Title: Certified Pool Operator Instructor
Employment Type: Contract to Hire
Compensation Range: $40.00 to $48.00 per hour
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Work Schedule: Part-time, approximately 20 hours per week; two evening classes per week with potential weekend requirements
Industry: Union-affiliated skilled trades training
Company Overview
A national union-affiliated training organization is seeking a Certified Pool Operator Instructor to teach at a Las Vegas academic center. The organization supports skilled trades education, technical training, and workforce development for students and apprentices preparing for facilities, stationary engineering, and pool operations responsibilities.
Position Summary
The Certified Pool Operator Instructor will teach individuals the knowledge and skills needed for pool and spa operations. This role requires CPO certification, pool operator management experience, and the ability to deliver classroom-based instruction covering public safety, public bathing codes, water chemistry, filtration, circulation, seasonal pool care, pool management strategies, energy management, calculations, water testing and adjustment, maintenance and operational issues, renovation and modernization of pool facilities, and disease and accident prevention.
The instructor will support technical learning in a structured academic environment while working closely with administrative leadership, students, apprentices, and other instructional staff. The role is part-time and hourly, with workload varying based on department needs, including evening and potential weekend classes.
Key Responsibilities
- Teach Certified Pool Operator course content in a classroom and training-center environment
- Deliver instruction on pool and spa operations, public safety, public bathing codes, water chemistry, filtration, circulation, pool care, pool management, energy management, calculations, and water testing
- Teach maintenance operations and physical condition standards to support strong tenant, client, and operational satisfaction
- Teach, develop, and maintain maintenance operation content covering water treatment, preventive maintenance, swimming pools, water softeners, and related systems
- Develop curriculum and instructional materials for the CPO course
- Teach compliance with OSHA standards, including proper product usage, dilution, equipment safety, blood-borne pathogen precautions, and related procedures
- Analyze and resolve instructional issues or assist students in resolving technical learning challenges
- Supervise, motivate, coach, counsel, evaluate, and train students as needed
- Work effectively and cooperatively with administrative staff, apprentices, students, academic leadership, and other instructors
- Conduct or participate in safety meetings and periodic meetings with management
- Maintain accurate records, inspection reports, training documentation, and related instructional materials
- Communicate verbally and in writing with students, staff, and management
- Support instruction related to government regulations affecting property operations and applicable federal, state, and municipal requirements
- Teach safe operation and maintenance practices for high and low-pressure boilers, compression and safety tests, water sampling, treatment, preventive maintenance, and technical troubleshooting
- Use applicable computer systems and software, including Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and building automation systems
- Learn new materials, equipment, and technology to keep instructional content current
Required Qualifications
- Current Certified Pool Operator certification
- Successful completion of applicable Nevada State Certification Exam requirements
- Minimum of 5 years of CPO experience at a chief or supervisory level
- Pool operator management experience
- Ability to teach CPO course content in a classroom setting
- Knowledge of public safety, public bathing codes, water chemistry, filtration, circulation, seasonal pool care, pool management, maintenance, modernization, and accident prevention
- Ability to analyze complex technical issues and manage regulatory compliance-related details
- Strong oral, written, verbal, and technical communication skills
- Ability to work with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook
- Computer skills and building automation systems experience
- Ability to follow oral and written instructions and keep accurate records
- Ability to safely lift heavy tools and materials and move objects weighing up to fifty pounds
- Ability to use trade tools and equipment requiring a high degree of dexterity
Preferred Qualifications
- Facilities Engineering Technology Associate of Science degree or higher
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Eight years of full-time, paid boiler engineering-level experience in facilities stationary engineering systems and equipment related to stationary engineering maintenance in a building or casino environment
- Familiarity with Certified Pool Operator course delivery
- Formal classroom or onsite training experience
- Knowledge of Indoor Air Quality Certification, LEED Certification, and related facilities certifications
- Experience with high and low-pressure boilers, compression testing, safety testing, water sampling, treatment, and preventive maintenance