UFT Class Overview
The Upholstery and Fabric Cleaning Technician (UFT) certification covers upholstery fiber categories, fiber identification and testing, manufacturing of the fiber and fabric, the chemistry of cleaning, methods, protections, spotting, and potential problems.
Upon achieving the certification, you demonstrate you have specific knowledge about fabric and fiber content and furniture construction and can identify limitations and potential cleaning-related problems on a given piece of upholstery.
Ideal for: Technicians, business owners and managers, contractors, and property managers.
Qualifies for 14 IICRC CECs.
Free Fabric Fiber Identification Kit!
All students will receive a free fiber ID kit after registration. Kit will include essential supplies to test a variety of fabric fibers, making it easy for technicians to select the right products for cleaning.
We recommend registering EARLY to ensure kits can be shipped to you in advance of class.
All kits include the following:
- Fiber ID Chart
- Fabric and Carpet Samples
- pH Testing Strips
UFT Course Agenda:
- Opportunities & the Fear of Fabric Cleaning
- Module 1: The Fabric Yarn
- Module 2: Chemistry 101 Keeping It Simple
- Module 3: The Fabric Characteristics: Natural Fibers
- Module 4: The Fabric Characteristics: The Synthetics Fibers
- Module 5: The Fabric Characteristics: The Blended Yarns
- Module 6: Carpet Yarn Identification
- Module 7: Fabric Protectors
- Module 8: Fiber, Yarn, and Fabric Construction
- Module 9: Construction Terminology
- Module 10: Soils Defined and Explored: Why Clean?
- Module 11: Fabric Chemistry Applications
- Module 12: The T.A.C.T. Theory
- Module 13: Spot and Stain Removal
- Module 14: The Cleaning Systems Compared
- Module 15: Pre-Cleaning Inspections and Guidelines
- Module 16: Safety and Environmental Issues
- Course Study Terms
Class Schedule - Zoom / Live Stream
The following schedule applies to all days of training.
- 7:00 AM - check-in
- Class begins 30 min after check-in
- 4:00 PM - class ends
This is a Live Stream / Online training. Each student is required to have their own computer with a web cam and audio connection. Students are expected to be on camera and fully engaged in class each day.
Zoom/Class Login information will be sent via email from the instructor approximately 48 hours before class begins.
PLEASE NOTE THE CLASS TIME ZONE:
(UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
What Makes This Course Important and Different from Others?
- The FEAR of Fabric Cleaning…This is the overwhelming reason people avoid cleaning fabrics of all kinds. This includes furniture, drapes, blinds, bedding, vehicles, watercraft, planes, awnings, and much more. There exists a false sense of fear of creating damage that they just walk away from one of the most profitable and least competitive cleaning opportunities ever. This is discussed up front to all attendees. It is a mindset that can be addressed, overcome with truth, and forever profitable for the attendee.
- This is an ideal course for the aging cleaner who has gone through years of wear and tear cleaning floor coverings. The less physical demand of cleaning fabrics is welcome to their bodies and spirit. Fabric cleaning, leather cleaning and spot dyeing services are the least physical and most high paying with the least competition.
- Many savvy carpet cleaners are cleaning the fabrics of customers that other carpet cleaners have turned down. Once the fabrics get cleaned, the customer often does not call the first cleaner in the future but call the fabric cleaning technician for other future work.
Professional Fabric Cleaning Textbook
All students will receive a robust textbook filled with full-color photos that demonstrate concepts for easy understanding and reference.
Tuition fee includes free digital copy of the Professional Fabric Cleaning textbook.
Hard copy available for additional purchase.
Digital Class Resources
After enrolling you will receive detailed instructions to prepare for the class including access to the digital textbook.
If you need assistance with your digital class resources, please contact AG Pro Training at support@agprotraining.com.
You must be registered & logged in to access.
Meet Your Instructor
Mark Exner
- IICRC Approved Instructor & IICRC Cleaning Standards Writer
- ISSA’s Cleaning Management Institute Master Trainer
- In the Cleaning and Restoration Industry since 1974
- Over 50 years field experience, one of the most ever in the Cleaning Industry
- IICRC Standards Writer for the IICRC S100 Carpet & Rug Cleaning Standard
- Industry Inventor and Patent-Holder
IICRC Certification
To earn certification, students must pass the certification exam, which is available for an additional fee paid directly to the IICRC. Students must visit www.iicrc.org to register online and submit the exam fee prior to or on the first day of class. Please contact the IICRC with any questions regarding this process
