Are your technicians certified?
Yes. Every Mold Eliminators technician is an IICRC-certified, W-2 employee, trained to the ANSI/IICRC S520 standard for mold remediation. We never use subcontractors, and our founder, Craig Herrmann, is IICRC Master Certified and a co-author of the S520 standard itself.
That means the person measuring moisture in your home, setting containment, or removing mold is held to a national, peer-reviewed standard of care, not a weekend crash course. Certification is the floor we build on, not the ceiling, and below we explain exactly what our credentials cover, why it matters for your health and your property, and how to verify it before you let anyone start work.
What “certified” actually means here
In the restoration trade, the word “certified” gets used loosely, so it is worth being precise about what ours covers. The IICRC (Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification) is the body that writes the consensus standards the industry is measured against. Our technicians carry IICRC certification, which means they have passed the formal training and examination for the work they perform, from water damage and applied structural drying through mold remediation.
Those standards are not vague guidelines. The ANSI/IICRC S520 standard is the document that defines how mold remediation is supposed to be done in this country, from containment and engineering controls to verification of a successful cleanup. When we say our crews work to S520, we mean they follow that rulebook on every job. And it is more than a logo to us: Craig Herrmann co-authored the S520 standard, sits on the IICRC board, and has been doing this work since 1996 across more than 255 properties. You can read more about Craig’s credentials and how that experience shapes the way our whole team is trained.
Certification also covers the diagnostic side of the job, not just the cleanup. The same training that governs how a colony is removed governs how moisture is found and measured in the first place, which is why our remediation process starts with mapping the problem before anyone touches a wall. Knowing the standard is what lets a technician tell you, honestly, when you have a real problem and when you do not.
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Why certified technicians matter for a mold job
Mold remediation is one of those jobs where the difference between done right and done wrong is invisible until weeks later. Disturb a colony without proper containment and you can spread spores through the whole house. Skip the engineering controls and you push contaminated air into rooms that were clean. Declare a job finished by eye instead of by data and the mold quietly returns. Certification exists precisely because these mistakes are easy to make and hard to see.
A technician trained to S520 knows to contain the work area, set up negative air pressure so spores cannot migrate, protect occupants and adjacent spaces, and verify the result rather than assume it. On the health side, that discipline matters: mold exposure can aggravate breathing problems and allergies for sensitive people, and the standard is written to protect the people in the building, not just the building. We do not make medical diagnoses, and we will tell you to consult your doctor about symptoms, but we can promise the work itself is performed to the standard designed to keep your air safe.
There is one more reason certification matters here, and it is about trust. Because we are trained to the standard and answer to it, we have no incentive to invent a problem. Our crews are salaried W-2 employees, not commissioned salespeople, so the technician in your home is paid the same whether the answer is “you have a serious issue” or “this is just a cosmetic stain, you do not need us.” That anti-upsell honesty is only possible when the people doing the work are accountable to a standard rather than to a quota.
No subcontractors, one chain of accountability
A certification only protects you if the certified person is the one actually doing the work. Many restoration companies sell you on their credentials, then dispatch a subcontracted crew you never met and whose training you cannot verify. We do not work that way. Every technician who enters your property is a Mold Eliminators W-2 employee, trained in-house to the same standard, supervised by the same leadership, and accountable to the same name on the truck.
That single chain of responsibility is why we can stand behind verification with an independent, third-party lab rather than grading our own homework. The crew removes the mold to S520, and an outside laboratory confirms the result, so “clear” means a lab said so, not a technician who wanted to go home. One certified team owns the job from the first inspection to the final verified result, with no finger-pointing between companies if something is missed.
What to do next
If you are vetting a mold company, ask three plain questions before you sign anything. First, are your technicians IICRC certified, and will the certified crew be the people actually on site, or is the work subcontracted? Second, do you work to the ANSI/IICRC S520 standard, with containment and engineering controls? Third, is your final clearance verified by an independent third-party lab, or by your own staff? Any honest, certified company will answer all three without hesitation, and we are happy to show our credentials on request.
For your own property, the simplest next step is a free on-site inspection. There is no charge for a certified technician to come out, look at the situation, and tell you plainly whether you have a problem worth acting on. Lab testing and analysis is a separate, paid add-on for when you want documented proof in hand, but the inspection that tells you whether you even need it costs nothing. You can schedule a free inspection any time, and if water is actively spreading we respond within one hour, 24/7, across the Las Vegas valley. If your situation started with water rather than visible mold, our mold remediation and insurance documentation are handled by the same certified team, so nothing falls through the cracks.
Related questions
- Is the inspection really free, or is there a catch?
- The on-site inspection is genuinely free. A certified technician comes out, assesses the situation, and tells you honestly whether you have a problem. Lab testing and analysis is a separate paid service for when you want documented, third-party proof, but you are never charged for the visit that tells you whether you need it. Schedule a free inspection and there is no obligation to do anything further.
- Who actually performs the work, the certified company or a subcontractor?
- Our own W-2 certified employees, every time. We do not subcontract. The same in-house team that inspects your property handles the remediation and the documentation, following our standards-based process from start to finish, so one accountable crew owns the result.
- What standard do you follow for mold remediation?
- We work to the ANSI/IICRC S520 standard, the national consensus standard for mold remediation, which our founder Craig Herrmann co-authored. That governs containment, engineering controls, removal, and independent verification on every remediation we perform. You can read more about Craig’s role in writing that standard.
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