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Welcome to the Amdecon International Training Academy
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Amdecon was formed in 1999 and has grown from a one-man crime scene clean up service corporation to a leading-edge international source for training and certification in the crime and trauma scene decontamination industry.
Amdecon is an IICRC approved school. Your instructor, Michael J. Tillman, is an IICRC approved instructor, an OSHA-Authorized Trainer, a Certified Safety and Health Official, and the Founder of Amdecon.
Our courses have been completed by such highly respected companies as ServiceMaster®, Paul Davis Restoration®, Steamatic®, PuroClean®, and Servpro®.
Don't believe the myth that says we only learn by doing it with our hands. That myth was created 50 years ago before we had the technology of today.
We learn with our eyes, ears, and mind.
Do you really need to block a week out of your life, fly cross country, get a hotel, get a rental car and drive to a building just to put on a suit and be shown how to use a sponge? Of course not!
Amdecon offers the following courses. Be sure to click the titles to learn all the details!
If you want to get into the business our flagship 25-hour course is the one you want. It is the first course (#1) listed below. This is the only course you need; just ignore the others.
- The Amdecon Crime and Trauma Scene Cleaning Course (2 IICRC CECs)
Length 25 hours—This is our full course; everything from A to Z. In this course you will learn everything that took us 10 years to learn. This is the course to take if you want to start your own company or become an employee of an existing company. Available online ($295.00) and on DVD ($395.00 + shipping and handling). Special Bonus! When you purchase our Crime and Trauma Scene Cleaning Course we will include our trucks and trailer video (a $250.00 value) absolutely free! See what trucks we use! See how we stock those trucks! See the trailers we use! This free video will answer all your questions about our vehicles! - The Amdecon Biorecovery Technician Course (2 IICRC CECs)
Length 20 hours—This is our full course minus the business teachings. This is the course you want if you are a business owner and you want to train your employees to become technicians, but you don’t want to teach them all the business side aspects so they don’t quit and become a competitor. Available on DVD only at this time. ($395.00 + shipping and handling). - Introduction to Crime and Trauma Scene Cleaning Course (2 IICRC CECs)
Length 14 hours—If you came to this web site because you need continuing education credits for the IICRC as quickly as possible this is the course you want. It is the first 14 hours of our 25-hour course. Available online only ($149.00). - Annual Refresher Exam with six hours of free review videos!
This is where you receive your annual recertification. This is only for those who have been through the Amdecon Crime and Trauma Scene Cleaning Course or the Amdecon Biorecovery Technician course. It IS NOT for those who have taken the Introduction to Crime and Trauma Scene Cleaning Course. You must be an existing Amdecon student to take (write) this exam. We include six hours of review videos AT NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE! Available online only ($175.00).
Our courses have been completed by students in 18 countries around the world:
Afghanistan, Australia, Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Ireland, Jamaica, Japan, New Zealand, Scotland, South Africa, England, Northern Ireland, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Greece, Trinidad and Tobago, and the United States.
We are proud to say our students are now making a profound difference in their communities around the planet.
Amdecon was started in 1999 with just an idea and $40.00, we’ve made all the mistakes, we’ve done all the research, and we’ve learned all the hard lessons. Let us help you, don’t reinvent the wheel.
Here’s the problem for many people:
They want to get certified in crime and trauma scene clean up, but by the time they take a week off work, fly cross-country, get a hotel, rent a car, dine out every night, and spend five days sitting in a class, it has cost them $3,000.00–$4,000.00. They also have to miss work for a week.
If they own an existing company with four employees they wish to get certified it will cost them $12,000–$16,000 and those employees will be taken out of service for about a week.
That’s a huge problem for a lot of people so they really end up doing nothing.
Amdecon has a solution.
Today people are getting college degrees online, they have friends all over the world though facebook®, they can watch millions of videos on YouTube®, they get all their news off the internet, they can order millions of items from Amazon®, buy groceries online, bank on line, and etc. The list of things you can do online goes on and on; it’s unlimited.
It only follows that you should be able to get trained and certified in trauma and crime scene cleaning on your home or office computer.
Well now you can.
To find out if crime scene cleanup is right for you click this sentence
to take a 3 minute quiz.
You can learn on your own schedule and at your own pace on your home or office computer.
We will even assist you in setting up your own hands-on trauma scene mock-up rooms using real blood and tissue if you wish.
Learn when you want to, learn when you are mentally alert, and learn on your schedule, not someone else’s.
You can learn from your home or office, and you can even learn while you’re flying on a business trip!
Our training programs can be studied on your home or office computer anywhere in the world any time of the day.
We utilize the Amdecon Virtual Portal System™(AVPS) to save you time and money and to make you feel like you are right in the classroom with us!
All of Amdecon’s courses are taught by Michael J. Tillman. He is the founder of Amdecon (1999), Director of the Suicide Aftercare Association, Certified Safety and Health Official and authorized by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (United States Department of Labor) to train and certify you.
Amdecon courses are approved by the IICRC (Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification) and the RIA (Restoration Industry Association) for continuing education credits.
Our training courses are offered on DVD and online only.
(Mr. Tillman is available for conducting training at your facility; please call or email to discuss.)
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Definition: Crime scene cleanup is also known as crime and trauma scene clean up, CTS Decon (decontamination), Biorecovery, Bio-Recovery, crime scene cleaning, crime scene clean-up, biocleaning, bio-cleaning, trauma and crime scene biological and infectious hazard clean up and biohazard abatement. These terms all refer to the act of the biological cleaning at the scene of a suicide, murder/suicide, homicide, unattended death (decomp and/or human decomposition) and gross filth (hoarders) situations. Companies that perform crime scene clean up may also perform meth lab cleanup, mold remediation and fire/water restoration services along with water (flooding) extraction and dehumidification.