A summer or part-time job with a school, park district, community center, or local health club can provide opportunities to learn more about servicing swimming pools. Hotels, motels, apartment buildings, and condominium complexes also frequently have pools and may hire summer or part-time workers to service them. Such a job could offer firsthand insight into the duties of swimming pool servicers, and may help in obtaining full-time employment with a pool maintenance company later.
Talk with a swimming pool servicer about his or her career. Ask your school counselor to help arrange an interview. Suggested interview questions include: What made you want to enter this career? What type of tools and equipment do you use to do your work? What do you like most and least about your job? How did you train for this field? What are some key skills for success? What advice would you give to young people about preparing for the field and being successful on the job? Perhaps you could even job-shadow a swimming pool servicer to learn even more about the field.
AQUA Magazine is a good source of technical information concerning pool service. Visit https://aquamagazine.com to read selected articles.
The Pool & Hot Tub Alliance sponsors the Work in Aquatics Web site (https://www.workinaquatics.com), which provides a wealth of information about careers in the pool industry, including in pool servicing.
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