Run the plant room checks and correct the hydrotherapy pool

You are a facilities and plant operator trainee at the leisure centre.

Simulated workplaceIntermediate missionCAQA Summit Sport and Recreation

What is going on

The hydrotherapy pool has read low free chlorine on two mornings this week and the dosing pump is on the Facilities Coordinator's watch list. Last week a hypochlorite delivery hose was found still connected to the fill point. The council environmental health officer is inspecting the aquatic facility on 1 October and will want to see the log, the corrective actions and the calibration records. You are in the plant room with Dev Chandra from 6 am on Monday. The pools open at 5:30 am for the 50 metre pool and 7 am for the hydrotherapy pool, and the aqua aerobics for older adults class is at 10 am.

Dev Chandra, Facilities Coordinator
Subject: Hydrotherapy pool chlorine and the plant room checks

The hydrotherapy pool read low free chlorine again on Thursday morning and the dosing pump is on my watch list. You are with me in the plant room on Monday from 6 am. Read the pool water testing and plant operation procedure and bring the log with you. I want you to complete the shift readings, test all four pools before opening, work through the corrective action steps if the hydrotherapy pool is low again, and check the hypochlorite fill point after last week's hose problem. Record everything in the log and the equipment register.

Your brief

Complete the shift plant readings and the pre-opening tests for all four pools, work through the corrective action steps for a low free chlorine result in the hydrotherapy pool, decide whether the pool can open, check the chemical delivery area and record everything in the pool water quality log and the equipment register.

Work through it

You do not need to do it all. Doing a few of these will show you what the work is like. Your ticks and notes stay on this device.

Read the pool water testing and plant operation procedure and the relevant sections of the facility maintenance plan, and put on the PPE required for the plant room and chemical handling.
Complete the shift plant readings for filtration flow, pressure, dosing pump operation, chemical tank levels and the balance tank, and record them.
Test all four pools for free chlorine, combined chlorine, pH and temperature before opening and record each result in the pool water quality log with the time and your name.
For the hydrotherapy pool low free chlorine result, re-test within fifteen minutes, inform the duty supervisor and the Facilities Coordinator, check the dosing pump and tank, and record the corrective action.
Decide from the re-test whether the hydrotherapy pool can open at 7 am and for the 10 am class, and record the decision and who was told.
Inspect the hypochlorite fill point, bund and delivery checklist, confirm the hose is disconnected and the fill point capped, and record the check.
Update the equipment and maintenance register entry for the dosing pump with the condition and the action requested, and note the calibration date of the photometer.
Prepare a one-page note for the council inspection listing the records you would show and where each is kept.

My notes: what did I enjoy, and what surprised me?

What someone in this role would produce

Plant readings record for the shift
Pool water quality log entries for all four pools including the corrective action and re-test
Equipment and maintenance register update for the dosing pump
Chemical delivery area check record
Inspection preparation note

Printing this is a record of what you explored. It is not a certificate or a qualification.