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COST: $849.00
Format: Live Virtual Class
Instructor: Chris Lightenberg
Advance your career with the Certified Pool & Spa Service Technician (CST®) certification from the Pool & Hot Tub Alliance (PHTA). This nationally recognized credential validates advanced technical skills in pool and spa service, repair, and troubleshooting.
Virtual Course Format
CST® Course Benefits and Requirements
Why Get Certified?
What You’ll Learn
What’s Included
PHTA Certified Pool & Spa Service Technician (CST®) Course Advance your career and take your pool service skills to the next level with the Certified Pool & Spa Service Technician (CST®) course from the Pool & Hot Tub Alliance (PHTA). …
Need Help with the Math Portion of Your CPO Course?
Struggling with the calculations in your Certified Pool Operator course? Our CPO Math Helper makes understanding formulas and solving pool math problems quick and easy. Whether it’s dosage calculations, volume estimates, or chemical adjustments—we’ve got you covered.
Chris Lightenberg CBP, CSP, CPO, PHTA Instructor
Chris Lightenberg has not just a career but an entire lifetime spent in, on, under, or around water. A former competitive swimmer, springboard diver, swim and dive team coach, lifeguard, water safety instructor, TA for USF scuba course, first mate on a dive boat, and advanced PADI certified diver details his user experiences. Followed with 20 years of spa and pool sales, service, and construction experience. He has another 20 years in manufacturing sales, and over 45 years of teaching and hands-on training experience. This includes over two decades with NSPI, APSP, NESPA, LIPSA, CONSPA, and PHTA combined. This knowledge base has provided Chris with a unique perspective to the industry and education.
Chris is a Certified PHTA Instructor along with a Certified Building Professional (CBP), Certified Service Professional (CSP), and a Commercial Pool Operator (CPO) designations. Currently I’m working to help launch Cocktail Pools a precast one piece concrete plunge pools. This eliminates the high labor demand and shortens the installation time to weeks rather than months.
