A swimming pool service technician, known colloquially as a pool cleaner, cleans swimming pools and services major pool equipment such as pumps, motors, and filters. Pool cleaners manually vacuum visible contaminants and debris from the pool’s floor and sides.
Cleaning Process and Duration
To keep pools clean, clear, and healthy, they should be cleaned at least once a week. Cleaning a pool might take one to four hours, depending on its size and frequency of usage. Clearing green pool water might take 3 to 4 days, or even longer, based on filtration and chlorination systems.
Pool Water Chemistry and Costs
Maintaining safe, clean pool water requires testing and treating it with chemicals like chlorine. Costs for chemicals commonly range from $100 a year for smaller pools to $100 a month for larger pools.
Industry and Job Functions
The pool cleaning industry provides various job functions beyond making pools clean and sanitized. Skills needed for pool cleaning include water chemistry knowledge, customer service, and equipment maintenance abilities. Having a pool increases a home’s value. Pools require regular professional maintenance service costing $80 to $150 monthly on average.