Rain Bird Services Corporation continues to offer irrigation training. To learn more about the latest in irrigation systems and products and how to run your business better, Rain Bird Academy invites industry practitioners to its Professional Irrigation Training Camps Dec. 4 - 7, 2006 at Sam's Town Tunica Hotel and Casino, located at 1477 Casino Strip Resorts Blvd in Robinsonville, Miss. and Dec. 11 - 15, 2006 at Bally's Las Vegas, located at 3655 Las Vegas Boulevard South in Las Vegas.
Rain Bird Academy provides landscape irrigation professionals with expert instruction on the latest irrigation products, newest installation methods, best practices in irrigation design and cutting edge business skills. These non-manufacturer specific classes are designed to help contractors, distributors, architects and specifiers create savings and conserve water through improved irrigation practices. Participants will earn one Continuing Education Unit (CEU) from the Irrigation Association for each hour of class attended.
Those who would benefit from this training include irrigation contractors, system designers, golf course superintendents, distributors, technicians, landscape architects, golf course architects, educators and irrigation managers from public agencies. Select courses are available for Spanish-speaking professionals. Rain Bird Academy can customize courses to fit the needs of irrigation professional in every situation. Training classes are broken out depending on participants' experience and include four main sections:
Business Skills Training - Rain Bird provides informative, insightful information for those irrigation professionals and business owners wanting to learn more about financial management, profitable job estimating and customer selling skills.
Landscape Irrigation Training -Landscape Irrigation Training teaches participants about irrigation design, products and product troubleshooting as well as intelligent water management.
Golf Irrigation Training - From electrical and hydraulic fundamentals to controller troubleshooting, participants will gain an in-depth education in installing irrigation products and technologies onto their golf courses.
Central Control Training - Participants learn more about the technology, hardware and benefits that comprise today's central controller systems. Participants will also learn about central control maintenance and troubleshooting. Training specific to Central Controller installation and operation is also available this year. Courses take place at Rain Bird's corporate headquarters in Tucson, Ariz., and are held on the following dates:
Dec. 18-21, 2006
Jan. 8-10, 2007
Jan. 22-25, 2007
Feb. 12-15, 2007
Feb. 19-22, 2007
Mar. 5-7, 2007
Mar. 19-22, 2007
Apr. 2-5, 2007
Apr. 16-19, 2007
May 7-10, 2007
May 21-24, 2007
Specific "education tracks" have been designed on Irrigation Design, Contractor Business Skills, and for those who are just starting out in irrigation. Irrigation professionals can choose from one to four days of complete irrigation training with instructors who conduct one of the most respected and comprehensive training experiences in the irrigation industry.
Training information for the Professional Irrigation Training Camps can be found at www.rainbird.com/training where visitors may obtain the Rain Bird training schedule, view class descriptions and register for classes online. Interested professionals may also contact Rain Bird Services at 800-498-1942.
