Oriental Rugs: A Web Based Training Course

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Welcome to 'A Guide to Oriental Rugs'

This is a unique opportunity to learn more about Oriental rugs without having to search libraries, or going to expensive lectures and workshops while your business takes the back seat! You can take this course in your time, at your own pace. You can finish it in one sitting or spread it over a few weekends. And now IICRC certified Inspectors, Cleaner and Restores can earn one whole CEC from IICRC by successfully finishing this course!

This course is approved by IICRC for one CEC:

a2z, Inc.'s Web Based Training: 'A Guide to Oriental Rugs' has now been approved for Continuing Education Credits (CEC) by none other than Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC). This is the first self-paced web based training approved by this (or any other!) premier organization for CEC's in this industry.

IICRC is a non-profit certifying body for the inspection, cleaning and restoration industry and currently represents over 5,000 certified firms and 16,000 certified technicians in nine countries.
 

How to register for the course:

If you would like to register for this course, please go to our Registration Desk. Your account will get activated immediately. So, you can start learning right away without waiting for anything. One registration to the course allows only one registrant to take the course.

If you are not very sure that you would like to register straight away, you can register FREE for a Demo version. The demo version lets you explore the first few chapters of this web based training. You can even take the related exams to evaluate your learning. This demo will be available to you for a time period of two weeks only.
 

Who should take this course?

Though anybody can sign up for this course, it is most useful for any professional who deals with Oriental Rugs. This includes sales force of retailers, wholesalers, dealers, distributors, professional cleaners, etc. Oriental Rugs collectors and connoisseurs may also find this course interesting and educational.
 

How does this course work?

This course uses the Internet for delivering the learning material in a very interactive manner. One of the best parts of this course is its interactive quizzes. You can access your performance record and contact the instructor at any time.

To answer other questions that you might have, please visit a list of Frequently Asked Questions and their answers.
 

Navigating through this course

Navigating through this website is simple!

This course is divided into seven chapters with a number of topics within a chapter. Details of the content covered is available in the Content Outline. You can either navigate through the Study Route or through the Quiz Route or a combination of both. Also, you can either go through the chapters in the given order, or in any order that you like! If you feel confident about a particular topic, you don't even have go through the study material - you can take the associated quiz. And don't worry if you don't pass it on the first or even the second try... you can try it as many times as you like - but certain restrictions apply. (There's nothing called a free lunch!)

Study Route: Each chapter contains study material and quizzes. The study material contains all the information required to attempt the quiz. So, we recommend that you at least browse through it, if only to refresh your memory. Then you can take the quiz.
The course will automatically bookmark the section last visited. So, if you are coming back to this course after a break, you can go to directly where you had left last time.

Quiz Route: The quiz route takes you to all quizzes, without going through the study material. But if  a quiz has you stumped, don't worry - you can go to associated section by clicking on the 'Quiz Route' button.

At any point of time in the course, you can switch from the Study Route to Quiz Route and vice-versa.

Glossary: While taking the course, if you come across a term that is unfamiliar, you can check it up in the built-in Glossary. If you are looking for a list of recommended reading, look at the Bibliography.

If you are still facing some problems, you can contact the Instructor or contact your classmates from anywhere in the course!

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The total fee* for this course is (US) $95.00 payable by check or money order. Please make all checks payable to:
  a2z, Inc.
  11048 Berrypick Lane
  Columbia, MD 21044
  USA
*Please include your name and company info with the payment.
 
To register for this course, visit our Registration Desk
 
To register for the Demo, visit our Demo. Its FREE.
 
In this course you'll learn
- Introduction to Oriental Rugs
- Construction of Oriental Rugs
- Design Elements
- Classification
- What makes an Oriental rug
   valuable
- Cleaning of Oriental Rugs
 
Course Features
- Demo
- Study Route
- Quiz Route
- Glossary
- Help
- Bibliography
- Contact Instructor
- Contact Class
 
Minimum system  requirements
Hardware:
- Windows / Mac
- Internet connection
Software:
- Internet Browser:  IE 4.0 or
  Netscape Navigator 3.0 or above
  Please note that AOL browsers
  may not support some of the
  interactive functions in this
  course.
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This course and all its contents are designed and maintained by a2z, Inc. a2z, Inc. is the sole owner of this course and no part of this course may be copied, published or otherwise distributed without prior written permission from a2z, Inc.