All New Certified Pool-Spa Operator® Handbook Introduced The Most Important Recreational Water Manual Written in the Last 10 Years
The National Swimming Pool Foundation®(NSPF®) introduced the long-awaited Certified Pool-Spa Operator® Handbook at the Aquatic Health™ Conference, October 3-5, in Atlanta, Georgia. Authored by Ron Ford, veteran CPO® instructor, the new handbook is the fundamental training and reference manual for professionals who help protect those who use aquatic venues, including operators, health officials, service technicians, retailers, property managers, and manufacturers
Colorado Springs, CO (PRWEB) December 12, 2004 -- The National Swimming Pool
Foundation®(NSPF®) introduced the long-awaited Certified Pool-Spa Operator®
Handbook at the Aquatic Health™ Conference, October 3-5, in Atlanta, Georgia.
Authored by Ron Ford, veteran CPO® instructor, the new handbook is the
fundamental training and reference manual for professionals who help protect
those who use aquatic venues, including operators, health officials, service
technicians, retailers, property managers, and manufacturers.
This
handbook emphasizes pool and spa operations and protecting people in and around
the water. It brings insight into understanding and preventing drowning, suction
entrapment, evisceration, diving accidents, recreational water illness,
electrocutions, chemical hazards, and slip and falls. Fresh information related
to regulatory agencies and guidelines, disinfection, water balance, water
problems, troubleshooting, chemical testing and record keeping, chemical feed
and control technology is also included.
New features and information
are found throughout the handbook. The most prominent is the extensive use of
color to help students and instructors visualize important concepts. “Life is
better in color; learning is better in color; color reflects the needs of the
student,” says Ford. He adds “For example, students can see in the handbook the
color changes in chemical test kits instead of just reading about them.”
“Education creates a better future; black and white is the ‘50s’. We are not
going back. Our customers deserve better,” added Thomas M. Lachocki, CEO of
NSPF. “Ron Ford dedicated almost a year to making the new handbook exciting,
relevant and easier for both instructors and students to comprehend,” agreed
Bill Kent, President of the NSPF Board of Directors.
The new handbook has
other features to help the student find important information:
·Color-coded
page edges make it easy to thumb to the right chapter.
·A comprehensive
keyword index and table of contents make it easy to find important topics.
·Guides to simplify mathematics and calculations are included.
·A
PowerPoint® presentation, available to current CPO® instructors, supplements the
imagery in the handbook.
“We are indebted and thankful to Ron Ford and
the experts who reviewed and provided input on each chapter. Many organizations
graciously donated images to help make this the finest and most up-to-date
handbook in the recreational water field,” said Lachocki.
“As the world
has evolved, so has technology. As technology evolved, so has the CPO® training
program. The new handbook reflects the Foundation’s commitment to industry
leadership and continuous improvement,” commented Bill Kent. “The launch of the
new CPO® Handbook is the biggest educational advance in the recreational water
field in many years. It will touch 20,000 students in the next year,” he added.
CPO Handbooks (without the exam) are available to any individual or
company at a cost of $59.95 per book (plus $5 shipping and handling). CPO
Handbooks may be ordered by downloading the NSPF Order Form on our web site, www.nspf.org. Payment
may be by check, money order, or Visa/MasterCard. If paying by check or money,
the order form and payment should be mailed to the NSPF. If paying by
Visa/MasterCard, the order may by submitted by telephone or FAX.
The
NSPF® CPO® training program is an international training program. It satisfies
educational requirement for commercial pool operators in many states and
counties. Since 1989, over 150,000 students have been certified by the NSPF®.
NSPF® provides advanced education at the Aquatic Health™ Conference and funds
research to advance science, to protect people, and encourage better health
through aquatics.
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