Glendora, Calif. – Recognizing the expanding roles of those involved in specifying, designing and installing today’s complex irrigation systems, Rain Bird Services Corporation invites irrigation professionals to its Rain Bird Academy regional and professional improvement training camps conducted at various locations across the country throughout the year. Training information can be found on the company’s Web site (www.rainbird.com/training) where visitors can obtain the Rain Bird training schedule, view class descriptions and register for classes online. Interested professionals may also contact Robert Pfeil or Mea Newman at 800-498-1942.
Courses taught by irrigation industry certified trainers offer detailed instruction on financial management, product knowledge, various field installation techniques and troubleshooting irrigation systems. Select courses also will be available for Spanish-speaking professionals.
Those who would benefit from this training include irrigation contractors, golf course superintendents, system designers, distributors, technicians, landscape architects and irrigation managers from public agencies. Rain Bird Academy has designed its classes for everyone in the irrigation profession – from those just starting out in the irrigation field to seasoned professionals. Training classes are broken out depending on participants’ experience and include four main sections:
· Business skills training – Rain Bird provides information for those irrigation professionals and business owners wanting to learn more about financial management, profitable job estimating and customer selling skills.
· Central control training – Participants can learn more about the technology, hardware and benefits that comprise today’s central controller systems. Participants can also learn about central control maintenance and troubleshooting.
· Golf irrigation training – From pump stations to hydraulic fundamentals, participants will gain an in-depth education in installing irrigation products and technologies onto their golf courses.
· Turf irrigation training – Much like the golf irrigation training, turf irrigation training will teach participants about irrigation design, products and product troubleshooting as well as intelligent water management.
Irrigation professionals can choose from one to four days of training with instructors who conduct one of the most respected and comprehensive training experiences in the irrigation industry. Specific “education tracks” on drip products and design, irrigation design, contractor business skills and irrigation contractor courses are also available.
Irrigation training will be held in the following cities on the specified dates:
Seattle: Nov. 28 – Dec. 1
Las Vegas: Dec. 12-16
Atlanta: Jan. 10-13, 2006
Myrtle Beach, S.C.: Jan. 17-20, 2006
Atlantic City, N.J.: Jan. 23-27, 2006
Anaheim, Calif.: Jan. 31-Feb. 4, 2006
Portland, Ore.: Feb. 7-10, 2006
Sacramento, Calif.: Feb. 21-24, 2006
San Francisco: Feb. 28-March 3, 2006
Chicago: March 7-10, 2006
Kansas City, Mo.: March 14-17, 2006
Minneapolis: March 28-31, 2006
Orlando, Fla.: July 25-29, 2006.
Rain Bird hosts training
Rain Bird invites irrigation professionals to its regional and professional improvement training camps conducted at various locations across the country throughout the year.
