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Michael J. Tillman - crime scene cleaner, meth lab cleanup, and hoarder house cleaning trainer.

1999 – Michael J. Tillman, Certified Safety and Health Official, founded Amdecon in 1999. Amdecon handled crime and trauma scene, meth lab, and hoarder property jobs across America.

2004 – After years of in-field work experience dealing with suicides, homicides, unattended deaths, and industrial accidents and fatalities across the US, and after numerous requests by the public, he opened the world’s first dedicated CTS Decon Training center and created and held the industry’s first 5-day Decontamination Specialist Training Course in August of 2004, in Irving, Texas.

This training center was the world’s first training facility dedicated to the CTS Decon Industry and the first to use crime and trauma scene mock-up rooms using furniture, personal belongings, different floor coverings, different ceiling finishes, artwork, computers, etc. The mock-ups used real brain tissue and blood to recreate a real-word scenario.

Everything was as real as the real thing gets, down to the stench and blood spatter patterns. This 40-hour, 5-day course with real world mock-ups then became the standard to meet and was copied by many others.

2007 – Leading the field again, Mr. Tillman realized that using the technologies available he could save his students thousands of dollars by switching to online training. He then closed the physical training center and launched his world-wide distance learning courses for this industry. To date, he has taught thousands of students in over 28 countries, and those students have formed their own companies and are now helping traumatized families in their communities.

In addition to thousands of hours and years performing in-field work since 1999, Mr. Tillman achieved the title of Certified Safety and Health Official (CSHO) at the OSHA Training Institute Southwest Education Center (OTISEC), which is a member of The Texas A&M University System and one of only 26 OSHA Education Centers. Obtaining this certification was a five-year process.

Mr. Tillman has provided training and education to all levels of people, from the solo carpet cleaner wanting to get in to the industry all the way up to defense contractors on the front line in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Mr. Tillman’s personal training history:

  1. Certified Safety & Health Official (OSHA Training Institute Southwest Education Center)
  2. OSHA 501 Outreach Trainer
  3. OSHA Hazardous Materials
  4. OSHA Respiratory Protection
  5. Respirator Fit Test AdministratorOSHA Confined Space
  6. OSHA 510
  7. OSHA 500
  8. OSHA Machine Guarding
  9. OSHA Electrical Standards
  10. Certified Drug Lab Decontamination-Worker (State of Washington)
  11. Certified Drug Lab Decontamination-Supervisor (State of Washington)
  12. Certified Asbestos Abatement Worker (Ontario, Canada)
  13. Certified Asbestos Abatement Supervisor (Ontario, Canada)
  14. Marijuana Grow Operations Remediation Supervisor
  15. 40-Hour Hazwoper
  16. Certified Anti-Terrorism (Weapons of Mass Destruction) – Taught by Ken Alibek who was the head of the Bio-weapons Department of the Soviet Union before he defected to the US in 1992.
  17. Certified Hazmat and Safety at Clandestine Drug Labs
  18. IICRC UFT–Upholstery & Fabric Cleaning Technician IICRC FSRT–Fire & Smoke Damage Restoration Technician
  19. IICRC OCT–Odor Control Technician
  20. IICRC HST–Health and Safety Technician
  21. IICRC CCT–Carpet Cleaning TechnicianIICRC MSR–Master Fire and Smoke Restorer
  22. In 2011, Mr. Tillman was an IICRC Approved Instructor and would have been the IICRC’s first instructor teaching CTS Decon, but the idea was too far ahead of its time for the IICRC so he pursued another avenue and he is no longer an IICRC Approved Instructor.
  23. In 2011, Amdecon was an IICRC Approved School and would have been the IICRC’s first school teaching CTS Decon, but the idea was too far ahead of its time for the IICRC so Amdecon pursued another avenue and is no longer an IICRC Approved School.

Mr. Tillman is an international trainer and has been featured nationally and internationally as an expert and leader in the safety and health industries, including the CTS Decon industry.

He has been interviewed by radio and television affiliates with Newsweek, CBS, NBC, ABC, Telemundo, and RLT Germany, and cited as an expert in the bio-recovery industry for major publications, including:

A&E TV
Newsweek
CNN
Telemundo
Interviu Magazine (Spain)
Brutus Magazine (Japan)
RTL TV Network (Germany)
the Dallas Morning News
ICS Cleaning Specialist
Star Telegram
Cleaning and Restoration Trade Journal
HowStuffWorks.com
KansasCity.com
Dallas Observer
NorthJersey.com
Maryland Daily Record
the Oxford Press
Tampa Business News
The Fugitive Post
The Mercury
Ashland City Times
And many others…

In April 2008 he became the Executive Director of the Suicide Aftercare Association,
a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.