The Village Dry Cleaners - Meet The Professionals! Proprietor of The Village Dry Cleaners, David Ellis, is passionate about his work, with over 15years experience teaching Dry Cleaning, Laundry and Textiles David undertook Textile Technology at the Strathfiled School of Textiles followed later by both the Dry Cleaning and Laundry Certficates. David eventually became head
teacher of textiles at Strathfield TAFE before moving With a thorough knowledge of textiles and dry cleaning operations David, together with his wife Diane, took the opportunity in 2000 to purchase the St Mary's location of the Village Dry Cleaners. Eighteen months in 2002 they established the Penrith shop at the old Jet 60 location on Castlereagh St which had been closed for eighteen months. With the help of his son Andrew, who was on work experience, David transformed the premises in only one month into what we see today. The Village Dry Cleaners Penrith, opened in September 2002 and has been run full time by Andrew since 2003. Following his fathers passion, Andrew has completed Certificate II and III in Dry Cleaning Operations at Ultimo TAFE and has also undertaken a course in spotting, pressing, and finishing techniques. He is currently undertaking Certificate IV in Business Administration. The Village Dry Cleaners is a boutique style dry cleaner with a wide range of skills and expertise, which set them apart from their competition. With the combination of commercial and corporate dry cleaning, as well as preservation and restoration work, David claims:"If we can't clean it, then it can't be cleaned!" The Village Dry Cleaners pride themselves on their personal, professional and expert service offeringa wide range of services from typical dry cleaning to repairs and alterations which include measure, take up, trim, hem and repairs. The Village Dry Cleaners go the
"extra mile" for their customers. No job is too small. Remember their motto... "Your Fashion - Our Passion"
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to the Sydney Institute of Technology TAFE NSW in
1991.