Healthy Indoor Environments
If you visit homes and buildings to provide health or inspection services of any type, check out our training courses on healthy indoor environments. These courses are designed to help you understand the connection between health and indoor air quality and learn how to take a holistic approach to identify and resolve problems that threaten the health and well-being of building occupants.
Accredited Infection Prevention
Cleaning services, whether contract or in-house, are in a daily battle against an unseen enemy, pathogenic bacteria. EVERY facility, no matter the type of facility, requires a focus to protect the health of the individuals and the business as a whole.
Illness-causing microorganisms are all around us and preventing them from infecting the public makes infection prevention a key part of the Risk Management team of ANY facility.
Now offering two levels of Professional Development Education and Certification for the Cleaning Industry.
To become an accredited infection prevention expert, a candidate must first complete the estimated 6-hr online, self-study course Accredited Infection Prevention Technician course. End of course exam required.
Frontline cleaning personnel may wish to stop at the Technician level, or go on to Expert level, which is 6-8 hours of online live instruction additionally with a completion exam.
Healthy homes training provides information for public health and housing practitioners in the assessment and treatment of housing-related health hazards. Focusing on practical and cost-effective methods, these courses provide opportunities for networking, collaboration, and partnerships between public health and housing practitioners.
Janitor/ Cleaning Technician:
- Annual salary ranges from $17,000-$32,000
- Skills needed include: clean surfaces and rooms, gather and empty trash, mix/use cleaning solutions appropriately
- Usually requires a high school diploma
Janitor supervisor, Janitor contractor:
- Annual salary ranges from $21,000-$56,000
- Skills needed: supervise in-house cleaning services, select the most suitable cleaning materials for different types of surfaces, inspect work performed to ensure that it meets specifications and established standards, perform or assist with cleaning duties as necessary, manage personnel and scheduling
- Usually requires high school diploma or equivalent
(source: O*net Oct 2020)
Infection Prevention Training Courses
- Accredited Infection Prevention Technician (Online)
- Accredited Infection Prevention Expert (Virtual)
Indoor Air Quality/Mold Training Courses
- Mold Remediation Technician (QJ)
- IAQA Microbial Remediator/Supervisor - CMR/CMRS (QJ)
- IAQA Indoor Environmentalist - Fundamentals
- IAQA Indoor Environmentalist - Intermediate Level
- IAQTI Collecting & Interpreting Mold Samples - Advanced Level
Healthy Homes Training Courses
- Essentials for Healthy Homes Practitioners
- Healthy Homes Essentials for Environmental Professionals
- Healthy Homes Rating System (2-day)
- Code Inspection for Healthy Homes
- Healthy Homes Environmental Assessments: Principles & Practice
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