Internship Hours for Cicileo Pools

Date

Time

Hours

Description

Wednesday, 9/7/16

9:30am - 12:30pm

Shadow supervisor for pool cleaning, learning basic language of the

pool industry

Thursday, 9/8/16

7:00am - 10:30am

3.5

Learn netting techniques, intro to pool chemicals for traditional

pools

Friday, 9/9/16

11:30am - 2:30pm

Basic overview of salt water pools/ cells, learning large parts of

pool/ spa motors

Monday, 9/12/16

9:30am - 12:30pm

Applied chemical tests for pH, alkalinity, and chlorine content of

several pools

Wednesday, 9/14/16

9:30am - 12:30pm

Cleaned several pools without supervision and did the chemical test
on them as well

Thursday, 9/15/16

7:00am - 10:00am

Learned the amount of chlorine and muriatic acid to add to a pool

based off the chem tests

Friday, 9/16/16

11:30am - 2:30pm

Learned how to manual vacuum pools and backwash sand filter

Monday, 9/19/16

9:30am - 12:30pm

Cleaned a water feature that ran the length of a property using a

external pump/ filer combo

Wednesday, 9/21/16

9:30am - 12:30pm

Discovered the politics behind billing and what the clients want to
see, pool cleanings

Thursday, 9/22/16

7:00am - 10:00am

Learned about skimmers, manifolds, and main drains that lead to the
filtering system of a pool

Friday, 9/23/16

11:30am - 2:30pm

Different types of pool maintenance: high/low end residential

estates, commercial accounts

Monday, 9/26/16

9:30am - 12:30pm

Cleaned calcium deposits off small water features and pools sides
with pumice rock and acid washes

Wednesday, 9/28/16

9:30am - 12:30pm

Cleaned salt water cells with hydro chloric acid and learned their
functions

Thursday, 9/29/16

7:00am - 10:00am

Cleaned and learned the regulations of reservoir tanks, and auto fill
functions

Friday, 9/30/16

11:30am - 2:30pm

Discovered how to identify problems via the way the water looks,
chems of heavily used pools/ spas

Monday, 10/3/16

9:30am - 12:30pm

Discussed plan to get me taking pools on my own in two weeks,

normal maintenance route

Wednesday, 10/5/16

9:30am - 12:30pm

Focusing on changing filter pump baskets, learned initial start up for

a new account

Thursday, 10/5/16

7:00am - 10:00am

Left to clean a pool on my own for the first time but did not include
pump baskets

Friday, 10/7/16

11:30am - 2:30pm

Learned a pump can be left on when changing the basket if location

is lower than the pool itself

Monday, 10/10/16

9:30am - 12:30pm

Discovered the functions of how to back wash and clean a sand filer

Wednesday, 10/12/16

9:30am - 12:30pm

Usual pool route completed, emphasis on pump baskets

Thursday, 10/13/16

7:00am - 10:00am

Taught the proper order to change a pump basket and clean a sand
filter

Friday, 10/14/16

11:30am - 2:30pm

Set up a homemade net to catch leaves into a reservoir tank, fixed

auto in same tank

Monday, 10/17/16

9:30am - 12:30pm

Changed 11 main drain covers for one client

Wednesday, 10/19/16

9:30am - 12:30pm

Discussed with a client the chemistry of hard water, ethics of talking

with clients is tricky

Internship Hours for Cicileo Pools

Date

Time

Hours

Thursday, 10/20/16

7:00am - 10:30am

Friday, 10/21/16

11:30am - 2:30pm

Vacuumed several pools and cleaned up from the wind, change

pump baskets and inline filters

Monday, 10/24/16

9:30am - 12:30pm

Easy day for usual pools on the route, got off early and had a burrito
courtesy of the boss

Wednesday, 10/26/16

9:30am - 12:30pm

Prep for rain: Do not fill pools up to usual levels to save water from
rain, cover pumps

Thursday, 10/27/16

7:00am - 10:00am

Learned about cover pumps for when it rains, Direct the cover pump
into a skimmer to recycle the water

Friday, 10/28/16

11:30am - 2:30pm

Finished cleaning the covers from the rain, put away the cover
pumps at each stop

Monday, 10/31/16

9:30am - 12:30pm

First day with my truck, did normal stops, took one stop by myself
minus the chemicals

Wednesday, 11/2/16

9:30am - 12:30pm

Cleaning most stops on my own, still need to learn chemicals added

to the pools

Thursday, 11/3/16

7:00am - 10:00am

Vacuumed and backwashed several pools, Getting more proficient at

cleaning

Friday, 11/4/16

11:30am - 2:30pm

Usual stops were completed

Monday, 11/7/16

9:30am - 12:30pm

Completed cartridge filter cleaning, learned how to strip down a

system for cleaning

Wednesday, 11/9/16

9:30am - 12:30pm

Completing all cleaning other than chems to most stops, getting

better at changing pump baskets

Thursday, 11/10/16

7:00am - 10:00am

install external auto fill, cleaned normal routes, vacuumed several

pools along stops

Friday, 11/11/16

11:30am - 2:30pm

Very light week, seeing that once a heavy wind comes there are
several clear weeks following after

Monday, 11/14/16

9:30am - 12:30pm

Cleaned three cartridge filters, If problem with algae and chems are
good could be 3 things

Wednesday, 11/16/16

9:30am - 12:30pm

3things: Run time not long enough on pump, dirty filter that needs
cleaning, or phosphates in the water

Thursday, 11/17/16

7:00am - 10:00am

Cleaned commercial pool/ spa filers and did normal route

Friday, 11/18/16

11:30am - 2:30pm

Wind last night made for dirtier pools than normal, long day of
netting leaves

Monday, 11/21/16

9:30am - 12:30pm

Poured Phosphate remover into skimmer to sit in the filter and clean
as the water filters

Wednesday, 11/23/16

9:30am - 12:30pm

Cleaned Wednesday and Thursday pools to get off for Thanksgiving,

long day

Thursday, 11/24/16

7:00am - 10:00am

Got off early for thanksgiving, easy day

Friday, 11/25/16

11:30am - 2:30pm

Clean several filters including DE filter, normal pool route

Total Hours

144.5

Supervisor name:
Supervisor Signature:

Description
Due to winds all the pools were very dirty, Vacuumed/ netted/
change pump baskets/ and backwashed filter for first time on my
own

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