SPCleaning
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I just want to throw this into the pot.
Forget Solar panels for a moment and lets talk Chimney Sweeping.
For years The Guild of Master Sweeps has been trying to have the law changed so that only sweeps who have attended their courses can work in the uk. This has never happened. The only law governing chimney sweeping is the 1875 Chimney Sweepers Act. Which states that persons under 21 years can't go up chimneys, or words to that effect.
The National Association of Chimney Sweeps will take £1700 off you for a three day course thats means you can hand a certificate to the householder after sweeping. I started sweeping chimneys in 1988 and have never been trained. That said I have not been the cause of a fire, nor have I killed a customer. The NACS has every year stated that 'soon it will be law' to have an accredited sweep but I never see that happening. What the NACS has become is a training body. They record you as a sweep if you attend their training and give your details if asked, but don't otherwise put work your way. They make a big deal about only using a sweep trained by NACS, people are starting to believe that this is the only way to ensure they are going to be safe. I stopped sweeping two years ago because of the cost of this training, that I felt I didn't need. Because, customers were asking for a NACS certificate for insurance purposes etc And window cleaning is cleaner /emoticons/biggrin.png
Steve's training is no less valuable than what the NACS is offering. It is a lot cheaper and if you were the only one claiming to be trained in your area/region and you promoted it in the right way, just maybe this is worth a deeper look.
Forget Solar panels for a moment and lets talk Chimney Sweeping.
For years The Guild of Master Sweeps has been trying to have the law changed so that only sweeps who have attended their courses can work in the uk. This has never happened. The only law governing chimney sweeping is the 1875 Chimney Sweepers Act. Which states that persons under 21 years can't go up chimneys, or words to that effect.
The National Association of Chimney Sweeps will take £1700 off you for a three day course thats means you can hand a certificate to the householder after sweeping. I started sweeping chimneys in 1988 and have never been trained. That said I have not been the cause of a fire, nor have I killed a customer. The NACS has every year stated that 'soon it will be law' to have an accredited sweep but I never see that happening. What the NACS has become is a training body. They record you as a sweep if you attend their training and give your details if asked, but don't otherwise put work your way. They make a big deal about only using a sweep trained by NACS, people are starting to believe that this is the only way to ensure they are going to be safe. I stopped sweeping two years ago because of the cost of this training, that I felt I didn't need. Because, customers were asking for a NACS certificate for insurance purposes etc And window cleaning is cleaner /emoticons/biggrin.png
Steve's training is no less valuable than what the NACS is offering. It is a lot cheaper and if you were the only one claiming to be trained in your area/region and you promoted it in the right way, just maybe this is worth a deeper look.
