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Swimming Pool (C-53) Study Guide Book + Online Practice Exam - Silver Bundle

CSLB Swimming Pool (C-53): Study Guide and Online Practice Exam

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What this covers

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 C-53 classification.


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

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)