ADVANCED CERTIFICATE IN TURF CARE

Develop Skills and Knowledge of Green Keeping

A foundation to become a Turf Care technician

Learn about turf establishment, different types of grasses, repairing damaged lawns, underground drainage and irrigation.

Apply what you learn to be a professional green keeper, work at sports grounds, in turf care and repair, or start your own lawn mowing or garden maintenance business. 

Modules

Note that each module in the ADVANCED CERTIFICATE IN TURF CARE is a short course in its own right, and may be studied separately.

SCOPE FOR EMPLOYMENT

This is a huge course, that lays a foundation to go well beyond a tradesman level.

Our students will more often than not, find employment in the turf industry before completing this course; and sometimes before even starting.

Anywhere that you find a lawn or sports turf; will be a potential employer for a graduate of this course. This includes home gardens, golf courses, municipal parks, bowling greens, sports grounds, race courses and sporting stadia. There are lots more as well.

Larger facilities will often employ curators, superintendents or managers; and this course will greatly advance your capacity to perform jobs at that level.

Some graduates move into self employment. This may involve anything from being a lawn mowing contractor, to being a technical consultant, or operating a turf equipment or turf supply company.

HOW WILL THIS COURSE GET ME A JOB?

This is a professional qualification and well beyond most certificates that are completed through vocational training. However it is not just a qualification that will get you a job - there are more other considerations including:

• Your attitude - if you are passionate about your chosen field you are likely to show that in your day to day dealings with people in the industry, potential employers or your current employer when they are looking to promote from within.
• Your learning - learning is more than just a piece of paper, it extends well beyond that - if you have taken the right course. A course should not narrow your opportunities. Your education should be broad, so that you can take advantage of opportunities as they arise. Your qualification should (like ACS qualifications) have encouraged your problem solving skills - employers are always on the look out for people that can think for themselves, recognise a potential problem and deal with it effectively and quickly. 
• Your efficiency - being efficient isn't about being fast at doing things, it is about knowing how to approach problems and then attack them in the most logical manner to produce the best possible results. Problem solving skills enable you to develop efficiency.
• Your communication skills - being able to speak with people in a considered manner, having good written communication skills, having a good phone manner are all part of good communication; develop these skills and employers will look upon you far more favourably.
• Your ability to use technology - computers are a way of life now, we use them for communication, data collection and storage, research and even in a lot of the machinery we use in the horticulture industry - every employee needs to have reasonable computer skills to get ahead in today's tech driven world.
• Your industry knowledge - know what is going on in your industry: the latest machines, the latest approaches, the latest technology, new cultivars, new irrigation methods and so on. You can do this by belonging to an industry association, by reading industry magazines, by attending trade shows and just spending a bit of time each week on the net! Attending shows and other industry events also puts your face out in the market place --- you never know where that next great opportunity might come from.

Become a Turf Industry Professional.

Discover things about turf that you hadn't even thought about! 

Learn the science, management and horticulture that underpins modern turf management for a better job in such positions as a superintendent, curator, greens manager, sales or marketing representative, turf/horticulture technician etc.

This is a premium collection of courses; more comprehensive than other similar courses, with more extensive support from an international team of highly qualified horticulture professionals.