We love to train. We love to teach. And education is not a destination but a journey for our founder Byron Schramm and the training staff here at the Midtown Chimney Sweeps Franchising home office.
Our initial training lasts for two weeks and incorporates dozens of chimney sweeping jobs and dryer vent jobs, including the evaluation, repair, and maintenance of chimneys and vents.
Some of the Midtown training topics covered are:
- Ladder set up and securing to ground and house
- Harness safety on the roof
- Selection, use and care of the most commonly used fireplace cleaning  tools and equipment
- Selection, use and care of commonly used chimney inspection tools including live scan video cameras
- Chimney and fireplace inspection using the NFPA 211
- hearth and connector pipe clearances
- appliance clearances
- interior flue inspection process
- cap, crown and chase inspection
- attic clearances and inspection
- smoke chamber and firebox inspection
- Proper documentation of your inspection
- Dryer vent tool selection, use, and care
- cleaning vertical dryer vents
- cleaning horizontal dryer vents
- codes and clearances
- Gas fireplace annual service
- Gas fireplace diagnosis and repair
- thermocouple diagnosis
- thermopile diagnosis
- pilot assembly function
- monometer readings of gas pressure
- Set fair pricing, and our suggested start up list
- Dress for success- use our uniforms and online print store
- Market to the right demographic- use our proven and changing methods
- Grow an online digital footprint in your area- follow our system
- Correctly do paperwork and track invoices and quotes
- Only pay for marketing that works- use our source tracker
- Go deep in your community not wide- operate within a known territory
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All three elements are needed to train a successful small business person in 21st Century North America:
- the Technician
- the Manager
- the Entrepreneur
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