Rescheduled Date: Monday, November 20th

Check in: 7:00 AM- 7:30 AM Training: 7:30 AM- 6:00 PM

PIT Instruction & Training

156 Byers Creek Rd.

Mooresville, NC 28117

COST: $199 each (includes lunch & refreshments)

NCICLB #12350 6 IRR, 2 BUS CEU’s

Commercial irrigation systems have a nearly endless variety of issues that can occur over time because of the larger scale and diversity of terrain.  This makes having experience and knowledge of evaluating, troubleshooting, and correcting the problems effectively and efficiently absolutely essential to successfully working for or operating an irrigation service business.

This 8-hour course will cover many of the required and unique skills and knowledge requirements to improve or change a commercial irrigation system in a hands-on environment using a working commercial irrigation system.  Licensed contractors can work alongside their technicians to hone their skills while earning continuing education credits.  Technicians can learn these specific skills from a group of experienced instructors and the licensed contractors in an on-the-job type of format.

The 6 hours of field work will consist of the learners rotating through 6 stations to learn from instructors and peers.  There will be 2 additional hours of business learning covering the many special aspects of bidding, selling, and managing commercial renovation jobs and the opportunities for offering remote irrigation system management services.

Technical Learning Objectives

All include meeting the NCICLB minimum standards and/or water efficiency standards.

1. Know new methods of solving commercial sprinkler layout and coverage challenges involving sprinkler pressure, spacing, and nozzles.
2. Measure and calculate the flow of a zone to analyze and create efficient water use.
3. Alter existing commercial spray and rotor sprinkler layouts using innovative techniques.
4. Apply improved efficiencies for locating wires and valves to create record drawings.
5. Analyze existing schedules to improve water use and determine the need for advanced technologies such as “smart” controllers and sensors.

Business Learning Objectives

1. Establish a process for the systems evaluation then presenting the findings to the commercial property ownership or management in a financially meaningful way in terms.
2. Understand some of the sound business strategies and planning methods for adding remote irrigation management services to an irrigation service business model.

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