Job Description:

• 1) Performs any combination of following tasks in constructing, installing, and servicing swimming pools at commercial and residential sites: Plots length and width of pool site, according to specifications, and marks corners of site, using stakes and sledgehammer.

• 2) Confers with customer to ensure that pool location and dimensions meet customer's demands.

• 3) Operates backhoe to dig, shape, and grade walls of in-ground pool.

• 4) Assembles and aligns wall panel sections, using nuts, bolts, electric air gun, and transit.

• 5) Pours premixed concrete mixture between dirt wall and wall panels to establish footing to anchor bottoms of wall panels and cross braces.

• 6) Dumps and spreads gravel into hollow foundation to form drain field, using wheelbarrow, shovel, and rake.

• 7) Digs trenches, spreads gravel, and lays drain tiles uphill of pool site to divert ground water.

• 8) Lays out and connects pipelines for water inlets, return valves, and filters, using handtools.

• 9) Snaps coping section to inside upper edge of wall panels around pool circumference to secure liner edge and protect pool users.

• 10) Mixes prescribed amounts of cement, sand, and water, and pours mixture into foundation.

• 11) Spreads and smooths mixture evenly throughout foundation, using trowel, and allows mixture to set.

• 12) Assembles heater parts, connects gas, oil, or electric lines, and starts heater to verify working order of unit.

• 13) Installs liner into pool, starts pump to fill pool with water, and installs return valves.

• 14) Builds concrete deck around pool.

• 15) Lays out and assembles prefabricated parts of above-ground pool, installs liner, connects plumbing lines, starts pump, and checks pool for leaks.

• 16) Maintains and repairs pool and equipment, advises customers, and sells chemicals to prevent pool water problems.