Programme Outline:
JTL School, Hotel, and Hydrotherapy Pool Operator REFRESHER Training Programme
This course is for learners who have completed the JTL School and Hydrotherapy Pool Operator Training Programme up to 3 years ago, and now wish to refresh their knowledge. The course content is the same, but the assessment will be different from the original course. Please find below the details of the course content.
The course comprises of Jim Johnson teaching the material over a series of PowerPoint presentations. It is separated into chapters for ease of learning and there will be regular-mini tests to measure progress and to help to consolidate the learning process.
Pre-requisites:
You must have completed the JTL School, Hotel, and Hydrotherapy Pool Operator Training Programme within the last 3 years to qualify for the Refresher Programme.
This is one of a series of programmes developed for a specific market where attendance at a typical pool plant course is not possible or would not be helpful.
Assessment:
The programme is assessed by completing an online multiple-choice quiz for each unit.
Guided learning hours:
The suggested guided learning hours for this programme are: 10 hours. But, because the training programme is delivered online, you can work at your own speed in the convenience of your own workplace.
Endorsement:
This training programme is externally endorsed, not only by Active IQ, the leading awarding organisation in the active leisure sector, but also by CIMSPA, the Chartered Institute for the leisure industry.
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:
- We recommend that you use Google Chrome to watch the videos, as we have found that this browser has minimal bufferring compared to other browsers. If you are using a different browser (Edge, Safari, etc) and find you are struggling to watch the video, consider swapping to Google Chrome.
- 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, and 100% on the final quiz to pass the course
- If you fail to achieve the required pass mark, 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’
- If you get stuck at any point, click on the lesson at the right hand side of the screen, or click on My Courses at the top right
- 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 School, Hotel, and Hydrotherapy Pool Operator Training
Lessons
- Introduction to the JTL School, Hotel, and Hydrotherapy Pool Operator training Programme
- Unit 1 S1 Introduction and legal obligations of pool operators
- Unit 1 S2 Contamination and introduction to pool plant and hydrotherapy pools
- Unit 1: S3. Part 1. Pool Water Chemistry including disinfection
- Unit 1: S3. Part 2. pH, Alkalinity, Hardness and TDS
- Unit 1: S4. Bacteriological testing
- Unit 1 Assessment Quiz questions (SP)
- Unit 2 Principles and Practice of Pool Water Testing Part 1
- Unit 2 Principles and Practice of Pool Water Testing Part 2
- Unit 2 Principles and Practice of Pool Water Testing Part 3
- Unit 2 Assessment Quiz questions (SP)
- Unit 3: S1. Pool water treatment processes
- Unit 3: S1 Pool plant components etc
- Unit 3: S2 + S3. Filters and Backwashing
- Unit 3: S4. Controlling Water Flow
- Unit 3: S5 Pool Water Chemicals
- Unit 3: S6. Chemical Safety
- Unit 3: S7 – RAG Rating
- Unit 3: S8 – PSOPs
- Unit 3: S9 – Pool contamination emergencies
- Unit 3: S10 – Balanced Water
- Post Lockdown Guidance
- Additional Videos – Lovibond Water Testing Video and Water Testing with the Lovibond Mini Pooltester
- Additional Video – Cleaning a Strainer Basket
- Additional Video – Unblocking a calcium hypo chemical injection point
- Additional Videos – Recalibrating a chemical dosing unit
- Additional Videos – Changing the set point on a dosing unit
- Additional Videos – How to backwash a high-rate filter
- Additional Video – How to backwash a medium rate filter
- Unit 3 Assessment Quiz questions (SP)
- Further Information
- JTL Course Evaluation
- Unit 3 Quiz Part B