For someone who moved to Florida with intentions of landing
a job as a cabinet maker, things have worked out pretty good for Rod Siliski.
And the company he works for today is also happy with the
way things turned out.
“Rod is one of the best employees we have,” said Jake
Lincoln, service manager for Water Medic, a Cape Coral-based company that
employees 50 people and provides a variety of swimming pool and water services.
“He really loves his job and it shows.”
Siliski, 52, was selected as the Florida Swimming Pool
Association’s Service Pro of the Year for 2018. He received the honor at a
special ceremony in Orlando in February at the 2018 Everything Under the Sun
Expo. Each local FSPA chapter had the opportunity to choose a winner in their
area.
The Florida Swimming Pool Association is a trade association
for the pool and spa industry in Florida. There are approximately 700-member
businesses in 16 chapters across the state.
Siliski, along with two other individuals from other FSPA
chapters, was recognized for excellence in customer satisfaction and the
positive results that he produced as a pool and spa service professional.
“This award recognizes those professionals who demonstrate
their technical knowledge and their outstanding customer service skills every
day in backyards of consumers across Florida,” said Wendy Parker Barsell, FSPA
Executive Director, in a press release. “Rod has been known to go above
and beyond as a pool professional not just by his employees, but by his
customers too.”
It is something Lincoln and many of Siliski’s customers see
on a regular basis.
“We are so honored and blessed he won,” Lincoln said. “His
customers compliment him, and we get nervous calls when he’s on vacation.
Customers have a peace of mind because they have Rod servicing their property.”
Siliski moved to Southwest Florida from Minnesota. Now a
senior pool technician, he has been working for Water Medic for the past five
year. Water Medic is owned by Richard Jackson, who started the business in
2000. Water Medic services 1,200 pools in Cape Coral and around Southwest
Florida on a weekly basis.
Siliski’s territory includes North Fort Myers, Alva, Lehigh
Acres, Gateway and Fort Myers. He was working in a stainless steel fabrication
plant in Minnesota before making the move south.
“We had family down here and I also wanted to get away from
the cold,” Siliski said.
Fort Myers News-Press: Water Medic of Cape Coral employee named Florida Swimming Pool Association’s Service Pro of the Year
