Sports Greenkeeper Course Online

• Do you manage a Sports Ground or Playing Field?
• Advance your job and career prospects working in the management and maintenance of Sports Grounds and Playing Fields
• A course for parks staff, horticulturists, gardeners, groundsmen, green keepers, turf equipment and materials suppliers.

This greenkeeper course assumes a basic knowledge of turf care, either through experience or prior study (e.g. Green Keeping I)  From there it develops your ability to manage the maintenance of sports turf. It is relevant to the maintenance of all sports turf including golf courses, bowling clubs, playing fields, cricket wickets and other sporting facilities.

Course Aims:

• Select turf varieties to suit different sports surface requirements; including different climates & soil types.
• Select turf varieties to suit different sports surfaces (e.g. lawn bowls, fairways, greens, league football, cricket)
• Identify turf blends, their application and reason for use.
• Explain alternative procedures for sports turf maintenance, used for different types of facilities.
• Explain specific wear problems and solutions for the five types of turf facilities
• Evaluate procedures being used to maintain different types of facilities.
• Determine the resources required to maintain a selected sports turf.
• Develop management plans for different types of sports turf facilities.
• Explain the management of a turf nursery to produce a reliable supply of sod.
• Explain the irrigation and drainage requirements for sports turf fields and lots more!

There are 10 Lessons in this course:

1. Turf Variety Selection
2. Mowing
3. Cultivation Techniques
4. Preparing for Play on Sports grounds
5. Preparing for Play of Greens
6. Turf Protection and Preservation
7. Irrigation and Drainage
8. Soil Treatments and Spraying
9. Evaluate Maintenance Facilities
10. Develop a Management Plan