NEW AHCA CERTIFICATION
AHCA Certified Short-Term Rental Cleaning Professional
Short-term rental cleaning requires more than simply cleaning a home. Every turnover must be completed efficiently, inspected carefully, properly reset, stocked, documented, and prepared for the next guest.
The AHCA Certified Short-Term Rental Cleaning Professional certification was created specifically for professional cleaners and cleaning companies serving short-term rentals, vacation rentals, and professionally managed rental properties.
This comprehensive online certification program includes 12 training modules, module quizzes, and a final certification exam covering professional turnover systems, linens and laundry, bathrooms, kitchens, cleaning science and safety, property inspections, damage documentation, inventory and restocking, final quality control, professional communication, and building a profitable short-term rental cleaning service.
Upon successful completion, students receive an AHCA Certified Short-Term Rental Cleaning Professional Certificate and the official AHCA Certification Badge to showcase their professional training and certification.
Certification Pricing
Non-AHCA Member Price: $399
AHCA Member Price: $99
AHCA Members Save $300
Join the American House Cleaners Association and receive exclusive member pricing on this certification, along with access to AHCA education, professional resources, community support, member benefits, and additional certification opportunities.
Professional House Cleaning Certification & Training
The American House Cleaners Association (AHCA) provides online professional house cleaning certification and training for residential cleaners, cleaning business owners, and their employees. AHCA courses are designed to help cleaning professionals develop the knowledge and skills needed to provide safer, more consistent, and more professional residential cleaning services.
Whether you're starting a house cleaning business, professionalizing an existing cleaning service, or training employees, AHCA offers self-paced certification courses designed specifically for the residential cleaning industry.
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AHCA Professional Cleaning Provider Certification
The Professional Cleaning Provider (PCP) course is AHCA's comprehensive training program for professional residential cleaners. Building upon the foundational education of AHCA's Professional House Cleaner (PHC) course, the PCP course provides more in-depth instruction and adds video-based demonstrations to help cleaners apply what they learn in real-world residential cleaning environments.
The course includes 27 lessons and demonstration videos covering cleaning science, infectious disease prevention, cleaning agents, professional cleaning methods, and practical techniques for cleaning homes safely and effectively.
- Â History & Professionalization of House Cleaning
Learn how professional cleaning has evolved, the role cleaning professionals play in modern homes, and how education and professionalism can help elevate the residential cleaning industry. - Â Cleaning as Preventative Health Care
Understand how cleaning affects indoor environments and the important role professional cleaners can play in maintaining cleaner, healthier homes. - Â Infectious Disease Prevention
Learn the fundamentals of viral and bacterial microbiology, cross-contamination prevention, and the differences between cleaning, sanitizing, disinfecting, and sterilizing. - Â Cleaning Chemicals, Agents & pH
Learn how common cleaning agents work, how pH affects cleaning performance, and how to select and use cleaning products more safely and effectively on different surfaces and soils. - Â Professional Residential Cleaning Methods
Learn practical methods for cleaning rooms and surfaces throughout a home, including demonstration-based instruction designed to improve cleaning quality, consistency, safety, and efficiency.
The Professional Cleaning Provider course includes 27 lessons and demonstration videos and typically takes approximately 10–15 hours to complete. The course is self-paced, allowing students to complete lessons on their own schedule.
Also Available in Spanish.
The Professional Cleaning Provider course is also available in Spanish, helping cleaning companies provide professional education and training to more members of their teams.
AHCA membership is required to access the Professional Cleaning Provider certification course. Membership options start at just $10 per month and include access to additional education, resources, and benefits for professional cleaners and cleaning business owners.
“Thank you, thank you ,thank you. I been cleaning for some time now, and this course taught me some very effective cleaning methods and products that I will begin to use on my cleans. Again thank you for putting this together for us:)”
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“This course is GREAT! Knowing how to verbalize all I learned is so important! Thank you The AHCA Can’t wait to have all my team certified!”
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“Hands down to Grace and husband for putting this amazing, informative course together. It took me five times to passed the test but I was happy to go back and re-read the chapters until I learned it all by heart. Thank you very much, God bless you.”
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AHCA Cleaning for Infectious Disease Prevention Certification
AHCA’s Cleaning for Infectious Disease Prevention course provides professional cleaners with education on infectious disease, cross-contamination prevention, cleaning and disinfection practices, and the principles behind reducing the spread of pathogens in residential environments.
-  Microbiology & Infectious Disease — Learn the fundamentals of viruses, bacteria, microbes, and how infectious diseases can spread through environments and contaminated surfaces.
-  Infectious Disease Prevention — Learn cleaning practices designed to help reduce cross-contamination and the spread of pathogens while providing professional cleaning services.
-  Cross-Contamination Prevention — Understand how contamination can be transferred between surfaces and locations and learn practical methods professional cleaners can use to reduce that risk.
-  Cleaning, Sanitizing & Disinfecting — Understand the differences between cleaning, sanitizing, disinfecting, and sterilizing and when these processes are appropriate.
The Cleaning for Infectious Disease Prevention course is self-paced and typically takes approximately 4–7 hours to complete.
Available in English and Spanish.
AHCA membership is required to access the Cleaning for Infectious Disease Prevention certification course.
Explore AHCA Membership & Online Certification Courses
AHCA Professional House Cleaner Certification
The Professional House Cleaner (PHC) Certification is AHCA’s foundational cleaning certification, designed to give professional residential cleaners a strong understanding of the principles behind professional house cleaning.
The course covers the history and professionalization of cleaning, cleaning chemistry and pH, safety, infectious disease prevention, cross-contamination, cleaning methods, and other core knowledge every professional house cleaner should understand.
A Strong Foundation for Professional House Cleaners
The PHC course is AHCA’s original core cleaning certification. It provides the foundational education that later led to the development of AHCA’s more in-depth Professional Cleaning Provider (PCP) course, which expands on many of these subjects with additional instruction and video-based demonstrations.
The PHC certification is an excellent starting point for solo professional cleaners and for cleaning companies that want to provide employees with structured foundational education in professional residential cleaning.
How the PHC Certification Is Included With AHCA Membership
1st Level Membership
Includes one Professional House Cleaner certification course, making it a great starting point for solo cleaning professionals who want to strengthen their knowledge and professional credentials.
Level Up Membership
Members can purchase Professional House Cleaner and Cleaning for Infectious Disease Prevention certification courses for employees for $25 per employee, per course. Level Up also includes the more comprehensive Professional Cleaning Provider course for the member.
Next Level Membership
Designed for growing cleaning companies and teams. Next Level includes access to all three AHCA certification courses with unlimited certification courses for employees, making it the most cost-effective option for companies that are continually hiring and training team members.
Professional Certification for You & Your Cleaning Team
Whether you're a solo house cleaner or building a growing cleaning company, AHCA membership gives you access to professional cleaning education and certification designed for every stage of your business.
Compare AHCA Membership LevelsStart with foundational certification, advance your professional training, or choose a membership that provides unlimited certification courses for your growing team.
