Details: what was checked, what wasn't, and how to repeat it
Checked against issuer rosters
Certification bodies are listed in a fixed order — NCSG, then NFI, then CSIA, then any other body — so that what is missing is as visible as what is present.
Photo, role and history on this record were supplied by this person. Issuer logos and names are the issuers' trademarks, shown only to identify where the check was run; no endorsement by NFI or SPRAT is implied.
NCSGNational Chimney Sweep Guild individual certification: none on record.
NFINational Fireplace InstituteRoster checked
NFI Woodburning Specialist
Certificate number
not shown by issuer's public lookupThe issuer's public lookup displays no certificate number, so this record carries none. We do not invent one.
Roster check
Found on the NFI roster, 2026-09-18Searched by Chimney.Services on the issuer's own public page. Listed on NFI's public Find-an-NFI-Pro search (nficertified.org), searched by location 60089, as Woodburning Specialist under this name and Chimney Monkey. NFI's public lookup displays no certificate number and no expiry, so none is recorded.REFIssuer's own public lookup, read by us on 2026-09-18.
Expiry
Issuer lists expiry as — (not shown by public lookup)No expiry is recorded here because the issuer does not publish one where we looked. Absence of a date is not a claim that the certification runs forever.
What it is relevant to NFI certifies knowledge of hearth appliances — the installation and service of wood, gas and pellet equipment. The Woodburning Specialist credential covers wood-burning appliances specifically.
Check it yourself NFI's public tool searches by location and by specialty (wood, gas, pellet, hearth design). It does not take a certificate number, so the strongest check a reader can run there is a name match against the list it returns — search near 60089 and look for this name.
CSIAChimney Safety Institute of America individual certification: none on record.
Other bodies
SPRATSociety of Professional Rope Access TechniciansRoster checked
Level 1 Rope Access Technician
Certificate number
2602623
Roster check
Found on the SPRAT roster, 2026-09-18Searched by Chimney.Services on the issuer's own public page. Searched SPRAT's public Certification Verification System (sprat.org → technician verification application) by SPRAT number 2602623 and last name. Result: First name Artjoms, last name Kalinicenko, SPRAT number 2602623, Rope Access Certification Level 1, Rope Access Expiration 18 September 2029, Work-at-Height certification none.DOCIssuer's own public lookup, read by us on 2026-09-18.
Expiry
Issuer lists expiry as 2029-09-18That date is the issuer's claim, copied from the issuer. It is not ours.
What it is relevant to Rope access is a way of reaching work on a steep or tall roof safely. It says nothing about chimney knowledge — it is about getting to the flue, not about what happens at it.
Check it yourself SPRAT runs a public certification verification system for technicians, linked from that page. It searches by SPRAT number and last name and returns the certification level and the issuer's expiry date — the same search anyone can repeat with the number on this record.
The printed card carries a QR code that opens this page, which holds everything the card does not: the dates, the evidence and what was never checked. It is not a licence, an insurance certificate or a background check. Join the waiting list for one.
Supplied by this person — not checked
Everything below came from the person named. We have not checked any of it and we do not repeat it as fact.
Active in chimney services since
2017
Role
Founding Partner at Chimney Monkey
Job title
Founding Partner · chimney technician
Service area
Chicago North Shore and northwest suburbs
Employer
Chimney Monkey, 741 Hastings Dr, Buffalo Grove, IL 60089
Photograph
A photograph is supplied by the person named and proves nothing. We do not check that a face belongs to a name.
Statement
Everything in this section is what the person told us about themselves. We have not checked any of it — not the employer, not the address, not the service area, not the photograph — and we do not repeat it as fact.
Not checked
Four things a reader might assume a registry record covers. It covers none of them.
IdentityWe matched a name to an issuer's public roster. We did not check that the person standing in front of you is that person, and we have no way to. The photograph on this record was supplied by the person named and proves nothing.
Criminal backgroundWe ran no background check of any kind. Chimney.Services is not a background screener or a consumer reporting agency.
Work qualityWe inspected no work, called no customer, and read no complaint history. A certification is a test result, not a record of jobs done well.
InsuranceWe checked no policy. Liability and workers' compensation cover a company, not a person — insurance belongs on a company record, and there is no company record behind this one.
The prompt those buttons send
Nothing is hidden in it. This is the whole text the buttons above hand to an AI — read it, edit it, or paste it wherever you like.
Machine-readable version of this record, including this prompt: /pro/art-kalina.json.
Questions about this record
What was checked on this record?
A certification appears on the issuer's own public roster under this name, on the date shown — with the certificate number where the issuer publishes one. That is the whole claim. On this record: NFI Woodburning Specialist, with no certificate number shown by the issuer, found on National Fireplace Institute's own public lookup on Sep 18, 2026. Level 1 Rope Access Technician, certificate 2602623, found on Society of Professional Rope Access Technicians' own public lookup on Sep 18, 2026, where the issuer lists expiry as Sep 2029. Nothing is on record from NCSG and CSIA.
What was not checked?
Identity — We matched a name to an issuer's public roster. We did not check that the person standing in front of you is that person, and we have no way to. The photograph on this record was supplied by the person named and proves nothing. Criminal background — We ran no background check of any kind. Chimney.Services is not a background screener or a consumer reporting agency. Work quality — We inspected no work, called no customer, and read no complaint history. A certification is a test result, not a record of jobs done well. Insurance — We checked no policy. Liability and workers' compensation cover a company, not a person — insurance belongs on a company record, and there is no company record behind this one. A certification is a test somebody passed on a day, not a licence, an approval, or a promise about the work.
How do I verify this myself?
Run the same search we ran, on the issuer's own page. NFI: https://www.nficertified.org/public/find-an-nfi-pro/ — NFI's public tool searches by location and by specialty (wood, gas, pellet, hearth design). It does not take a certificate number, so the strongest check a reader can run there is a name match against the list it returns — search near 60089 and look for this name. SPRAT: https://sprat.org/technician-verification-system/ — SPRAT runs a public certification verification system for technicians, linked from that page. It searches by SPRAT number and last name and returns the certification level and the issuer's expiry date — the same search anyone can repeat with the number on this record. The full text of that search is printed on this page under "The prompt those buttons send", and the machine-readable copy of this record is published at https://www.chimney.services/pro/art-kalina.json. A roster match is not proof of identity, competence, insurance or honesty.
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