMONGST YOU THIS IS A GENUINE FREE OFFER. WE FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT FOR OUR BUSINESS AND YOURS THIS IS THE RIGHT WAY FORWARD.

ps. If i  had known you where going to change your mind i would have booked in sooner to do your courses and i am sure many others would have done so.

REGARDS TONY

[LTT Leathercare]

The 'Free' course were run for two reasons, firstly to open LTT facilities to a wider range of people and secondly, to test run our new course layout and refine it as required. Both of these have been done to our satisfaction.

You may or may not know that training is far more costly to produce than just the time spent standing in front of people.  We feel that our training is a good product and value for money at the price level now set. We are in business after all not just here to offer our services free to those who do not see any value in paying for training, after all how many carpet cleaners offer their services free to all the households out there who don't think it is worth the money and effort to get their carpets cleaned.

Sorry you missed the free offer.

[Tony Gill Carpet Smart]

JUDY read your OWN post of 27th September you said it NOT ME.
YOU should have stated any limitations ie. an END DATE.
What is it you firmly believe again something to do with the way forward.

REGARDS TONY
 

[LTT Leathercare]

We now have another date for your diary

IICRC (LCT) course

2 day Leather Cleaning Technicians course with optional exam to gain IICRC (LCT) certification

This course is being held in conjunction with the NCCA

The course covers:

The history of leather
Leather production, tanning and refinishing
5 leather analysis techniques
Chemistry of cleaning (where applicable to leather)
Cleaning products
Cleaning methods
How to conduct a cleaning survey
When to say NO
The course is supported by a manual and leather samples and has the option of a written (multiple choice) exam for IICRC certification.
The IICRC (Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification) is the only recognised body for certification within the cleaning industry.  The LCT course is the only one of its kind.

Dates:  13th - 14th May 2008
Venue: Leicester
Please contact NCCA for course costs and to book a place.

[Ian Gourlay]

Judy

If someone attends your other courses do they get continuing education points?

[LTT Leathercare]

We are looking at this at the moment Ian and hope to have it approved very shortly.

Cheers
Judy

[garyj]

How much in real terms will it cost me to set up as a leather cleaner?

How much would a cleaning kit cost me to just get by, and how much for a half decent set-up?

Are there any on going costs regard to licencing etc, and how much does it cost to repair, clean or re-dye a leather sofa?

To do the 4 days training is £300.00, just wondering how much it would cost in total to actually be able to go and clean something?

Cheers.

[LTT Leathercare]

The set up costs are very small. 

After your training a starter kit for cleaning will cost you about £50-100 depending on quantities.
A full repair kit can be bought for about £300-£400 depending on your choice of pigments and dyes.

Charges for cleaning leather vary tremendously around the country but the cost of your products is fairly low.
The cost for repair and/ or restoration will depend on what the problem is and can range from about £100 up to £1000. 

Compared to carpet cleaning the set up costs are very low.

Hope this helps
Judy