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1. Sportsturf Training for Greenkeepers and Grounds Staff around Ireland - QQI FETAC Accredited
This course equips working Greenkeepers and/or Grounds staff with the knowledge and
understanding for their Sports Surface in Golf, Bowls Football (GAA Rugby or Soccer), Cricket, Horse
Racing and Athletics Tracks
1 Historical development and requirements for modern sports surfaces including the role of sports
bodies
2 Construction of both natural and artificial surfaces for a range of sports to include site clearance
and earth moving, drainage, construction of playing surfaces and installation of ancillary services
3 Maintenance of natural and artificial sports surfaces
4 Evaluate grass species and artificial surfaces for their suitability for use in a range of sports
situations
5 Explain common pests, diseases and disorders of sports surfaces to include their cause, symptoms
and control
6 Carry out a range of maintenance operations on sports surfaces from the following: marking out,
cutting, aerating, compaction relief, topdressing, edging, scarifying, switching, weed control, moss
and algae control, nutrition, brushing, renovating and repairing
7 Operate and understand modern irrigation equipment suitable for Sports surfaces
8 Assess the quality of natural sports surfaces using recognised industry Performance Quality
Standards (PQS) including identifying any remedial actions needed
9 Compile a maintenance programme for a nominated range of sports surfaces both natural and
artificial
10 Implement procedures to create and maintain a safe working environment including safety
standards regarding lifting, carrying and handling plants, tools and equipment.
See below for other training courses we offer IN HEALTH & SAFETY, PESTICIDE HANDLING &
APPLICATION (SPRAYING) AND THE NEW NATIONAL CERT IN GREENKEEPING
1 Explain the features of water based, sand dressed, sand filled and rubber filled synthetic surfaces
2 Describe how season, weather and soil conditions affect the type and frequency of maintenance
operations
3 Make markings on sports surfaces appropriate for a range of sporting events
4 Set out sports equipment appropriate for the rules of the sport and the standard of the event
5 Prepare playing surfaces so that they meet the quality and appearance requirements of each sport
and event

2. 6 Prepare sports surfaces, including selection and maintenance of appropriate equipment, by using a
range of the following techniques:
- mowing
- irrigating
- scarifying
- verticutting
- rolling
- top dressing
- brushing
- switching
- aerating
- edging
- feeding
7 Use a range of renovation and repair methods safely and correctly including the following:
- Over-seeding
- Patching or plugging
- Forking up
- Divotting
8 Use equipment safely and in compliance with manufacturer’s Instructions
9 Operate appropriate safety procedures to create and maintain a safe working environment
including safety standards regarding lifting, carrying and handling plants, tools and equipment
OTHER TRAINING COURSES
SPORTSTURF * HORTICULTURE * HEALTH & SAFETY TRAINING
FETAC Level 6 Manual Handling Instruction
FETAC Level 6 Train the Trainer
FETAC Level 5 Sports Surface Operations NEW Major Certificate
FETAC Level 5 Pesticide Handling & Application Boom & Knapsack Sprayer
FETAC Level 5 Occupational First Aid
FETAC Level 4 Sports Surface Maintenance
FETAC Level 4 Workplace Safety
FETAC Level 3 Operating Horticultural Equipment
LAWNCARE & Maintenance
LANTRA
Safe use of Mowers (Cylinder & Rotary)
Safe use of Tractors

3. Stress Awareness in the Workplace
Safe Pass (Groups only)
Chainsaw Training Courses
Chainsaw Maintenance & Cross Cutting
Fell & Process Trees below 380mm diameter and stack crosscut timber
Fell & Process Trees over 380mm diameter and stack crosscut timber
Greenkeepers maintain the grass and turf used for sporting field such as tracks, pitches and other
sport surface areas etc.
For more info visit us at http://www.irishsportsurf.ie