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C-53 Study Guide

CSLB Swimming Pool (C-53): Study Guide

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What this book covers

The Peerless Swimming Pool (C-53) Study Guide Book prepares you for the trade portion of the California CSLB contractor license exam. Per the state's classification, a C-53 contractor designs, constructs, and services swimming pools, spas, hot tubs, and related water features including excavation, plumbing, gunite, electrical, and pool equipment. This printed book covers the subjects the state tests. See the official CSLB C53 classification.


Book chapters

  1. Glossary
  2. Design
  3. Excavation
  4. Building layout
  5. Plumbing
  6. Swimming pools & solar
  7. Gunite
  8. Electrical
  9. Blueprint reading
  10. Tools, material & equipment
  11. Safety
  12. Start up & maintenance
  13. Mathematics
  14. Code

Sample questionsTry our free practice test

  1. NSPI stands for:
    A. Non-standard Pool Inspection · B. Normal Swimming Pool Installation · C. National Spa and Pool Institute ✓ · D. National Swimming Pool Industry
  2. If the soils surrounding a pool are slow draining, what type of soil is present?
    A. Clay · B. Gravel ✓ · C. Sand · D. Cement grout
  3. When beginning excavation for a swimming pool, where do you start?
    A. Where the skimmer will be · B. The deep end · C. The shallow end ✓ · D. Where the main drain will be

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California contractors who passed

Studied for ten days and passed. The practice exams are the best part.

Dustin Canoga Park, CA  · Swimming Pool (C-53)

Two weeks of studying at lunch and I passed. Very happy.

Bryce Lake Forest, CA  · Swimming Pool (C-53)

Twenty years building pools, but the test asks things you never think about on the job. The circulation and equipment diagrams in the guide filled those holes and I passed.

Tomas Newbury Park, CA  · Swimming Pool (C-53)