3 Qualifications Preferred Vendors Should Have

1/27/2020 (Permalink)

Your insurance agent may recommend a vendor like SERVPRO for several reasons

3 Qualifications Preferred Vendors Should Have

When talking to your insurance agent about a local service to handle your New York Mills, MN, business's restoration needs, you may feel comforted to know that the preferred vendor your agent recommends has some guidelines they must follow. Restoration services like SERVPRO have gone through many training programs and earned 21 different qualifications. These certifications fall into the following three categories.

1. Safety Training

One reason to work with a preferred vendor is that they have undergone safety training related to a number of disaster types. These professionals will know how to take the appropriate safety steps, such as shutting off power or water if needed and wearing the best safety gear for the job. For example, a flood job may require waders and rubber gloves, while a fire restoration requires more heavy-duty clothing and work gloves. They will also know if they need to quarantine an area until work has been completed.

2. Equipment Usage

Your insurance agent will also make sure they recommend someone from their vendor program who has the proper equipment usage qualifications for the job. These means that not only do the professionals working on your restoration have the tools they need, but they know how to safely use them.

3. Cleaning Certification

Another qualification agents like to see before recommending a company to work on an insurance claim restoration, is cleaning certification. SERVPRO teams are trained and certified to handle a number of damage types, including flooding, storm, mold, and fire damage. Each of these requires different resources and tools, meaning that each damage cleaning certificate requires the service to learn how to properly remedy the problem while meeting IICRC standards.
Your insurance agent may recommend a vendor like SERVPRO for several reasons. These professionals have gone through both safety training and proper equipment usage courses as well as learned how to restore property after a variety of damage types have occurred.