NZQA registered unit standard

25980 version 2
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Title

Manage water quality in a complex public pool

Level

Purpose

Credits

15

This unit standard is intended for people working in a complex

public pool and who are responsible for the quality of the water.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe
pool water treatment and related equipment; operate pool
equipment for water quality; test water quality and interpret the
results; carry out corrective procedures to ensure water quality;
and explain planned preventative maintenance in relation to
pool water treatment equipment, in a complex public pool.

Classification

Recreation and Sport > Recreation and Sport - Aquatics

Available grade

Achieved

Explanatory notes
1

The following legislation and New Zealand Standards are relevant to this unit
standard:
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
NZS 4441:2008 Swimming pool design Standard;
NZS 5826:2010 Pool water quality, available from http://www.standards.co.nz.

Underpinning skills and knowledge useful for this unit standard could be evidenced
by the holding of Unit 20046, Monitor pool water quality and store pool water
treatment chemicals, and Unit 25982, Demonstrate knowledge of microbiology and
perform calculations relevant to water quality in a public pool.

Definitions
Organisational requirements refer to policy and procedures of the public pool and
include compliance with any applicable legislation, standards, and codes.
Public pool is defined in NZS 5826:2010 as the pool or pools, their fixtures and
surrounds, shower and changing areas, fun equipment, play areas, and attached
facilities where they exist. A complex public pool tends to have the following
characteristics: high bather loads; secondary water treatment; a high level of
automation; and pool water features.
Pool water features refer to interactive equipment provided for water play such as hydro
slide, wave machine, etc.

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Outcomes and evidence requirements

Outcome 1
Describe pool water treatment and related equipment in a complex public pool.
Evidence requirements
1.1

Filtration systems are described in terms of purpose, operation and

maintenance requirements.
Range

1.2

sand, vacuum DE (diatomaceous earth), pressure DE.

Recirculation systems are described in terms of purpose, operation and

maintenance requirements.
Range

balance tank, pump, inlet and outlet structures.

1.3

Relationships between pool volume, turnover rate, filtration rates, and bather
loading are explained in relation to water treatment equipment in complex public
pools.

1.4

Chlorine disinfection dosing systems are described in terms of purpose,

operation and maintenance requirements.

1.5

pH and alkalinity dosing systems are described in terms of purpose, operation

and maintenance requirements.
Range

1.6

includes but is not limited to sodium bicarbonate, carbon dioxide.

Alternative disinfection systems are described in terms of purpose and

operation.
Range

may include but is not limited to chlorine dioxide, ozone, mixed

oxidants, ultra violet.

1.7

Sodium thiosulphate is described in terms of purpose, and a dose rate is

calculated.

1.8

Pool water features are described in terms of implications for water treatment.
Range

includes but is not limited to hydro slide, lazy river, water

playground, wave machine, bubble pit.

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Outcome 2
Operate pool equipment for water quality in a complex public pool.
Evidence requirements
2.1

Filtration is monitored and operated in accordance with organisational

requirements.

2.2

Recirculation system is monitored, operated, and maintained in accordance with

organisational requirements.

2.3

Dosing systems are monitored, operated, and maintained in accordance with

organisational requirements.
Range

chlorine, pH, cyanuric acid, calcium hardness, coagulant.

Outcome 3
Test water quality and interpret the results in a complex public pool.
Evidence requirements
3.1

Differences in testing requirements between a swimming pool or leisure pool and

a spa or hydrotherapy pool are explained in relation to NZS 5826:2010.

3.2

Water quality testing is carried out in accordance with organisational requirements

and NZS 5826:2010.
Range

3.3

Results of water quality testing are recorded in accordance with organisational

requirements or NZS 5826:2010.
Range

3.4

swimming pool or leisure pool, spa pool;

tests for pH, FAC (free available chlorine), TAC (total available
chlorine), CAC (combined available chlorine), cyanuric acid, TDS
(total dissolved solids), calcium hardness, alkalinity;
test methods may include but are not limited to titration,
photometer, colourometric measurement, calculation.

pH, FAC, TAC, CAC, cyanuric acid, TDS, calcium hardness,

alkalinity.

Interpretation of recorded water quality test results is in accordance with NZS

5826:2010.

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Outcome 4
Carry out corrective procedures to ensure water quality in a complex public pool.
Evidence requirements
4.1

Corrective procedures and associated calculations are carried out in accordance

with organisational requirements.
Range

4.2

pH, FAC, CAC, cyanuric acid, calcium hardness, alkalinity.

Calculations are performed in relation to automated chemical corrective

procedures to ensure accuracy in accordance with NZS 5826:2010.
Range

may include but is not limited to CAC, TDS reduction, super

chlorination, chlorine dioxide.

Outcome 5
Explain planned preventative maintenance in relation to pool water treatment equipment in
a complex public pool.
Evidence requirements
5.1

Planned preventative maintenance of pool water treatment equipment is

explained in terms of ongoing management of pool water quality.
Range

pumps, filters, chemical dosing systems.

Replacement information

This unit standard replaced unit standard 5692 and unit

standard 5693.

Planned review date

31 December 2013

Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version
Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration

12 February 2010

31 December 2011

Revision

18 February 2011

N/A

Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference

0099
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.

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Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA, or
an inter-institutional body with delegated authority for quality assurance, before they can
report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading
to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Consent requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The AMAP
also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing to
develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and
assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard

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