As pool service professionals for public swimming pools, we have the duty and responsibility to know and understand the operational guidelines and regulatory requirements set forth by the governing authority …
Manually Adding Chemicals to the Pool
Chapter 9 of our Pool & Spa Operator™Handbook is all about adding chemicals to the swimming pool; using automated controllers/feeders or adding them manually. Before you even approach a pool with …
National Water Safety Month – 2012
The month of May is National Water Safety Month: “an annual awareness campaign coordinated by the Association of Pool & Spa Professionals w ith support from the National Recreation & …
Consider the Pool Inspector An Ally!
We just finished up our third CPO Certification class of the new year this past Thursday and Friday, February 9-10, at PoolCorp’s Superior Products building in Anaheim. And we have …
GFCI (Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter) vs. Circuit Breaker
When we are in Chapter 14 (Facility Safety) of the Pool & Spa Operator Handbook, discussing electrical safety during our CPO® class, we talk about the difference between a Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI) …
Water Safety Month
Did you know that May is Water Safety Month? One full chapter in our CPO Handbook (Chapter 14) is dedicated to Water Safety. As an introduction to the …
Keeping Records – A Never Ending Task
We had our second installment of our CPO presentation for Archstone Apartments. This past Thursday and Friday, September 2-3, we were at their regional HQ in Santa Ana – a …
What Exactly is pH?
Ever seen Palm trees in front of snow-covered mountains!–well, we did! As we drove to SCP-Riverside for our CPO class, this past Thursday and Friday, April 8-9 the view was …
Drowning – A Tragic Statistic
Spring and sunshine are here! And our class in Anaheim, March 25-26 2010, was “a buzz’n” with guys from all over California: Palmdale, Palm Springs, Warner Springs, Pomona and all …
Chlorine Stabilizer Slows Down Chlorine
We opened up our 2010 SCP San Diego CPO class this past Thursday and Friday, March 4-5. A new boss was in town, too – David Ogren — a.k.a. “David-O”. …
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