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Complete Your Contents Loss Specialist Prerequisite Courses

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September 11, 2018

Interested in earning your Contents Loss Specialist (CLS) certification? To be eligible for the CLS Prep Course and Exam this December in Nashville, you must complete one course in each of the following prerequisite domains. 

CLS Prerequisite Courses

A certificate of completion will be required as verification that each domain requirement has been satisfied. For more information on each of the eight domains, visit our website.  

  1. Basic Skills in Contents Restoration
  2. Hands On Restoration Training
  3. Health and Safety
  4. Project Management and Commercial Contents
  5. Building Science
  6. Microbial Remediation
  7. Textiles
  8. Specialty Contents Restoration

Completed all eight domains? Register to participate in the CLS Prep Course and Exam offered this December in Nashville, TN.

Questions regarding CLS? Visit our website or contact certification@restorationindustry.org.  

KEYWORDS: contents cleaning contents restoration Restoration Industry Association

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