Programme Outline:
This is an online version of Unit 3 and 4 of the JTL Level 3 Pool Plant Operator Certificate Course. It is the same high quality you have come to expect from Johnson Training Ltd, but studied from the comfort of your own home or office and at your own speed.
The course comprises of Jim Johnson teaching the material over a series of PowerPoint Presentation. It is separated into chapters for ease of learning and there will be regular mini-tests to consolidate learning.
The course comprises of two units to supliment the two covered in the Foundation certificate.
The course is supplemented by a number of plant related videos.
On completion of the course, you will receive the  JTL Level 3 Pool Plant Operators Certificate.
Pre-requisites:
This programme provides a progression route from our  JTL Level 2 Principles and Practice of Pool water Testing Training Programme and evidence needs to be provided in the form of a certificate to confirm.
Assessment:
The programme is assessed by completing multiple choice tests/worksheets for each of the units.
Guided learning hours:
The suggested guided learning hours for this programme are: 11 hours. But, because the training programme is delivered online, you can work at your own speed in the convenience of your own workplace.
Progression:
By completing out an additional unit and carrying out additional assessment it is possible possible to upgrade the qualification to the regulated qualification Active IQ Level 3 Award in Managing Pool Operations (RQF).
Certificate
Once all the lessons have been marked by you as completed, and the quiz successfully passed, the certificate will then be available to view next to the results tab.
Guidance on successfully completing this course:
- However long you have been in the business, please do watch every video and read the manual
- Don’t assume you already know everything there is to know
- At the start of every unit there is a manual to download. This is something you can keep and refer to whenever you need to
- Every lesson is a video PowerPoint presentation for you to watch
- Once you have watched it, press Complete Lesson to move onto the next lesson
- Each unit is assessed by a multiple-choice quiz. This is graded automatically but is reviewed manually before the unit is passed.
- Move onto the next lesson by scrolling to the bottom and clicking on the right arrow
- You have to watch every video to pass the course
- You have to score at least 80% on each quiz to pass the course
- If you fail to achieve 80%, the quiz will be reset, and you will be able to re-take it
- When you have finished, you will find your certificate under ‘My Courses’
- You can also review your quiz answers under ‘My Courses’ and see where you went wrong
- If you get stuck at any point, click on the arrow at the bottom of the screen which says ‘go back to [course title], or alternatively, go to ‘My Courses’ and click on the course title to see the lessons
- If the course is suggesting you haven’t completed 100% by the end, make sure you have clicked ‘complete lesson’ on each lesson.
Modules
JTL Level 3 Pool Plant Operator Certificate
Lessons
- Unit 3. S1. Pool water treatment processes
- Unit 3. S2. Pool plant components etc
- Unit 3. S3. Filters
- Unit 3. S4. Controlling Water Flow
- Unit 3. S5 Pool Water Chemicals
- Unit 3. S6. Chemical Safety
- Unit 3. Assessment Quiz questions (L3)
- Unit 4. S1: How to Maintain Good Pool Water Quality
- Unit 4: S2: Water Balance and RAG Rating
- Unit 4: S3: Impact of Incoming Mains Water
- Unit 4: S4: Legislation, PSOP and PTOP
- Unit 4: S5: Infections associated with pool water quality
- Unit 4: S6: Pool Related Emergencies
- Unit 4: S7: Microbiology
- Unit 4: S8: Pool Design Basics and Hydraulics
- Unit 4. S9: Heating, Ventilation and Energy
- Unit 4: S10: Problem Solving Exercises
- Changes to pool operation which were introduced as a result of the Covid 19 pandemic
- Additional Videos – How to backwash a high-rate filter
- Additional Videos – Changing the set point on a dosing unit
- Additional Video – Lovibond Water Testing Video
- Additional Videos – Recalibrating a chemical dosing unit
- Additional Video – Cleaning a Strainer Basket
- Additional Video – How to Backwash a Medium Rate Pool Filter
- Additional Video – Unblocking a calcium hypo chemical injection point
- Unit 4. Assessment Quiz Questions
- Quiz Questions Part B
- JTL Online Course Evaluation