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Generation Apprenticeship - Sportsturf Management L6

Generation Apprenticeship - Sportsturf Management L6
Do you enjoy working outdoors in a physically active role? Have you an interest in sport? Why not consider a career in sports turf management?

On completion of this two-year apprenticeship, you will become a fully qualified sportsturf technician, with an NFQ Level 6 Higher Certificate in Sportsturf Management.

You may then choose to work as a sportsturf technician in a range of industries such as horseracing, golfing, and football.  You may also use the qualification to progress within the sector and/or to higher education programmes.

Role as a Sportsturf technician
As a sports turf technician you will carry out core maintenance tasks on sportsturf facilities such as golf courses, sports pitches, racecourses, training gallops, bowling greens, pitch and putt clubs and cricket clubs, tennis courts, and parks/amenity areas.

Typical tasks will include mowing, repairs, checking for pest and diseases, facility set up, and operation and maintenance of equipment.

Skills

By the end of your training, you will be able to:

  • Understand the basics of soil science, drainage, and irrigation

  • Identify turfgrasses commonly used in sportsturf in Ireland

  • Apply plant protection products as a trained professional user

  • Use professional reel and bedknife grinders to sharpen cylinder mowers

  • Work safely and productively in a sports turf setting, following appropriate safety, environment and risk checks

  • Set up, repair and maintain sportsturf-specific equipment such as tractors, aerators, triplex mowers, fairway mowers, top dresser and sprayers

To find out more about this apprenticeship, check out the following:

Further information is also available from:
Marcella Phelan or Eamon Kealy
Teagasc Kildalton College, Piltown, Co. Kilkenny, E32 YW08
Tel: + 353 (0)51 644400
Email: sportsturf@teagasc.ie
Web: www.teagasc.ie