ABOUT REETS DRYING ACADEMY
Our Instructors
Jeremy Reets |
Jeremy Reets is perhaps best known as the innovator of the TES drying system and a brand new type of drying called Directed Heat Drying™. He developed the Evaporation Potential formula for use by restorers. This formula introduced the water restoration industry to measurement and management of vapor pressure differentials to produce faster drying. This has changed the way our industry looks at drying wet structures. He used this exciting scientific development to create the processes for the World’s Fastest Drying System which he teaches at RDA. Jeremy opened Reets Drying Academy as an outlet to share with restorers the latest in drying process. In the flood house that he designed he gives restorers the opportunity to use the latest technology in a hands-on environment. Reets Drying Academy also achieved a first for water restoration. It was the first school to provide both IICRC and independent water restoration classes where all of the instructors have actually had years of in-field experience in water restoration as technicians, managers or owners. The response has been overwhelming! Technicians from around the world have chosen the courses at RDA making it one of the fastest growing schools in the country. In addition, Jeremy also manages Champion Construction Systems, Inc., a full service restoration company that is a DKI member company, IICRC Certified Firm, SCRT and RIA member. |
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Joseph Dobbins |
Joe Dobbins teaches with a background of over 26 years in the cleaning and restoration industry. His experience included daily experiences in direct operations of construction, professional cleaning, restoration, inspection and consultation allow him both practical as well as education help to individual cleaners and business owners. He also had experience as a consultant to insurance companies and was employed as a property claims adjuster with a major insurance carrier. Joe is a Master Textile Cleaner, Master Smoke Restorer, Master Water Restorer and Senior Carpet Inspector. Being one of the industry’s foremost authorities on restoration topics, he is a licensed general contractor and his firm processed hundreds of fire, water and mold losses annually. The combination of working as a contractor and later as a claims adjuster allow him to bring a perspective to the classroom that enables insight into both areas of restoration work. Previous designations with the IICRC include member of development task force for Applied Structural Drying and Applied Microbial Remediation Technician, Certification Division Chair over Restoration Division and Maintenance Cleaning Division Technical Advisory Committee Chair for ASD, FSRT and WRT, and Chair of the Certification Council/ Executive Officer for six years overseeing the technical development for all five divisions – cleaning, inspection, restoration, hard surface/maintenance cleaning and apprentice/basic skills. These divisions consisted of 26 different Technical Advisory Committees for all the different certification courses. Today, Joe holds the position as Chair of the Technical Advisory Committees for Water Damage Restoration (WRT) and Wood Floor Maintenance Technician (WFMT) and is also certified in all divisions of the IICRC. Joe teaches many training classes as an IICRC-approved instructor with Reets Drying Academy. He is also approved in approximately 20 states to teach continuing education to the insurance industry in water, mold, fire and odor classes. He has a teaching style of down-to-earth yet with a dynamic personality. As an IICRC-approved instructor since 1993, he currently teaches classes in Water Damage Restoration, Fire/Smoke storation, Odor Control, Carpet Cleaning, Color Repair and Applied Structural Drying. Until 2007, he oversaw 4 divisions of a previously-owned company including construction, cleaning, fire/water/mold remediation, distribution, and personally taught and administered the training facility. |
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Scott Mims |
Aside from teaching Scott Mims also owns and operates a restoration business that produces both Disaster Restoration and Residential cleaning jobs. After attending the University of Kentucky and the University of Alabama on a football scholarship Scott started in the business as a carpet cleaning and water damage technician while working his way up to General Manager of the company before purchasing the company that had a 25 year history. Scott grew up in the construction and restoration industry with his father and grandfather both running a construction business. Scott is an IICRC approved instructor in Odor Control Technician (OCT), Fire & Smoke Remediation Technician (FSRT), Water Restoration Technician (WRT), and Applied Structural Drying (ASD) and has taught throughout the US as well as in Canada. His approach to teaching is formed through his daily hands on activities within his business still performing hundreds of water and fire restoration losses each year. Recently he guided the Water Restoration Technician (WRT) technical advisory committee (TAC) to revision of the WRT exam which went into print in January of 08. Aside from serving as TAC chair over the WRT committee Scott has served on numerous committees with the IICRC and served from 2006-2008 as the Chair of the Cleaning Division of the IICRC overseeing all cleaning related courses. Currently Scott serves as the Chair of the Restoration Division of the IICRC overseeing all restoration related certification categories and is a member of the committee that is developing a commercial drying course for the IICRC. Scott is a participating member on all restoration and cleaning related technical advisory committees (14) within the IICRC. Scott is a Master Water Restorer, Master Fire & Smoke Restorer, and Master Textile Cleaner. |
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