October 30th, 2011 by Elise 
No Comments We start the second day of our CPO class with the homework review. Did somebody say, “Homework? Ugh!” Well, yes, it IS school — AND there is HOMEWORK!–sorry….you’ve got to practice those math problems to do well on the exam–it’s a fact! After the homework review, we spend some time online showing the students the National Swimming Pool Foundation’s website. We also introduce our [...]
July 24th, 2011 by Steve No Comments Just about everything that is added to the pool water will change the pH. And anything that exits or is carried out of the water changes the pH. Even the type of pool wall surface will affect the pH. Our Pool & Spa Operator Handbook lists a few things that affect the pH: the bathers the disinfectants we use the source water air-borne debris the water balance [...]
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 [...]
July 10th, 2011 by Steve 1 Comment It’s already July, 2011 — and this year is more than half over. Time is just FLYING by as we have fun teaching CPO classes! Last Monday was July 4, and we celebrated our country’s Independence Day with family and friends with picnics and fireworks. As a nation, we have declared ourselves to be independent and sovereign now for 235 years…..but that freedom has not [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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