October 9th, 2011 by Steve 
1 Comment Halloween will soon be here, and Betty Davis, the Accounts Receivable Manager at PoolCorp’s SCP store in Riverside, is always ready. She has a tradition of decorating her office to the max before Halloween! Tombstones, mummies, rats, vultures, ghosts, skeletons and all kinds of spooky stuff can be found in there. You might even find a few body parts — could it be some of Betty’s [...]
July 17th, 2011 by Steve No Comments The main “tool of the trade” that we use as pool operators is our test kit and testing instruments. In our CPO certification class, we talk about and thoroughly explain, the four different methods of chemical testing that we perform in the field: colorimetric, titrimetric, turbidimetric, and electronic. There are many different brands, models, and combinations of test kits and instruments available to us. And every [...]
June 26th, 2011 by Steve No Comments We had a full house in our CPO Certification class at SCP/PoolCorp in Riverside this past Thursday and Friday, June 23-24. We purchased more tables to accommodate everyone and are now better prepared to include more students at this location. We appreciate SCP allowing us to store the tables there between classes, too. When we talk about pool water problems in our classes, the topic [...]
May 9th, 2011 by Steve 1 Comment 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 class, I cite the statistics of drownings in Orange County: “Between the years of 2005-2007, on average, over 8 children each year drown in Orange County, California, alone. Folks–that’s a pre-school class!” (OC Report) A pre-school class [...]
April 17th, 2011 by Steve 2 Comments As we were going through the chemical dosage exercises in our CPO class this past Thursday and Friday at Superior Pool Products in Anaheim, the question was asked, “Is there a general formula that we can use to add chemicals to the pool?” In class we use a worksheet (developed by the Foundation) that simplifies the elementary algebra — and reduces it to simple [...]
April 5th, 2011 by Steve 3 Comments We took our CPO class to the Western Pool & Spa Show (WPSS) in Long Beach, and it was great! (If you look through the slide show, you’ll see some highlights of our trip.) The weather in Long Beach was just awesome, too!…..and, as you can see, we even stole away to have dinner (and celebrate Steve’s birthday) on the Queen Mary at our favorite restaurant. [...]
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