# Kitchen exhaust cleaning: foundations for buyers

Understand your kitchen exhaust system, grease risks and provider claims before arranging cleaning.

- Level: Foundations
- Length: 40 minutes
- Exam questions: 8, pass mark 80%, up to 3 attempts
- Certificate: valid for 12 months

## What you will learn

- Describe the known system and record unknowns.
- Separate cleaning, ventilation and fire protection questions.
- Prepare a provider enquiry and check the scope of credentials.

## Lessons

1. [Identify your kitchen exhaust system](https://greasecleaning.fyi/academy/kitchen-exhaust-buying-foundations/identify-your-system.md) (10 minutes)
2. [Understand grease, cleaning and safety boundaries](https://greasecleaning.fyi/academy/kitchen-exhaust-buying-foundations/understand-cleaning-boundaries.md) (10 minutes)
3. [Prepare a provider enquiry and check claims](https://greasecleaning.fyi/academy/kitchen-exhaust-buying-foundations/prepare-a-provider-enquiry.md) (10 minutes)

## Questions

### Does this authorise me to perform cleaning or approve compliance?

No. This is buyer education. Its certificate is a certificate of completion from greasecleaning.fyi, not a licence, accreditation or professional qualification. Use competent specialists and check local requirements.

### Does the course give a universal cleaning interval?

No. Ask competent specialists to consider the actual equipment, its instructions, use, condition and local requirements.

Also on the [web page](https://greasecleaning.fyi/academy/kitchen-exhaust-buying-foundations).