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COURSE PREPARATION
The Aquatic Play Feature course can be offered as an online course with little preparation by the
NSPF Instructor or as a 3 - 4 hour instructor led course. If taught as an instructor led course an
instructor will need to consider the following:
Training schedule
Facility
Promotion
Staffi ng
Course materials
Course fees
Registration process
APF certifi cation process
Examination process
Course administration
TRAINING SCHEDULE
The APF course should be approved by the National Swimming Pool Foundation prior to the date
of the course. As with other NSPF courses registration should be at least two (2) weeks before the
start of the course to allow adequate time to receive the needed textbooks from NSPF.
The time allotment guidelines recommended for each of the three chapters has a degree of
fl exibility. The APF course has an optional fourth lesson that provides hands on experience with
selected aspect of aquatic play feature facilities. The fourth lesson should be geared to more fi t
the specifi c needs of the students. All participants should take the course exam at the same time.
As mentioned there are two formats for conducting an APF course, the 4 hour in-class format or
the self-paced online format. An NSPF Instructor can sell the access code to the student or the
student can purchase the access code direction from NSPF.
Prerequisites
Time
Requirement
Completion
Requirement
Full Course None 3-4 hours Minimum 80% on
APF lesson exams
Online Course
Access to APF
online materials
Self-paced
Minimum 80% on
APF lesson exams
RECORD OF COMPLETION
Students completing the online course are able to print their own Record of Completion certifi cate.
Students completing the classroom course with an NSPF Instructor will be mailed a Record of
Completion certifi cate.
FACILITY
The APF course can be set up in a similar fashion as recommended for a CPO ® certifi cation
course. An instructor can also consider incorporating the APF lessons as add-ons to a CPO ®
certifi cation course when the course would be appropriate for the background of the participants.
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