Viro had 5 senior staff member attend the annual IKECA meetings in Naples Florida from the Mpls, Texas, and Denver locations. Our Chicago and other staff previously attended the fall conferences. The staff attended various presentations for CEU credits keeping their certifications current. We currently have the most (and in fact only) IKECA certified staff in the MN and Dakota regions with 9 certified cleaner specialists (CECS) in the company, 2 IKECA certified inspectors(CESI) at the main office in Mpls with anther IKECA certified inspector at the Chicago regional office. As the leader in the kitchen exhaust cleaning field, we feel it is imperative for our staff to receive independent and in house training unequaled in our service area. Our customer's facilities and even their lives depend on our doing our job correctly. According to the National Standards board, proper certification must be done by a certifying body independent of training. IKECA is the only current body that does independent certifications.
Originally published April 26, 2011 on The Viro Blog.