Rain Bird Academy has announced its 2006-2007 irrigation training schedule provide landscape irrigation professionals with expert instruction on the latest irrigation products, newest installation methods, best practices in irrigation design and cutting edge business skills.
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Rain Bird's Landscape Irrigation training, held in 19 cities, is available to irrigation providers around the world. These non-manufacturer specific classes are designed to help contractors, distributors, architects and specifiers create savings and conserve water through improved irrigation practices. Participants will earn one Continuing Education Unit (CEU) from the Irrigation Association for each hour of class attended.
Turf irrigation training will be held in the following cities on the specified dates:
Bellevue, Wash.: Nov. 13-16, 2006
Denver, Colo.: Nov. 28 - Dec. 1, 2006
Tijuana, Mexico: Nov. 28 - Dec. 1, 2006
Tunica, Miss.: Dec. 4 - Dec. 7, 2006
Las Vegas, Nev.*: Dec. 11-15, 2006
San Jose, Calif.: Jan. 9-12, 2007
Atlantic City, N.J.*: Jan. 15-19, 2007
Charlotte, N.C.: Jan. 22-26, 2007
Vancouver, Wash.: Jan. 30 - Feb. 2, 2007
Fresno, Calif.: Feb. 6-9, 2007
Boise, Idaho: Feb. 6-9, 2007
Chattanooga, Tenn.: Feb. 12-16, 2007
Baltimore: Feb. 19-23, 2007
Santa Maria, Calif.: Feb. 19-23, 2007
Sacramento, Calif.: Feb. 26 - March 2, 2007
Kansas City, Mo.: March 5-9, 2007
Minneapolis: March 12-16, 2007
Chicago: March 12-16, 2007
Detroit: March 19-23, 2007
* Professional Irrigation Training Camp
Those who would benefit from this training include irrigation contractors, system designers, distributors, technicians, landscape architects, educators and irrigation managers from public agencies. Select courses are available for Spanish-speaking professionals. Rain Bird Academy can customize courses to fit the needs of irrigation professional in every situation. Training classes are broken out depending on participants' experience and include three main sections:
Business Skills Training - Rain Bird provides informative, insightful information for those irrigation professionals and business owners wanting to learn more about financial management, profitable job estimating and customer selling skills.
Landscape Irrigation Training -Landscape Irrigation Training teaches participants about irrigation design, products and product troubleshooting as well as intelligent water management.
Central Control Training - Participants learn more about the technology, hardware and benefits that comprise today's central controller systems. Participants will also learn about central control maintenance and troubleshooting. Training specific to Central Controller installation and operation is also available this year. Courses take place at Rain Bird's corporate headquarters in Tucson, Ariz., and are held on the following dates:
Nov. 6-9, 2006
Nov. 13-16, 2006
Dec. 18-21, 2006
Jan. 8-10, 2007
Jan. 22-25, 2007
Feb. 12-15, 2007
Feb. 19-22, 2007
Mar. 5-7, 2007
Mar. 19-22, 2007
Apr. 2-5, 2007
Apr. 16-19, 2007
May 7-10, 2007
May 21-24, 2007
Specific "education tracks" have been designed on Irrigation Design, Contractor Business Skills, and for those who are just starting out in irrigation. Irrigation professionals can choose from one to four days of complete irrigation training with instructors who conduct one of the most respected and comprehensive training experiences in the irrigation industry.
Training information for the Regional and Professional Irrigation Training Camps can be found at www.rainbird.com/training where visitors may obtain the Rain Bird training schedule, view class descriptions and register for classes online. Interested professionals may also contact Rain Bird Services at 800/498-1942. Training specific to golf course irrigation providers is also available world-wide and information can be found at www.rainbird.com/training.