The pool check report: what it holds and who can see it

After a self-check you see your results on screen at no charge. The detailed report is an optional PDF of the same check with fix guidance, your measurements and photos, and you can share it by a private link that expires, or send it with a request to an inspector. It is not a pool safety certificate and does not replace one, and opening it is not an inspection. A licensed inspector decides.Source: PoolPreCert's Help article on the detailed report (updated 30 Oct 2026) and the app as built, read 5 Nov 2026; QBCC fact sheet on advisory services (effective June 2026).

What you get without paying

Your results on screen are always complete and have no charge: your three counts (Looks OK, Needs attention, Couldn't check) and the items behind them. The results also carry a Before you book an inspector card that lists what you may want to fix first and what to have checked in person.

What the detailed report adds

The detailed report is a one-off purchase for one self-check. The price is shown, including GST, before you pay. It holds:

• The full checklist, and how serious each item is.
• A fix guide for each item that needs attention: what it means, what usually fixes it, who usually does the work, what to ask for in a quote, and a link to find a pool fence contractor near your suburb. It is general information written from QBCC and Queensland Government pages and has no prices.
• Your measurements, and your photos with the AI observations.
• Before and after photos of repairs, an inspection-day sheet, and what has been fixed since an earlier check of the same pool.

It has no score and no likelihood of anything, and it never says a pool is ready for anything. Its first page says it is not a pool safety certificate, and its limits say that the checks were done by the owner or occupier and not a licensed inspector, that measurements are as recorded by the person completing the checklist and are not verified by PoolPreCert, and that AI observations can be wrong.

How sharing works

1. Open your finished self-check and find the Reports card.
2. Press Create secure share link, choose how long it lasts (1, 7, 14, 30 or 90 days) and, if you like, type who it is for.
3. Copy the link straight away. For security it is shown only once.
4. To stop sharing, find the link under Active share links, press Revoke, then Stop sharing.

You can see each active link, when it expires and how many times it was opened. Anyone with the link can open and download the PDF without an account until it expires or you revoke it, so only send it to people you trust. The page they see says the report is not a pool safety certificate and that opening it is not an inspection.

Sending it with a request to an inspector

When you ask a listed inspector to get in touch, you can tick Send my latest self-check report with this request. The inspector then sees a copy made for them, with how serious each item is, your measurements and the checklist, and the form tells you that it includes your property address, your checklist answers and any photos in the report. It does not use up a purchase, you can stop sharing at any time, and if you withdraw the request your details and your report are no longer available to the inspector. Sending a request is not a booking. See asking an inspector for an inspection.

Does an inspector reading it count as an inspection?

No, and our pages say so on the request form and on the shared report page. QBCC's June 2026 fact sheet lists the activities that may indicate an inspection has occurred, such as taking measurements, testing gates and latches, and forming or communicating a view on whether the pool meets the standard. It does not mention reading a report an owner has shared. What an inspector then does at your pool is what counts, and after an inspection they must issue a certificate or a nonconformity notice. Pre-inspections explained.

Showing it to a buyer

You can share the link with a buyer or an agent, but it does not stand in for the paperwork a sale needs. QBCC says that when you sell, a current pool safety certificate must be given to the buyer, or a Form 36 notice if there is none. Selling a house with a pool has the steps.

How this page was made: the PoolPreCert team read each page listed under Sources on 5 November 2026 and wrote this in plain words. The dates beside each source are the dates those pages show. PoolPreCert is not part of QBCC or the Queensland Government, and only a licensed pool safety inspector decides whether a pool meets the standard.