At the 2024 International Pool | Spa | Patio Expo, Pool Nation hosted its fourth annual awards event. The ceremony celebrated standout professionals and cutting-edge innovations in the pool industry, recognizing excellence across a range of categories.
Makenzi Kinder joined Payan Pool Service in April 2023, making the move from Dallas to sunny San Diego just in time for a new adventure in the pool industry. Starting as a floater in the service department, Kinder filled in wherever help was needed while managing her small route. “I proved to all the boys I could keep up,” she says.
Muchas industrias comerciales tienen programas de aprendizaje, pero hasta hace unos años, la industria de las piscinas no era una de ellas. Eso cambió en 2020, cuando se aprobó el programa del Comité de Aprendizaje y Capacitación en Piscinas y Spas (Pool & Spa Apprenticeship and Training Committee program, PSATC), seguido por los programas de la Alianza de Piscinas y Spas (Pool & Hot Tub Alliance, PHTA).
Artificial intelligence has revolutionized many industries, and the pool business is no exception.
Many trade industries have apprenticeship programs, but until a few years ago, the pool industry wasn’t one of them. That changed in 2020 when the Pool & Spa Apprenticeship and Training Committee’s program was approved, followed by programs from the Pool & Hot Tub Alliance.
The PHTA announced the winners of its 2023 Awards.
With the recent surge in gas prices, fuel expenses have increased from $1,300 to $1,600 per month, to more than $3,500 per month over the last two years. To trim costs, Frank Disher, owner of Poolwerx Keller in North Richland Hills, Texas, says his company is taking measures to be more efficient. However, scrutinizing operating expenses can be stressful, tedious and potentially fruitless.
Wildfires in December. Hurricanes in November. Freezes in Texas. Drought in California. Record-breaking heat in the Pacific Northwest. These are some of the severe weather events experienced in the past year in the United States. In one way or another, they all impact water, the lifeblood of the pool industry. While the future is hard…
The Pool & Spa Apprenticeship and Training Committee (PSATC) has launched what is being described as a cutting-edge workforce development strategy, says Jennifer Farwell, program director for PSATC. An apprenticeship program is an approach to workforce development and quality assurance through a formal organized system that combines online training and coursework (144 hours) with on-the-job…
For 60 years, Heritage Recreation in Sutton, Massachusetts, used pen and paper to manage the business. In 2015, the company was still scheduling 800 pool openings and closings a year this way. But the method was both time consuming and unworkable, says second-generation owner Paul Domey. “We had one notebook to use among six office…