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Your Worst Plumbing Nightmares and Expert Solutions
Saturday 8:30 am - Saturday 9:20 am
The
course looks into the swimming pool professionals’ plumbing nightmares
and plumbing solutions. Discussion will included modern age plumbing
repair and flow upgrades.
Speaker: Rick Howard, Rick's Pool Service
Session Track: Build/Repair
Session Requirement: GEN, Session Number: 0613708, CEU Hours: 1
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Can I Do That? Swimming Pool License Scope and Limitations
Saturday 8:30 am - Saturday 9:20 am
Learn
the scope of work and limitations based on the license held. Look at
the differences in scope of work for all Florida Swimming Pool
occupational licenses. Learn to identify whether or not a given task is
within their authorized scope of work.
Speaker: Dallas Thiesen, Florida swimming Pool Association
Session Track: Build/Repair
Session Requirement: L&R, Session Number: 0613681, CEU Hours: 1
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Selecting, Operating and Maintaining Recreational Water Features
Saturday 8:30 am - Saturday 9:20 am
Learn
about the benefits and challenges of the different types of water
features including splash pads, water slides, interactive water play
sets, and lazy rivers. This course will also cover all the necessary
requirements to operate such water features, including filtration and
safety. Attendees will learn about the appropriate upkeep of such water
features and be able to determine when a new water feature needs to
replace an existing structure.
Speaker: Alex Fletcher, AquaWorx, Inc.
Session Track: Build/Repair
Session Requirement: GEN, Session Number: 0614062, CEU Hours: 1
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Stop Guessing and Start Understanding What Drives the Buying Habits of Today's Home Pool Owners
Saturday 8:30 am - Saturday 9:20 am
Stop
guessing and start understanding what drives the buying habits of the
today’s home pool owners. Gain insights from the field and discover
upcoming market trends. This session will identify the training, selling
and marketing opportunities your business is missing out on and the
habits of today’s successful pool professional.
Speaker: Jennifer Labuda, Clear Comfort
Session Track: Management
Session Requirement: GEN, Session Number: 0612821, CEU Hours: 1
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Understanding Basic Hydraulics
Saturday 8:30 am - Saturday 9:20 am
Understand the effects that various factors have on the flow of water.
Speaker: Michael Childress, Pentair
Session Track: Build/Repair
Session Requirement: GEN, Session Number: 0611489, CEU Hours: 1
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Driver Screening & the Importance of MVR Policies
Saturday 8:30 am - Saturday 9:20 am
Business
owners with fleets of vehicles will understand the importance of
implementing and maintaining a robust driver screening process as a risk
management technique.
Speaker: Sean Yakicic, Amerisure
Session Track: Management
Session Requirement: GEN, Session Number: 0614064, CEU Hours: 1
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FBC Advanced Module ANSI-15 and ANSI-7
Saturday 8:30 am - Saturday 10:20 am
Define
the differences in requirements, concept and specific goals between
ANSI-15 design standard and the ANSI-7 conformance standard. Illustrate
the real energy savings to consumers and the marketing benefits for
builders resulting
from compliance with ANSI-15. Discuss and illustrate
how to calculate Total Dynamic Head (TDH) and determine system flow for
compliance with the standards individually. Discuss methods of affirming
compliance with each standard with your building official. Discuss the
methods of verifying flow to assure compliance with the ANSI-7 Suction
Entrapment Avoidance Standard.
Speaker: Donald Cesarone Jr., Lucas Lagoons
Session Track: Build/Repair
Session Requirement: ADV, Session Number: 0610378, CEU Hours: 2
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Intermediate Pool Water Chemistry and Troubleshooting
Saturday 8:30 am - Saturday 10:20 am
A more in-depth seminar on the various parameters involved with proper chemistry and water balance in pools and spas. Topics include water balance, sanitation/oxidation, treatment applications, testing techniques, and more. Designed for those with a basic knowledge and understanding of pool/spa water chemistry.
Speaker: Jody O'Grady and Rachel Rutter, Taylor Water Technologies
Session Track: Maintenance/Cleaning
Session Requirement: GEN, Session Number: 0613191, CEU Hours: 2
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Enhancing Your Digital Footprint NEW
Saturday 8:30 am - Saturday 10:20 am
Enhancing
your digital footprint will show you how to setup your online presence
for success. It will address the user experience, Google best practices,
local listings, search engine optimization best practices, email
marketing.
Speaker: Bruce Porter, Swat Marketing
Session Track: Management
Session Requirement: NO CE CREDIT, Session Number: NO CE CREDIT, CEU Hours: 2
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Alternative Dispute Resolution
Saturday 8:30 am - Saturday 10:20 am
To
inform contractors how to effectively utilize alternative dispute
resolution procedures (1) to reduce legal disputes and expedite
settlements and (2) to bring about a higher level of consumer
satisfaction.
Speaker: Albert Underwood, My Aqua Blue
Session Track: Build/Repair
Session Requirement: BSP, Session Number: 0007785, CEU Hours: 2
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Cost Saving Methods for Business Insurance
Saturday 9:30 am - Saturday 10:20 am
A
discussion of the most unusual exposures to loss for the swimming pool
industry, how insurance addresses those and way to reduce those
insurance costs.
Speaker: David Griffiths, Insurance by Ken Brown
Session Track: Management
Session Requirement: GEN, Session Number: 0614032, CEU Hours: 1
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The Importance of Incident Investigations
Saturday 9:30 am - Saturday 10:20 am
The
purpose of the presentation is to help business owners understand how
to, and why it is important, to perform thorough incident
investigations.
Speaker: Sean Yakicic, Amerisure
Session Track: Management
Session Requirement: GEN, Session Number: 0614065, CEU Hours: 1
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CYA Smart: A Movement Toward Better, Healthier Water NEW
Saturday 9:30 am - Saturday 10:20 am
In
this health-conscious era, pool professionals are starting to treat
water – not chemicals. Traditional formulas required heavy chlorine use
and subsequent cyanuric acid, but chlorine shortages led the industry to
question these methods. This panel uncovers techniques and sanitizing
methods that successful professionals have used in chlorine shortages
and beyond.
Speaker: Jennifer Labuda, Clear Comfort
Session Track: Maintenance/Cleaning
Session Requirement: GEN, Session Number: 0614361, CEU Hours: 1
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The VGBA Standard Changed: What Your Company Needs to Know
Saturday 9:30 am - Saturday 11:20 am
Federal
Law changed May 24, 2021, impacting existing public pools and all new
pools. Changes to the ASNI/APSP/ICC-16 Drain Cover Standard provided
additional options and much more installation detail, while eliminating
two untested 'best practices' common in Florida. The
APSP-16 Standard Writing Committee Chairman will detail what
has changed and how pool professionals can maintain compliance with
pools they build, service or inspect.
Speaker: Steve Barnes, AquaStar Pool Products
Session Track: Maintenance/Cleaning
Session Requirement: GEN, Session Number: 0614061, CEU Hours: 2
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Effective Communication Techniques NEW!
Saturday 9:30 am - Saturday 11:20 am
Communication
is the foundation to ALL relationships, for better or worse. Learn to
effectively communicate using 5 critical communication skills to improve
your professional and personal relationships.
Speaker: Laura Castanza, Team Horner Group
Session Track: Management
Session Requirement: PENDING, Session Number: PENDING, CEU Hours: 2
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Swimming Pool & Spa Basic Electrical Requirements
Saturday 9:30 am - Saturday 11:20 am
Teaches contractors how to understand an electrical circuit, size wire, use a meter and practice electrical safety.
Speaker: Michael Childress, Pentair
Session Track: Build/Repair
Session Requirement: PEC, Session Number: 0612739, CEU Hours: 2
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Florida Construction Lien Law
Saturday 10:30 am - Saturday 12:20 pm
Anyone
involved in construction is urged to learn about this law in enough
detail to protect his or her interests. Failure to understand the steps
that must be taken to ensure compliance with this law, protect one’s
ability to be paid, or avoid
liability can result in substantial
financial loss or licensure disciplinary action. This law is chapter
713, part I, Florida Statutes, and may be located at
www.flsenate.gov/statutes.
Speaker: Donald Cesarone Jr., Lucas Lagoons
Session Track: Management, Build/Repair
Session Requirement: BSP, Session Number: 0610228, CEU Hours: 2
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Formalized Fleet Safety NEW
Saturday 10:30 am - Saturday 11:20 am
The
purpose of this presentation is to help business owners with fleets of
vehicles understand what a comprehensive fleet safety program entails.
Speaker: Sean Yakicic, Amerisure
Session Track: Management
Session Requirement: WPS, Session Number: 0614363, CEU Hours: 1
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Gas Pool Heater Not Working – Common Gas Supply Issues and Troubleshooting
Saturday 10:30 am - Saturday 11:20 am
Understand
why proper gas supply is critical for operation and the parameters for
proper heater installation on new and existing systems. Learn proper
manometer use and troubleshooting for gas problems.
Speaker: Keith Roberts, Hayward Holdings
Session Track: Maintenance/Cleaning
Session Requirement: GEN, Session Number: 0613684, CEU Hours: 1
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Exploring ORP
Saturday 10:30 am - Saturday 12:20 pm
This
course will explain what ORP means, and will review current
applications for both commercial and residential pools and spas.
Speaker: Brad Manning, AquaCal AutoPilot, Inc.
Session Track: Maintenance/Cleaning
Session Requirement: GEN, Session Number: 0614066, CEU Hours: 2
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PHTA/GENESIS: Job Costing for Profit vs. Existence NEW!
Saturday 10:30 am - Saturday 12:20 pm
an
in-person course that explore how to increase your skills and
reputation through better business planning, improved performance,
customer communication and service, improved reputation and
profitability.
Speaker: Brian Van Bower, GENESIS/PHTA
Session Track: GENESIS
Session Requirement: PENDING, Session Number: Pending CILB Approval, CEU Hours: 2
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Watershape University: CON 3251: Pier and Beam Construction NEW
Saturday 10:30 am - Saturday 12:20 pm
This
is a look at multiple projects using pier and beam foundations to
support watershapes on hillsides or poor soils. These projects are not
part of Watershape University's CONSTRUCTION 4112: Essential Advanced
Watershapes - Residential course - instead, we take a totally different
approach with these project profiles because every project has different
considerations, issues to solve, and surprises that will challenge any
builder's expected means and methods. Identify site and programming
parameters that demand a need for a pier and beam
Speaker: Paolo Benedetti, Watershape University
Session Track: Watershape University, Build/Repair
Session Requirement: PENDING, Session Number: PENDING, CEU Hours: 2
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Recreational Water Balance 101
Saturday 10:30 am - Saturday 12:20 pm
Participants will learn the basics of water balance, how some chemical additions affect water chemistry, and how environmental factors affect water chemistry.
Speaker: Jody O'Grady and Rachel Rutter, Taylor Water Technologies, Inc.
Session Track: Maintenance/Cleaning
Session Requirement: GEN, Session Number: 0614037, CEU Hours: 2
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PHTA/GENESIS:
C212: POOL SURFACES – Problems and Solutions: Profiles – An Interactive
PowerPoint and Discussion to Help Identify, Prevent and Mediate Pool
Surface Irregularities NEW!
Saturday 11:30 am - Saturday 1:20 pm
Uncover
the idiosyncrasies of curing cementitious surfaces, the importance of a
thorough substrate preparation, sound technical practices for a hand
troweled, cementitious surfaces and procedures for extended surface
life. Learn the approved start-up procedure as specified by the National
Plasters’ Council and the importance of frequent, consistent and
accurate water testing with commonly used sanitizers.
Speaker: Jana Auringer, Pebble Technology
Session Track: GENESIS
Session Requirement: PENDING, Session Number: Pending CILB Approval, CEU Hours: 2
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PHTA/GENESIS: E345- UNDERSTANDING PHTA STANDARDS AND CODES NEW!
Saturday 11:30 am - Saturday 1:20 pm
Students
in this course examine the PHTA standards for swimming pool design and
construction and how these standards originate and eventually make their
way to being referenced by codes and local ordinances. The sixteen
standards promulgated by PHTA are summarized and the more important
standards are discussed in more detail. The definition of standard and
differentiation from actual codes or ordinances are both thoroughly
treated in this course. Also highlighted are upcoming changes to the
standards. The integration of the standards with other codes such as the
International Code Council’s International Swimming Pool and Spa Code
are discussed.
Speaker: Terry Brannon, GENESIS/PHTA
Session Track: GENESIS
Session Requirement: PENDING, Session Number: Pending CILB Approval, CEU Hours: 2 |
An Overview of Florida's Construction Lien Law NEW!
Saturday 11:30 am - Saturday 12:20 pm
This course offers an understanding of Florida construction liens and bonds. For contractors, subcontractors, laborers, and professional lienors within the construction industry, Lien Law provides security for payments in for services rendered. This course dives into the balancing of rights and how to follow specific procedures outlined in Chapter 713, Florida Statutes.
Speaker: Jim Dickson, Adam and Reese LLP
Session Track: Management, Build/Repair
Session Requirement: PENDING, Session Number: Pending CILB Approval, CEU Hours: 1 |
Dealing with Dirt Problems: Sources of Risk in the Construction Industry and Issues that should be Addressed in the Construction Contract to Reduce Risk NEW!
Saturday 12:30 pm - Saturday 1:20 pm
Disputes over contract duties are the most common source of conflict within the construction industry. Learn the many sources of potential risks and events of a dispute, how to address such allocation of risk by express written terms, and methods of dispute resolution. Taking this course may prevent a future dispute from becoming a costly, contentious litigation.
Speaker: Jim Dickson, Adam and Reese LLP
Session Track: Management, Build/Repair
Session Requirement: PENDING, Session Number: Pending CILB Approval, CEU Hours: 1 |