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This introductory course will provide you an overview of what's involved with a fiberglass pool, from sales to delivery and a checklist in between. For those interested in expanding their market and offerings, you won't want to miss this.

Time/Credits

1:50 hrs
0.2 IACET CEUs

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This comprehensive concrete construction school is the only program that satisfies the education requirement to sit for the Certified Builder Professional (CBP) exam. Attendees spend four nights with a team of expert faculty, learning all of the necessary disciplines for building a structurally sound water vessel. Topics covered include site analysis, introductory fluid engineering, geotechnical and structural engineering that includes a review of difficult sites, shotcrete, waterproofing, tile, interior finishes, coping, and concrete decking. The course concludes with an interactive walkthrough of a complex project from start to finish. This program is designed to move each student through all phases of concrete pool construction in great detail, unlike anything else offered in the industry. Attendees have the opportunity to learn from top experts in their field, ask questions, and begin a relationship with the faculty that doesn't end when the class is over. GENESIS® courses deliver the highest quality education in the industry and are the only approved courses to satisfy the requirements for the Certified Pool Builder and Design Professional Pathway.

This is a required course to become a Certified Builder Professional.

Time/Credits

24:00 hrs
2.4 IACET CEUs
DBPR/CILB-FL #0612786 – 24 hours

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Nationally renowned and award-winning tile contractor, Greg Andrews, will take you on a photographic journey of projects that will inspire you as well as show how bad things can get. This is a quick program with a “what to do and what not to do” theme.

Time/Credits

1:50 hrs
0.2 IACET CEUs

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Although this program includes technical information, it is more about the business side of doing proper startups. Use these lessons learned to improve and expand your startup services and retain those clients for ongoing service and maintenance. Protect the pool finish and your client’s investment while reducing your exposure to liability.

Time/Credits

1:00 hrs
0.1 IACET CEUs

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There is a reoccurring issue of cementitious pool surfaces within our industry. Industry expert Randy Dukes will provide you with visual issues of the more predominant discolorations, degradation, delamination, and startup issues happening. Randy will review surface preparations for both new construction and remodeling with plausible prevention of bond failure issues discussion. Additional topics will include sound technical surface application procedures, specific water balance targets, and maintenance procedures.

Time/Credits

1:50 hrs
0.2 IACET CEUs

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The use of tile in pools and spas is a key feature for the maintenance, durability, and aesthetics of a water vessel. This class will cover the proper selection and setting procedures for installing tile, and a project using these procedures and standards.

Time/Credits

1:50 hrs
0.2 IACET CEUs

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As water vessels' evolution becomes more complex, finish material choices, such as tile, are evolving as well. Although smaller tiles are still in vogue, we now find ourselves dealing with units ranging from 12" to 48" and beyond. While many have adjusted their installation methods for large format tile, we're still faced with challenges and complications.

In this session, tile expert Greg Andrews will discuss installation challenges unique to large format tiles and how to adapt your installation system to overcome long-term complications.

Time/Credits

1:00 hrs
0.1 IACET CEUs

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Proper technique and material are vital in executing shotcrete into a vessel. This seminar, provided by American Shotcrete Association Executive Director Charles Hanskat, P.E., F.ACI, F.ASCE, will examine the specifics needed for proper shotcrete placement and discuss quality materials and recommended shotcrete standards.

Time/Credits

2:00 hrs
0.2 IACET CEUs

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This class will provide you design options and ideas to utilize the integration of acrylic underwater windows. These unique underwater windows will help develop a new exciting product and feature to offer to your clients.

Time/Credits

1:00 hrs
0.1 IACET CEUs

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This program reviews both successful and unsuccessful phases a project. Broken down into multiple phases, students identify areas of each project and define how to effectively develop a successful completion of the backyard environment.

Time/Credits

8:00 hrs
0.8 IACET CEUs

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This comprehensive vinyl liner/fiberglass construction school is the only program that satisfies the education requirement to sit for the Certified Builder Professional (CBP) exam. Whether a pool is concrete, vinyl liner, or fiberglass, the necessities of a properly executed project remain the same. The water vessel requires correct hydraulics, proper installation, code compliance, and a desired aesthetic. To meet the educational demands of an increasing market, GENESIS now offers a 24-hour Vinyl Liner / Fiberglass Pool Construction School.

Day one will cover 8 hours of required hydraulics for both vinyl liner and fiberglass pool installations. Days two and three will cover the fundamentals of installation, structural components, automatic pool covers, and additional water features for both vinyl liner and fiberglass pools.

This is a required course to become a Certified Builder Professional.

Time/Credits

24:00 hrs
2.4 IACET CEUs
24 PHTA CEUs

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Consistency is key when providing a quality product and there’s the good, the better, and the GENESIS® way. This class will provide you the tools and resources to building a solidly constructed vinyl liner pool while reviewing the GENESIS® standards in materials, construction, and design. We’ll work through the entire process from initial design to smiling and happy client.

Time/Credits

1:50 hrs
0.2 IACET CEUs

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The Project Profile series is presented by various GENESIS members, walking students through specific projects from start to finish.

Time/Credits

1:50 hrs
0.2 IACET CEUs

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Learn the correct methods for creating the tremendous visual and functional applications of water-in-transit such as vanishing edges, deck-level slot overflows, and elevated perimeter overflows. Understand flow rate requirements and different edge details for creating various effects, and their relationship to edge tolerances and special conditions, establishing line-of-sight goals and project objectives. Presentation will also cover hydraulic system design criteria, catch basin dimensions, surge tank sizing, proper slopes, and air venting of gravity flow systems to enable efficient flow rates while minimizing noise.

Time/Credits

1:50 hrs
0.2 IACET CEUs

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Vanishing edges and perimeter overflow pools have become more common and their expense is now obtainable to more people. This increase in popularity has demanded solutions to new architectural challenges and more options for edge details than ever before. We established this Part 2 to inspire you with beautiful imagery, applied calculations to real world examples, and show how some of these challenging projects are constructed.

Time/Credits

1:25 hrs
0.1 IACET CEUs

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Description

Join Kate Wiseman with Skip Phillips and Andy Kaner with Brian Van Bower as they discuss the journeys Phillips and Van Bower took to achieving their infinite status as world-renowned designers and their path to the creation of GENESIS.

Time/Credits

1:00 hrs
0.1 IACET CEUs
1 PHTA CEU

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Where D323 focuses on outdoor kitchen design with some construction hints, this program focuses on the sequence and details of construction. Start with the reinforced concrete footing, masonry walls, and forming details. Then, see how plumbing and electrical components are assembled to meet code. Pizza ovens, BBQs, stainless components, sinks, ice buckets, and other details are discussed.

Time/Credits

1:00 hrs
0.1 IACET CEUs

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Municipal codes are evolving to accommodate the higher risk of public health and safety associated with dry-deck water features. Sanitation is difficult where high bather loads overload relatively small surge basins, but this program will identify potential solutions.

Time/Credits

1:00 hrs
0.1 IACET CEUs

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This course is an advanced construction one-day school intended to discuss advanced soil mechanics, difficult site solutions, and more advanced concrete science than presented in the basic C201: GENESIS® CONSTRUCTION SCHOOL: Concrete Pools. The course also delves into alternative pool construction materials, major defect repair, and the rehabilitation of old pools.

This is a required course to become a Certified Master Pool Builder & Design Professional.

Time/Credits

8:00 hrs
0.8 IACET CEUs

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Watertight vessels are paramount to successful projects. Dampproofing has become more challenging as the projects have become increasingly complicated and the solutions are not easily implemented. During this panel discussion, several experts representing various trades within the industry will share their challenges, apprehensions, experiences, and potential solutions.

This is not a sales program for any particular products, and it is not a forum for airing grievances.

Time/Credits

1:50 hrs
0.2 IACET CEUs

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