PoolSafe Scheme

There are 214 public pools in New Zealand.

The New Zealand Recreation Association and Water Safety New Zealand have proactively developed many industry standards over the past few years to increase the professionalism of pool operation and management.

The PoolSafe Quality Management Scheme is an independent assessment of a pools management and operation in accordance with these industry standards.

PoolSafe Membership Fees

A new fee structure has been put in place for 2011-2012.  This structure is as follows:

Level One (Primary status)
Meets all standards on the first visit and no further follow up is required by the Assessor.

Cost $500.00+GST membership fee

Level Two (Secondary status)
Meets most standards but fails in a number of areas. As a result of the failure a follow up is required by the assessor/NZRA to ensure compliance and change has been undertaken based upon the assessor feedback and recommendations. This facility will then receive an unannounced "spot-check" to ensure that the actions stated are implemented into the operation.

Additional cost $250+GST penalty

Level Three (Tertiary status)
Fails consistently over the period of 12 months and does not provide evidence that the standards have been achieved nor that the feedback from the assessor has been actioned. Formal letter written to property owner advising of the non-compliance and partners advised of non-compliant facilities. If after four non-compliant visits the organisation / facility will be exited from the scheme and a letter will be written to the DoL, WSNZ and ACC about the repeated non-compliance.

Additional cost $500.00+GST penalty
Plus additional monitoring costs as required.