National Certificate in Sports Turf Management (Level 4)

This qualification is designed for people working or intending to work in sports turf management at a supervisory tradesperson level in roles such as greenkeepers, turf managers, golf course trainees, school groundspeople, racecourse managers, or turf management contractors.

This qualification shares standards in common with, and provides a pathway for people who have completed, the National Certificate in Sports Turf (Introduction to Turf Care) (Level 3) [Ref: 0700].

The compulsory section includes the skills related to tractor driving and small engine maintenance; sports turf surveying, draining, and establishment; sports turf and staff management; budgeting; and identification and control of sports turf pests, weeds, diseases, and disorders. People will also have knowledge of soils and fertilisers; agrichemicals and their application; methods of upgrading sports turf root zones; sports turf surfaces; turf botany; sports turf soil water management; and mowing turf areas.

The elective section allows people to broaden their skills required in a sports turf workplace to areas such as agriculture, forestry, horticulture, pest control, generic computing, workplace health and safety, generic education and training, highway construction and maintenance, interpersonal communications, and writing. Candidates may select standards in the elective section of this qualification that can also be used to meet the requirements of the National Diploma in Sports Turf Management (Level 6) [Ref: 1272].

On completion of this qualification people who wish to obtain roles as sports turf professionals (such as managers of sports turf and amenity facilities, golf managers or golf superintendents) may wish to progress to the National Certificate in Sports Turf (Level 5) [Ref: 1558].

The Primary Industry Training Organisation supports the concept of continuing and lifelong education, and recommends people who have completed the National Certificate in Sports Turf (Level 5) [Ref: 1558] to consider progressing to the National Diploma in Sports Turf Management (Level 6) [Ref: 1272].

Primary ITO aims to help New Zealand’s primary sector flourish by growing people’s skills. We lead work-based education and training across the many industries in the primary sector.

We firmly believe that on-the-job training is the future of learning

That can be supported by online and in-person learning where those are the best options. People earn while they learn, and businesses get value from their staff from day one. Better skills enable people to be more productive and lead more fulfilling and rewarding work lives. 

We support people throughout the country

In 2023, we had around 14,000 learners at around 4500 different workplaces around the country. At Primary ITO, we pride ourselves on being up driveways, at the end of dirt roads, on the factory floor, online or in the classroom. Whatever it takes to support our learners.

We support learners from start to finish

We support learners all the way from introductory programmes and our schools-based Trades Academy, through to apprenticeships and management diplomas.

We design training and assessment for the workplace, so employees can learn on the job while gaining real-world industry experience. 

Our team of experts do several things

• They help businesses and their staff choose the right programme to equip learners with the right skills, knowledge and experience.
• They support learners and external training providers as learners complete their qualifications.
  
• They help assess learners and ensure they complete all the required training.

Interested in finding out more or, ready to enquire? Please visit: www.primaryito.ac.nz, email: [email protected] or, call us on: 0800 208020.