Brad Singleton
Co-owner/Manager
Family Owned. Experience Driven.
Quality Experience. Quality Training.
Singleton Smoke School is a family-owned business specializing in EPA Method 9 certification. With more than 55 years of combined experience, our team has built a training program focused on making smoke school efficient, effective, and straightforward for the professionals we serve.
About Singleton
More Than 55 Years of Combined Experience
Singleton Smoke School was built around a simple goal: provide high-quality opacity training backed by real-world experience.
As a family-owned business, we take pride in the quality of our training and the experience we provide our customers. Our team brings more than 55 years of combined experience to smoke school, giving students knowledgeable instruction from people who understand visible emissions evaluation and the challenges observers face in the field.
Over the years, we have continued to improve how smoke school is delivered—making training more efficient and accessible while maintaining the quality and practical experience our customers expect from Singleton.
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Premier Opacity Training & Certification
Multiple ways to train, learn and complete visible emissions certification.
Visible Emissions Training
Training covering the principles and procedures used for Method 9, Method 22, Method 203 and visible emissions observation.
In-Person Smoke School
Traditional classroom and field training with scheduled certification opportunities at locations across the country.
Online Lecture
Complete the lecture portion of smoke school online before attending the required in-person field test for certification.
VR & Digital Testing
Modern certification options powered by Opacity Vision, including VR certification and paperless digital in-person testing.
Our Approach
Fast. Efficient. Effective.
We believe quality smoke school training should be thorough without being unnecessarily complicated.
Our goal is to provide clear instruction, practical experience and an efficient certification process that respects the time of the professionals and companies we serve.
From classroom instruction and field testing to online learning, digital testing and VR certification, we continue to improve the smoke school experience while maintaining the standards and fundamentals that matter.
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Quality Training
Practical, knowledgeable instruction backed by decades of combined visible emissions experience.
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Efficient Certification
A streamlined training and certification process designed to make the most of your time.
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Real-World Experience
Training focused on preparing observers for the situations and conditions they encounter in the field.
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Continued Innovation
New technology and flexible training options that improve how smoke school is delivered without sacrificing quality.
Our Team
Meet the Singleton Family
The people behind our training, certification programs and continued development of new visible emissions technology.
Fred Singleton
Co-owner/Technical Director
Jessica Carter
Office Manager
Derek Joins
Technical Director
Porter
Pawject Manager
David Houtz
Operations Assistant
Moving Smoke School Forward
Traditional Experience. Modern Smoke School.
Our experience is rooted in traditional smoke school, but we continue to look for better ways to train and certify visible emissions observers.
Online lecture training, paperless digital testing and Opacity Vision VR certification are helping make the certification process more flexible and efficient while maintaining the quality our customers expect from Singleton.
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