IFI hosts upcoming resident courses in
Silver Spring
A number of educational opportunities have
been scheduled for the coming months at the International Fabricare Institute’s accredited training facility located in
Silver Spring, MD.
One such offering will be IFI’s
one-week introduction to drycleaning course, designed to help
individuals new to the industry, as well as employers and
managers/owners with less than one year of experience.
The basic course covers: fibers and
fabrics; work flow; principles of the drycleaning processes;
assembly and invoicing; the drycleaning machine; cleaning and
drying cycles; elementary stain removal; and finishing
procedures for pants, coats and skirts.
Class dates will include July 14-18 and
October 20-24. The one-week course will also be taught in
Korean from August 25-29. Cost is $450 for members and $695 for
non-members.
Those who have completed the introductory
course may want to consider enhancing their skills by enrolling
in the two-week advanced drycleaning course. IFI has
specifically tailored the program for employers and
managers/owners with more than one year of production
experience.
The advanced drycleaning course will study:
specialty fabrics and fiber identification; advanced stain
removal procedures and bleaches; finishing blouses, dresses,
ties, all-weather coats, pile fabrics, silks and rayon;
wetcleaning; solvents, detergents, moisture, filtration and
distillation for perc and petroleum systems; troubleshooting
the drycleaning system; regulations and care labeling; and
plant layout and work flow.
Students will also learn about customer
service and business management, as well.
Class dates are July 21 to August 1 and
October 27 to November 7. The cost is $900 for IFI members and
$1,390 for non-members.
For more information on IFI’s
educational schedule, call (800) 638-2627, ext. 122.
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MAC offers members in-plant training
In-plant training can often prove too
costly for many businesses, but the MidAtlantic
Association of Cleaners is
seeking to change that by offering a convenient drycleaning
education service to its members.
Professional trainer Fran Sadler has
teamed up with MAC to offer members access to a variety of
training programs designed to save them money by reducing
wasted time and mistakes.
Sadler’s areas of expertise include
stain removal, problem garments, customer service, finishing
techniques, workflow and wetcleaning.
A graduate of IFI’s general and
management courses, Sadler grew up in the industry at her
family’s plant in Severna Park, Maryland.
Later in life, she moved to Massachusetts
where she owned a successful drycleaning operation for 12 years
and taught stain removal and wedding gown processing classes
for IFI and NEFA.
She is also an award-winning Dale Carnegie
graduate, a CED/CPD, and a Jolly Belin member.
For more information on the program and
Sadler’s availability for training, contact MAC at (800)
235-8360.
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