Selected credentials & appearances
✓AFO Instructor Trainer & Instructor
✓CPO Instructor
✓PADI Open Water SCUBA Instructor
✓Colorado Aquatics Professional of the Year, 2015
✓Presenter at national and state conferences
About Anderson Aquatics
Experience, education, and a passion for better aquatic operations.
Founded by Brad Anderson, Anderson Aquatics brings decades of commercial aquatic experience to training, consulting, facility planning, and operational improvement.
About Brad Anderson
Decades of experience behind every recommendation.
Brad holds a BA in Education and has been actively involved in the aquatics field since 1985.
He has been a Certified Pool Operator (CPO) instructor since 1996 and earned his Aquatic Facility Operator (AFO) instructor credentials in 2005, advancing to Instructor Trainer status in 2017. Brad has presented at World Waterpark Association Symposiums on mechanical systems, staffing, customer service, safety, and other aquatic topics.
His certifications include AFO, CPO, WSI, NPWNPL Lifeguard, and PADI SCUBA, along with instructor credentials for AFO, CPO, NPWNPL Lifeguard, PADI SCUBA, and American Heart Association CPR/First Aid.
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Assess
Understand the facility, people, risks, and goals.
Understand the facility, people, risks, and goals.
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Improve
Prioritize practical opportunities with measurable impact.
Prioritize practical opportunities with measurable impact.
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Empower
Train the team so improvements last.
Train the team so improvements last.
Industry leadership
From concept and construction to operations.
Brad has been involved in aquatic development from concept and design through construction and operations. Anderson Aquatics also provides technical support, modernization planning, feasibility studies, and troubleshooting for aquatic facilities across the country.