BOARD MEMBERS
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Phil Gelhaus,Chair Person
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Don Aston, FPSIE Treasurer–
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 As a long time supporter of industry education it is personally rewarding to be involved in establishing the first independent swimming pool educational facility in the United States. The FPSIE School will provide the industry with the venues necessary to allow our members to access the knowledge that will raise the standards of their educational professionalism. FPSIE will also fulfill the need for accredited vocational education that will bring new students and future professionals into the swimming pool industry. “Today’s FPSIE students will be tomorrow’s industry professionals”. –Dick Dalpino, Board Member
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 Education is needed in the technical segment, in the building segment , in the retail segment, and in the best business practices for our industry. Education is needed and demanded! I see FPSIE as a significant provider of that need. Guy Larsen, FPSIE Board Member– |
Mike Geremeia, FPSIE Secretary– |
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When new recruits are hired with no pool or spa experience, how are they trained and how do we make sure that existing employees' knowledge is kept current? In order to make new employees productive quickly and maintain a level of professionalism, training and education must happen in an organized and standardized manner. I see our industry aging and not many new young people coming into the industry. Until FPSIE, there hasn't been a vocational training medium to attract young people to our industry.
Education is the engine for growth of the pool-and-spa industry. The industry’s potential growth is severely handicapped by the lack of an educated workforce. While educational material is plentiful, no effective educational delivery system existed prior to FPSIE, which provides that delivery system.
Ever since I came into our business, I've set out to Raise The Bar. First for our company and then for our industry. Our company has been a member of the Master Pools Guild from its inception, again a group out to Raise The Bar. I have served on every industry board, locally regionally and nationally, and have been a proponent of industry education at every level. The better educated our workforce and competitors are the more our products will be accepted by the public.
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