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Guides for pool service owners

The business side of the route: associations, certification, buying a route, setting prices and putting it in writing. For the water itself, see the pool library.

• IPSSA and PHTA: what membership gives a pool service business →

  What IPSSA and PHTA are, what each membership gives a pool service business, who can join and how to apply. Checked against both associations' own pages.

• CPO certification: what it is and how to get it →

  What the Certified Pool & Spa Operator (CPO) certification covers, who issues it, how long the course runs, how long it lasts, and how to find a class.

• Buying a pool route: how routes are priced and what to check →

  How pool routes are priced as a multiple of monthly service billing, what moves the multiple, and what to check before you pay for a route.

• How to price weekly pool service →

  Set weekly pool service prices from your real cost per stop. The factors that move the price, how to handle chemicals, and when to raise rates.

• Weekly pool service agreement template →

  A plain-language weekly pool service agreement you can copy and adapt: scope, chemicals, price, payment, access, repairs and cancellation.

Looking up a term? The glossary covers the words used across these guides and the pool library.