For reasons that will become apparent, I'm not able to be objective in my thoughts.
But, in the interests in moving the conversation along, I would like to share some observations I've made over the past 5 years:
1. Trade Associations, as they once were in the late 20th century, are all but dead.
2. Regional distributors who sponsored training classes, often monthly, have mostly retired or sold to large organizations that no longer have a deep commitment to regular local training opportunities for cleaners
3. Young cleaners don't respond well to classroom training, so the above changes were occuring anyway. They search for answers on line through Google, You Tube, AI, or Social Media forums
4. The above mentioned sources are often populated with erroneous or incomplete information sources.
5. Cleaner networking sites are not always well policed, and those asking questions or even being supportive an answering questions can be subject to abuse and ridicule.
6. The
IICRC, which at one time had a measure of credibility has lost much of it for a variety of reasons.
For all of the above reasons, there needs to be a way of accessing information that has been vetted, follows generally accepted practices in both cleaning efficiency and safety to the textile, the customer, and the operator.
