About this course
Course duration approximately 3.5 hours
This course is designed to teach students how to treat and maintain chlorine based swimming pools.
It is not designed to replace formal school, vocational training or previously gained experience. It should add to your existing knowledge in order to help secure a job or increase your general understanding of this area. Completion of the videos and quizzes and the issuance of a certificate will demonstrate to your current or potential employer that you know how to treat and maintain chlorine based swimming pools.
The course consists of viewing short videos followed by a short quiz on the following subjects:
- How a swimming pool works
- 3 keys to pool circulation and return jet water flow
- How much water does your pool hold
- How long should you run your pool pump
- How to backwash a pool filter
- Properties and safe storage of pool chemicals
- What’s the right order to add pool chemicals
- How to keep your water balanced
- How much shock should you add to your pool
- Why your pool water is cloudy
- Pool clarifier vs pool flocculant
- How to stop algae in your pool
- How to clear a green pool fast
- 11 common pool maintenance mistakes
Upon completion, a certificate and summary of the topics covered will be issued in your name.
You can log in and re-take the course at any time in case a refresher is needed for any reason such as an upcoming job interview or promotion.
Course instructions
We recommend you view each video at least twice before attempting the quiz. You can only move on to the next video upon successful completion of the accompanying quiz. The pass mark is 100% – don’t worry, questions are designed to ensure you understood the video content, we are not trying to catch you out! In case you do not pass the quiz the first time, you can re-watch the video and take the quiz again. Once its passed, you can move on to the next module.
While watching each video, pay close attention and concentrate on the content. Do not let any distractions reduce your concentration level. Quiz questions will be relatively easy to answer if you have paid complete attention but difficult if you have not.
To confirm that you have watched the videos, each quiz has some questions about the video itself, such as colour of the presenters clothing or hair. These are random and can be about anything in the video. Please watch the video fully in order to be able to answer these questions correctly, this will save you time.
Do not attempt to do the quizzes without watching the videos, read and understand the course vocabulary list before attempting the course.
Once all modules are successfully completed a copy of your certificate will be available for download.
