This one-day, Lantra accredited class is tailor-made to anyone working with fine sports turf and wishing to understand how agronomy, machinery, weather and your skills come together to achieve the best possible surface. Utilising over 20 years’ experience with a tried and tested fundamental fault finding process it will show you how to identify the root cause of quality of cut issues, what affects these issues and how to rectify them.
Ian Sumpter has been involved in the turfcare industry since the early 1980s. As a qualified sports turf manager, Ian has worked in a variety of roles, ranging from amenity horticulture and sports turf management through to training. He is a City & Guilds assessor and Lantra trainer with an understanding of the turfcare industry. He has had key training roles within the turfcare industry, working globally as an international training manager for The Toro Company. Ian was one of the pioneers of the Landbased Training Accreditation Scheme as well as developing industry bespoke training. In 2015 he became a member of the engineering council for the Institute of Agricultural Engineers and in 2016 was appointed as a trustee for the organisation.
Learning outcomes:
- What achieves the best possible turf appearance
- Gain understanding of what factors affect the quality of turf surface
- What causes poor quality of turf appearance
- Fundamental skills to fault find poor quality of turf appearance
- Knowledge of how to resolve poor quality of turf appearance
- What information is available and how to access it
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