What To Prepare Before An Aquatic Facility Assessment

By Ann Graham


Owning a public pool is not easy where in you only earn money all the time without doing anything, there is maintenance that you always have to take care of. From time to time assessments are done to ensure the safety in various aquatic facilities. Doing such helps greatly in a facility as it would serve as a way for them to improve their business for it to grow.

Of course, you want and you need to pass such assessment. Now, that will only happen if you do your best in doing all what is necessary. When the date of the event is finalized, start preparing for it right away while there still time. Provided below are tips that will surely help you in acing for the aquatic facility assessment.

You have a lot of things to do for this, unless if you are sure that everything is in perfect condition. The inspector will be bringing along a checklist on what to check on your property. Meaning, all of those written on the checklist is what you should be looking into, so make sure you are prepared.

The overall structure of your resort. Safety begins with your facilities. That is because, if the structure of your room for an overnight stay or cottages is already damage this could lead to moderate to serious injuries and you would not want that to happen. Also, the customers will decide to go to your place if the place is looking great, so fix and repair those damages.

The status of your pool. Of course, the center of your business is the pool. It is the important thing that you have to take good care of. Check if the pool is working properly. If one of its draining system or water filters are broken have them fixed right away since it could be a risk for swimmers out there and may create possible danger.

Hire a lifeguard. This is not an option but a necessity. Not having a lifeguard is a big no no. The law states that in order for a facility to operate aquatic facility, a lifeguard must be present. Lifeguards as the name implies will guard the pool to prevent from people from drowning and to help those who are about to drown. Without one is pretty dangerous.

The safety of the customers is your number one priority. They will be checking if a CCTV is installed and all dangerous parts of your property has been taken precautionary measures to avoid random people from getting an injury. So, make sure that you have all these things ready.

Due to possible accidents that could happen, clinic is needed so there will be a place where patients will be attended. Not having one is a violation to the law. There could be a serious accident that may happen and while the ambulance is not there, first aid is necessary. Make sure you hire a good medical staff that knows to handle various situations.

Train your staff well. Observation is also done to your whole staff. How you staff handle customers and does their works are observed. So, brief your staff about this and have them add extra effort in their jobs. By doing all of this, surely you will ace the assessment that is bound to happen.




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