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Technical and How To
46 products Hard Floor Care
Hard Floor Care
11 products Management, Supervion and Marketing
Management, Supervion and Marketing
12 products Carpet,Upholstery and Drapery
Carpet,Upholstery and Drapery
22 products Inspections and Claims
Inspections and Claims
11 products Self Employment and Small Business Management
Self Employment and Small Business Management
13 products Household Cleaning and Maid Services
Household Cleaning and Maid Services
8 products Bidding and Estimating
Bidding and Estimating
10 products Other Books of Interest
Other Books of Interest
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How to Sell & Price Contract Cleaning See details
How to Sell & Price Contract Cleaning
This 900 page reference manual is packed full of sound business advice to help you put together a winning proposal and a competitive bid for cleaning services. This book includes bid estimate sheets, time and production standards, supply usage charts, blank forms, job specifications, legal contracts, and markup tables for labor, products and supplies. This nuts and bolts guide is ideal for building owners, property managers and contract cleaners dealing with all types and sizes of properties.
900 pages
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Everything You Need to Know to Start a House Cleaning Service See details
Everything You Need to Know to Start a House Cleaning Service

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A house cleaning or maid service is an ideal full or part time business for students, single parents, the retired and others wanting a flexible schedule and an income of $15 to $35 per hour. Author Mary Johnson began her business, Dial-A-Mop, with a thirty-five dollar investment and built it into an operation generating over $170,000 a year and employing twelve people. Johnson shares the secrets of her success as she explains how to avoid unnecessary hassles and setbacks on the road to profit and professional service. Included are sample forms for recording financial and employee data, estimates, schedules and bids. Important tips are given on advertising, bidding, accounting, insurance, competitors, vacations, safety, products, supplies, equipment and employees.
232 pages
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Carpet Inspectors Handbook See details
Carpet Inspectors Handbook

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This comprehensive manual contains a lifetime of information that will provide a strong educational foundation for any carpet and floorcovering inspector. The authors cover every aspect of professional inspections. This detailed yet easy to understand and use handbook is ideal for inspectors, manufacturers, retailers, dealers, installers, cleaners and textile labs.
Some of the important topics covered include: the inspector's role, marketing your services, dealing with consumers, legal issues, fibers, backings, construction methods, cushion, warranties, installation, cleaning, concrete, manufacturing defects, tools and testing, corrections, report writing, forms, and resources.
429 pages
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Carpet Inspectors Handbook - ebook See details
Carpet Inspectors Handbook - ebook

This comprehensive manual contains a lifetime of information that will provide a strong educational foundation for any carpet and floorcovering inspector. The authors cover every aspect of professional inspections. This detailed yet easy to understand and use handbook is ideal for inspectors, manufacturers, retailers, dealers, installers, cleaners and textile labs.
Some of the important topics covered include: the inspector's role, marketing your services, dealing with consumers, legal issues, fibers, backings, construction methods, cushion, warranties, installation, cleaning, concrete, manufacturing defects, tools and testing, corrections, report writing, forms, and resources.
431 pages
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Carpet Redyeing Training Manual and Color Guide See details
Carpet Redyeing Training Manual and Color Guide
Change the look of an entire room by changing the color of the carpet in homes, apartments, condos, hotels, etc. This training manual shows you how to do just that by examining terminology and techniques including chemistry, equipment, and step-by step procedures.
200+ pages
Binding: 3 ring
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Carpets and Rugs - Chapter 3 (CCTM) See details
Carpets and Rugs - Chapter 3 (CCTM)
Rugs and carpets require special care and training for proper maintenance and cleaning. (An Instructor's Guide is Available) This manual includes information on all aspects of rug and carpet care. One of the most complete reference and training manuals ever produced on this interesting and rapidly changing subject. Ideal as a training and reference manual, originally written as a preparatory guide for certification through the Institute of Inspections, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC). 300 pagesɂinding Paperback.
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Classrooms, Restrooms and Quality Control See details
Classrooms, Restrooms and Quality Control
This manual, from our six-hour workshop for school custodians, contains the proper procedures needed to provide quality service when cleaning classrooms, restrooms, and other key areas. New developments in equipment, chemicals, procedures and surfaces are reviewed along with how to get better cooperation from teachers, students, and administrators.
105 pages
Binding: Paperback
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Custodial Excellence: The Progressive Method For Cost Control and Quality Improvement See details
Custodial Excellence: The Progressive Method For Cost Control and Quality Improvement
A handbook for improving cleaning management, ideal for facilities directors, custodial managers, supervisors and consultants. Demonstrates how to effectively manage resources and maintain the highest standards of cleaning, safety, health and sanitation. The "progressive method" enables you to compare your facility with industry standards, evaluate labor requirements, and develop your own quality assurance program. Perform your own custodial audits. Great for internal and for-hire consulting.
99 pages
Binding: 3 ring
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Custodial Safety Manual See details
Custodial Safety Manual
An excellent training manual for custodial crews and building maintenance personnel, this illustrated book covers back injury prevention, chemical safety, environmentally preferable chemicals, slip and fall prevention, asbestos, and how to avoid repetive stress injuries.
50 pages
Binding: Paper
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Custodial Skills for Adults with Special Needs See details
Custodial Skills for Adults with Special Needs
A complete training manual for individuals with severe disabilities. Nearly 300 pages, with illustrations, which cover professionalism and ethics, safety, tools and equipment, and procedures.
Represents the culmination of years of training by the Portland Habilitation Center's rehabilitation workshop in their efforts to help adults with special needs become productive and self-supporting employees.
297 pages
Binding: 3 ring
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Custodial Supervision of Adults with Special Needs See details
Custodial Supervision of Adults with Special Needs
Written to help supervisors and leads learn how to become accomplished supervisors of adult employees with special needs. This 230 plus page manual covers the full range of supervisory duties and techniques. Discusses training ethics, organizational needs, employee discipline, safety equipment and supplies, budget issues and such up to date subjects as total quality management philosophy and quality assurance principles.
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Diagnostic Techniques for the Investigation of Carpet Complaints See details
Diagnostic Techniques for the Investigation of Carpet Complaints
Your income as a carpet inspector depends on your ability to investigate carpet complaints and determine who is at fault and if the problem can be corrected on-site. This book provides a series of fault finding charts, test methods, and a number of sample reports.
This book was prepared as a field manual for the investigation of carpet complaints and is particularly useful for carpet manufacturers.
68 pages
Binding: Comb
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