Coach8 is an Australian school offering IICRC certification and training for the cleaning and restoration industry such as the IICRC course Water Damage Restoration Technician (WRT). Coach8 is based in Australia’s beautiful Whitsunday region, but delivers IICRC courses nationwide and throughout the Asia-Pacific region. See the Courses page for IICRC course descriptions, and check the Schedule page for upcoming scheduled IICRC courses in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Adelaide, Perth, Hobart, Darwin, Auckland, and some regional centres. Coach8 also delivers customised on-site IICRC training upon request. Contact us to discuss training arrangements that will suit your needs. Please check our site regularly for new updated training dates.

Coach8 offers livestreaming of IICRC-certified courses! We combine live online presentations with live online demonstrations of techniques for remediation and specialised cleaning of properties damaged by water and fire, as well as trauma and crime scenes. Obtain your WRT, FSRT and TCST certification online via Zoom video-conference. Livestream classes are typically scheduled from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm (Australian Eastern Standard Time) on week-days. Enjoy the very best in IICRC-certified training live from your desktop. Check the Schedule page for upcoming scheduled livestream IICRC courses.

The IICRC is the Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification. The mission of the IICRC is to establish and advance globally-recognised standards and certifications for the inspection, cleaning, restoration and installation industries. The IICRC, with industry-wide participation, certifies and develops certifications and standards for inspection, cleaning and restoration. The IICRC also serves as valuable consumer referral source for certified technicians and firms.

As a certifying and standards-setting body, the IICRC owns no schools and has no instructors on staff. Rather, to fulfill its education commitment, the IICRC approves schools and instructors that apply to and meet the criteria set forth by the board of directors. Coach8 is an Australian IICRC-approved school.

The ANSI/IICRC S500 2021 Standard for Professional Water Damage Restoration is available in print form from Coach8. This newly revised fifth edition of the Standard describes the procedures to be followed and the precautions to be taken when performing water damage restoration in residential, commercial, and institutional buildings, and the systems and personal property contained within those structures. Click here to purchase your copy online.

In addition to offering IICRC certification and training in an Australian capital city near you, Coach8 also offers IICRC courses in Mackay, a regional Queensland community in the beautiful Whitsunday region. If you like the idea of combining your training with a getaway to the Whitsunday Islands and Great Barrier Reef, check out some of the local attractions in the video below.

The Mackay region enjoys a subtropical climate with easy access to unspoilt beaches, scenic rainforests and the Whitsunday Islands. January is Mackay’s hottest month, with an average maximum of 30.1 degrees Celsius. Mackay’s coldest month is July, when the maximum temperature averages 21.3 degrees and the minimum averages 13.0 degrees.

Australia, your ASD house has finally arrived! Coach8 is excited to announce that we have received IICRC approval for our brand new ASD house and our first Applied Stuctural Drying Technician (ASD) course!  Experience hands-on training in the first ASD house to be built in Australia in over a decade.

Much of the practical training in our new ASD course will be conducted in the flooded ASD house to provide a relevant and realistic experience that students will understand and remember. This new interactive training facility will help you to gain authentic experience in activities such as setting up equipment, drying water-damaged contents and structures, monitoring the drying process, and more.  See the ASD page for a course description, and check the Schedule page for upcoming scheduled IICRC courses.

Construction of the ASD house for the Applied Structural Drying (ASD) Technician course at Coach8 was a massive undertaking. This new interactive training facility had to meet strict specifications to obtain IICRC approval, but the attention to detail has paid off.

This is the first ASD house to be built and approved in Australia in more than a decade. Australian restoration professionals can now obtain ASD certification at home, eliminating the expense of travelling overseas for training. See the ASD page for a description of the Applied Structural Drying Technician course, and check the Schedule page for upcoming scheduled IICRC courses.

Check out this 60-second video for a brief overview of who we are and what we can offer you. Coach8 offers a range of courses for restoration professionals leading to IICRC certification.