Building Inspector (Pool Safety)

BPC Approved | VBAISP2020

Course fee: $1,990
Delivery: 2 days
Format: Day 1 live online | Day 2 practical, face-to-face in Melbourne

The VBAISP2020 Building Inspector (Pool Safety) course provides the approved training and assessment component of the pathway towards registration as a Building Inspector (Pool Safety) in Victoria.

The course combines live online learning with practical, face-to-face training and assessment.

What you’ll cover

The course includes:

• Victorian pool and spa safety barrier requirements
• applicable Australian Standards
• planning and conducting inspections
• identifying compliant and non-compliant barriers
• occupational health and safety requirements
• ethical obligations and conflicts of interest
• inspection documentation, certificates and reporting requirements.

Course delivery

Day 1: Live online via Zoom
Day 1 is delivered live online via Zoom and covers the regulatory, technical and theoretical knowledge required to undertake swimming pool and spa safety barrier inspections.

Participants will receive the Zoom link and joining instructions prior to the course.

Day 2: Practical training and assessment in Melbourne
Day 2 is delivered face-to-face across two industry locations in the Dandenong area.

Morning session | 8.00 am – 12.30 pm
The Pool Tile Company
79 Bazalgette Crescent
Dandenong South VIC 3175

Afternoon session | 1.00 pm – 4.00 pm
Albatross Pools Dandenong
157 Foster Street
Dandenong VIC 3175

Participants will undertake practical pool and spa safety barrier inspection activities, identify compliance and non-compliance issues and demonstrate the inspection processes required by the approved course.

Participants are responsible for travelling between the two venues.

Who can enrol?

There are no prerequisite qualifications required to enrol.

The course may suit pool and spa technicians, building and pest inspectors, builders, fencing professionals and people looking to move into pool safety inspection work.

Course completion

Participants who successfully complete all course requirements will receive a Certificate of Completion for VBAISP2020 Building Inspector (Pool Safety).

Important: BPC registration requirements

Completing this course does not automatically register you as a Building Inspector (Pool Safety).

The Building and Plumbing Commission has separate registration requirements, which currently include practical industry experience, an Experience Logbook, Technical Referee Report, supporting evidence and completion of the BPC registration process.

The BPC currently requires applicants to demonstrate at least six months of practical experience in pool inspection work.

If your intention is to become registered, we strongly recommend reviewing the current BPC requirements before enrolling: https://www.bpc.vic.gov.au/builders/builder-classes/building-inspector-pool-safety

SPASA Training provides the approved training component of the registration pathway but cannot guarantee that successful course completion will result in BPC registration.

Minimum registrations

This course is subject to minimum registration numbers.

SPASA Training reserves the right to postpone or reschedule the course if minimum participant numbers are not reached. Registered participants will be contacted as soon as possible if there are any changes to the scheduled course. We recommend participants consider this when making non-refundable travel or accommodation arrangements.

Pre and post-course activities form part of the overall program.