Why Study this Advanced Certificate in Green Keeping Course?
Do you want to learn how to establish or manage a turf? Want to learn how to select from a variety of turfs and how to maintain them? Then this advanced certificate in green keeping course online will help you do just that and much more! This course will help you gain the needed skills and knowledge in establishing, managing, and maintaining a turf.
This Advanced Certificate in Green Keeping Course Online comprises of 3 core modules and 1 elective. These core modules will take you from the very start with Green Keeping A (Introduction) through to advanced Green Keeping B (Sports Turf Management), and Green Keeping C (Maintenance and Renovation) of existing lawns, greens and turf in a wide variety of situations that the turf manager/groundsman may encounter.
This course is online and/or correspondence and is suitable for:
- groundsmen
- horticulturalists
- lawn maintenance businesses
- home / garden enthusiasts
The elective modules provides options to extend your knowledge with options including Starting a Small Business (suitable for students wanting to start a lawn mowing business for example) or Irrigation (Gardens).
Course Structure
There are 4 modules in this course:
- Introduction
- Turf Grass Physiology
- Turf Establishment
- Soils
- Turf Weed Problems
- Turf Pests and Diseases
- Turf Maintenance Techniques
- Irrigation – An Overview
- Playing Fields and Bowling Greens
- Managing Established Turf
- Establishing Ornamental Turf
- Turf Variety Selection
- Mowing
- Cultivation Techniques
- Preparing for Play on Sports grounds
- Preparing for Play of Greens
- Turf Protection and Preservation
- Irrigation and Drainage
- Evaluate Maintenance Facilities
- Develop a Management Plan
- Understanding Turf Deterioration
- Repair and Renovation Equipment
- Turf Cultivation Techniques
- Health Improvement Techniques
- Optimizing Turf Usage
- Replacing Damaged Turf
- Renovation of Degraded Turf
- Eradicating Turf Weeds
- Treating Aeration and Drainage Problems
- Managing a Turf Nursery
- Irrigation (Gardens)
- Starting a Small Business
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- Experienced Tutor support
- Certificate sent to you
- Online study (Printed notes available)
- Self paced - no set timetable
- 12 months to complete course
From: $50.00 / week for 48 weeks