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Carpet Technician Pathway

Carpet & upholstery, stain chemistry, and leather and delicate fabrics — the full soft-furnishing trade.

What it covers

Everything a soft-furnishing technician is asked to clean in a home, from wool carpets to aniline leather.

13.5 hours 23 modules 3 courses

Technician cleaning a rug in a bright living room with a herringbone floor

Included · 3 courses

What is in the pathway

  1. Course · 01 · Surface · Carpet

    Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning: The Complete Method

    Hours
    6 hours
    Modules
    9
    Alone
    £745
  2. Course · 03 · Surface · Stains

    Stain Removal & Spotting Chemistry

    Hours
    4.3 hours
    Modules
    8
    Alone
    £525
  3. Course · 06 · Surface · Upholstery & leather

    Leather, Mattress & Delicate Fabric Cleaning

    Hours
    3.2 hours
    Modules
    6
    Alone
    £565
Total study time
13.5 hours
Bought separately
£1,835.00
Pathway price
£1,565
You save
£270.00

Kit list · 12 items across 3 courses

What to practise with

Merged from the kit lists of every course in the pathway. You only need the kit for the course you are on.

  • A portable extraction machine (hire is fine for practice) Course · 01
  • pH-neutral and alkaline pre-sprays Course · 01
  • A grooming rake and a hand sprayer Course · 01
  • Offcuts of wool and synthetic carpet to test on Course · 01
  • A basic spotting kit (solvent, enzyme, tannin, protein spotter) Course · 03
  • White towelling and a tamping brush Course · 03
  • Hydrogen peroxide 3% Course · 03
  • Carpet offcuts to stain and practise on Course · 03
  • A pH-balanced leather cleaner and conditioner Course · 06
  • Soft horsehair and microfibre brushes Course · 06
  • A low-moisture upholstery tool Course · 06
  • Leather and fabric swatches to practise on Course · 06
Cleaner in work overalls cleaning the floor of a bright living room

How it runs

How the pathway runs

  1. 0124 months each Every course in the pathway comes with 24 months of access to its recordings.
  2. 02Any order Study the courses in whatever order suits the work you have coming in.
  3. 03A test per course Each course ends with its own online test and its own certificate of completion.

Other pathways

Covering different ground?

Pathway B · 3 courses · 14.9 hours

Stone & Floor Specialist Pathway

Tile and grout, natural stone restoration, and vinyl, wood and laminate care.

£2,675.00 £2,245 save £430.00

Pathway C · 7 courses · 33.2 hours

Master Cleaner Programme

All seven courses, including the business course, for someone setting up to do everything.

£5,445.00 £3,265 save £2,180.00

Plan · any combination

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