IOG MAINTAINS MOODLE VIRTUAL LEARNING ROUTE FOR NEW LEVEL 3 ADVANCED NATIONAL CERTIFICATE

The Institute of Groundsmanship has announced the new Level 3 Advanced National Certificate in Sports and Amenity Turf Management as an easy-to-use, online career progression from skilled groundsman (Level 2) to supervisor/manager.

Following the success of providing the Level 2 National Certificate via its innovative Moodle online virtual learning environment – which enables participants to study for the qualification in their own time, or a time set by their employer, at a convenient pace and place – the new Level 3 Advanced National Certificate is offered on a similar flexible learning basis.

Developed by the IOG in conjunction with City & Guilds and NPTC, the Level 3 Advanced National Certificate incorporates eight compulsory units and one optional unit. The mandatory units are:

• Plant physiology in relation to the horticulture industry
• Maintaining health and safety in the amenity horticulture industries
• Management of weeds, pests and diseases
• Turf machinery and equipment management
• Working in the Turf grass industry
• Construction of sports and amenity turf areas
• Sustainable management of turf.
  

The optional unit aligns with the participant’s specific interest and covers the management of amenity, cricket, bowling, tennis, football, rugby, golf and horseracing turf. The structure of the qualification is such that candidates will have CPD documentation that shows clearly the sport option achieved.

The Level 3 qualification can be accessed by anybody who holds an equivalent Level 2 qualification such as the IOG National Technical Certificate (NTC), City & Guilds NVQ in Sports Turf Maintenance, or by anybody who can prove that they are/have been operating at a Level 3 standard.

Commenting, the IOG’s Head of Professional Services, Ian Lacy, says: “The overwhelming success of offering Level 2 via Moodle – the virtual learning environment pioneered and funded by the IOG – has emphasised why the IOG is the industry’s training and education supplier of choice, and the new Level 3 will further reinforce that.”

Source: Wildish Communications
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