What instructional materials are used in the initial Deer Solution training process?
Deer_Solution Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
Instructional materials that will be used in the initial training process includes our Manuals, live instruction, and handouts. Initial training will be conducted under the direction and supervision of our Operations and Training Manager, Brian Lee. For the period of January 2013 to December 2021, Mr. Lee has served as Operations and Training Manager of our affiliate, James J. Messina Landscaping Inc. The level of experience of our trainers will, at a minimum, include each trainer's satisfactory completion of our initial training program. In addition to initial training, you will also be required to participate in and satisfy all other training programs that we may designate respecting the Franchised Business. (Franchise Agreement, Articles 4 and 7.I.).
We will provide one to two days of in market support following the conclusion of your pre-opening process. All trainees must have successfully completed the training program. We will assess launch marketing plans and the capacity to operate the business. If approved, you may start offering services to customers in your territory, and, if not approved, we may require additional training.
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND TRAINING (FDD pages 29–35)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Deer Solution's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the instructional materials used in the initial training process include manuals, live instruction, and handouts. The initial training is conducted under the direction and supervision of the Operations and Training Manager, Brian Lee. Mr. Lee served as Operations and Training Manager of James J. Messina Landscaping Inc., an affiliate, from January 2013 to December 2021.
The FDD states that the trainers must have satisfactorily completed the initial training program themselves. In addition to the initial training, franchisees are required to participate in and satisfy any other training programs that Deer Solution may designate for the franchised business.
Deer Solution also provides one to two days of in-market support after the pre-opening process. Trainees must successfully complete the training program to begin offering services. Deer Solution will assess the franchisee's launch marketing plans and capacity to operate the business. If the franchisee is not approved, Deer Solution may require additional training.