Irrigation Efficiency
4 Half Days
Delivery
3
Units of competency
Virtual
Study mode
3 Months
Duration
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Overview
This course is designed to provide candidates the knowledge and ability to become an Irrigation Efficiency professional. Candidates will be required to put to practice designing, operating and maintaining irrigation efficient system, in their own workplace environment.
Learning outcomes
- Gathering irrigation water-use data
- Testing landscape sprinkler irrigation systems
- Compiling water records
- Basic irrigation scheduling
- Determining irrigation water requirements
- Basic system trouble shooting
- Developing system maintenance strategies
- Checking pressure and flow rates
- Conducting a water application distribution test
- Collecting data to determine irrigation uniformity and efficiency
- Assessing soil texture and root zone depths
Who is the course for?
This course is designed for anyone looking to be involved in irrigation installation or irrigation management.
Units of Competency
- AHCIRG338 Troubleshoot irrigation system
- AHCIRG337 Measure irrigation delivery system performance
- AHCIRG346 Operate pressurised irrigation systems
How to Study & Courses
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: Students must have standard Language, Literacy and numeracy skills and will be required to complete a Language, Literacy and Numeracy assessment at Certificate III level.
COURSE PROGRAM & DURATION:
This course is delivered over 4 half day virtual classroom sessions 9:30 AM – 1:30 PM AEST (Brisbane Time)
This course must be completed within 3 months from enrolment. Students who fail to complete the course within this timeframe and wish to continue will be charged a re-enrolment fee as per Page 15 of the Irrigation Australia Student Handbook V3.0 March 2020.
MODE OF DELIVERY: Virtual Classroom | Online Post-Course Assessments
RESOURCES: Resources will be posted to the student prior to the course
TO COMPLETE YOUR ONLINE TRAINING YOU NEED ACCESS TO:
- Zoom – use one of the links above to open the Zoom website. You will be required to download the program and register an Account (you will be required to create an account to access our sessions). This will take you roughly 5 minutes to do.
- Access to a printer or scanner to submit completed assessments (consider downloading a scanner app on your phone)
- Web Browser: Windows 7 or above to access webinar technology and latest and previous versions of Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Chrome
- Webcam and/or headset for joining the virtual classroom
- Plug-ins: Adobe Flash Player 9 is required
- Network connection: Minimum 512 kbps connection is required
- Firewall: If you have a firewall or a domain filtering program, access to the domains listed below needs to be granted
Block | Start Date | Study Mode | Timetable |
1 | 08-04-2021 | Virtual | 8th, 9th, 15th & 16th April 2021
9:30AM – 1:30PM AEST (Brisbane Time) Daily |
Require assistance? Contact Irrigation Australia on 07 3517 4000
Payment options
Upfront Payment
This is the full payment covering the course delivery and includes a set of 12 Catch Cans
Members rate: $930
Non-Members rate: $1,348