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ppm and chlorine, pH and the LSI, pool volume, turnover and flow rate, filters, VGB drain safety, fecal incidents and the inspector's logs. Every topic gets its own page: the drawing first, then what you need to remember. 58 illustrated pages.
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Every page has one big drawing and a box with the numbers and formulas you need to know:
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These are real pages from the book. The table of contents is the full one: 8 parts and 54 topics.
You're at the pool with the test kit. The pH reads 8.0, the chlorine looks fine, and the manager asks if the pool can stay open. You're not sure if that pH matters or what to fix first.
You went back to the pH chapter. It's paragraphs about hydrogen ions, ranges and exceptions, and how pH affects chlorine is buried a few pages later.
In the book, pH is one page: a scale from 7.0 to 7.8 per the CDC, with corrosion drawn below it and weak chlorine and scale drawn above it.
Same with ppm, free and combined chlorine, cyanuric acid, the LSI and turnover: each one has its own page.
You look at the reading, you know what it means and what to adjust, and you don't have to dig through the manual.
The job and the rules, disinfection, water balance and the LSI, pool math, circulation and filtration, safety, germs and incidents, and a final review: 58 pages, all illustrated
Think of it this way:
A practice question gives you a 75 × 30 ft pool with a 4 ft average depth and asks for the flow rate you need for a 6-hour turnover. The numbers are there, but where do you start?
You open the page and the pool is drawn with its numbers, worked in the same 4 steps: 75 × 30 × 4 = 9,000 cubic feet, × 7.5 = 67,500 gallons, ÷ 6 hours = 11,250 gallons per hour, ÷ 60 = 187.5 gallons per minute.
Same with pH, breakpoint chlorination, the LSI, filter rate and drain covers: each one on its own page.
Pool & Spa Operator Illustrated has 8 parts and 54 topics, all drawn, and at the end you get every formula and every number on one page each, plus the most common math, chemistry and safety mistakes.
What you see drawn, you don't have to memorize.
What a pool operator is responsible for, who sets the rules (MAHC, state code, VGB), the 4-step method and the units you use all day.
ppm, free, combined and total chlorine, MAHC limits, hypochlorous acid, chlorine products, cyanuric acid, breakpoint, bromine, ozone, UV and testing the right way.
pH, total alkalinity, calcium hardness and TDS, corrosive vs. scaling water, and the LSI formula piece by piece with a worked example.
Surface area, average depth, volume in gallons, round pools and spas, turnover, flow rate, filter rate, dosage, liquid chlorine, acid, heaters and dilution.
The circulation system as one loop, the pump, vacuum and pressure gauges, the flow meter, sand, DE and cartridge filters, feeders, controllers and spa basics.
The 5 types of entrapment, the VGB Act, drain covers and split drains, barriers and signs, emergency plan, chemical storage, PPE, SDS, OSHA HazCom and spills.
Recreational water illnesses, formed-stool and vomit incidents, diarrheal incidents and hyperchlorination, and the records the health inspector asks for.
All the formulas on one page, all the numbers on one page, and the most common math, chemistry and safety mistakes.
At the end of the book: All the formulas and all the numbers on one page each, plus the most common math, chemistry and safety mistakes.
Test yourself on chemistry, math and safety, and read why each answer is right, so you can see exactly what you still need to review.
Every formula, conversion and the most common math and chemistry mistakes on a few printable cards, to review in minutes before the exam or keep in the pump room.
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Each topic of the course on its own page, drawn, so the manual finally makes sense. The math always follows the same 4 steps.
All the formulas and all the numbers on one page each, plus the practice questions with every answer explained, to see what you still need to review.
Years since your last class? All the formulas and numbers on one page each, plus pH, chlorine, the LSI and VGB drain covers drawn so it comes back. Print it and keep it in the pump room.
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Yes. Every calculation starts from a drawing of the pool and follows the same 4 steps: draw the pool, write what you know, plug in the formula, check the units. It doesn't assume you remember school math.
Chemistry ranges are checked against the CDC Model Aquatic Health Code (2024 edition). Safety follows the Virginia Graeme Baker Act (CPSC) and ANSI/APSP/ICC-16, incidents follow CDC guidance and chemical handling follows OSHA HazCom. Where rules differ, the book reminds you to check your state or county code.
No. It's an independent illustrated study guide that covers the topics of the Certified Pool & Spa Operator® course. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by PHTA.
No. You still need to take the course and the exam required in your state or county. It doesn't replace your course manual either: it sits next to it. Each topic is one drawn page, every calculation is worked in the same 4 steps with real numbers, and all the formulas and all the numbers are on one page each, so you review what the manual spreads across chapters.
No. They're written for this book, in exam style, with each answer explained. They are not official questions from any exam.
The book and the 2 bonus books arrive as a PDF by email, at the address you enter at checkout.
No. It's a one-time payment.
Yes. The PDF is printable: print the whole book or just the pages you need, like the formula page for the pump room.
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No more rereading the manual and forgetting it the next day.
You see the pH scale drawn, and it clicks.
You walk into the exam knowing where everything is.
Drawings make studying faster.
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