By ECPW Blog | August 22, 2011 at 07:10 AM EDT |
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Dan Galvin of East Coast Powerwashing Inc, has been asked by the national association, Power Washers of North America (PWNA.org), to teach house washing certification at their national convention this October.
The PWNA has recognized East Coast Powerwashing's unique cleaning process and has requested that they teach their cleaning process at the National Convention to improve the industry.
One of Dan's goals has been to educate 1,000 power washing business owners and workers on the proper method of power washing. Since 2008, Dan has been traveling the country instructing and educating new and old power washers in these methods.
Not only is this a completely volunteer position, it has also cost Dan thousands of dollars a year in travel expenses and hundreds of hours of his personal time.
You may ask, why?
Because, not only does Dan want to educate other power washers, he also want to educate the public about the power washing industry, and what better way than through the actual people doing the job.
Dan wants’ everyone to know that power washers are NOT "Splash-and-Dashers" looking to make a few bucks for beer money; we are an actual industry of professionals that care about our business, our customers and the communities in which we live and work.
However, Dan also wants you to know that the industry has a dark side; it often attracts a large number of "fly-by-nighters" - people that don't understand how to properly get the job done and are often willing to cut corners on quality and safety just to make a few bucks. You, the homeowner have to be aware of these "fly-by-nighters", because while getting "a deal" might be an attractive proposition, if something sounds too good to be true - well, it almost always turns out to be a bad decision in the long run.
The good news is that people like Dan and other professional power washers are continually investing in educating themselves and their employees on how to do the job safely and correctly.
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