Your specialist career starts here with our Certificate III in Sports Turf Management. Use your eye for excellence in the world of sports, and your interest in horticulture and facilities management to excel in your career of Sports Turf Management. Give yourself the opportunity to manage some of the biggest and best sporting grounds around the country and abroad. This is the non-apprenticeship stream for international students. Global career opportunities in the sporting world Would you like to manage single or multi-use grounds to accommodate the needs of professional athletes? The MCG could be your next back yard. Gain skills and knowledge in a broad range of recreational and sporting facilities, from golf courses, to cricket pitches, bowling greens and racetracks. The well regarded specialist skills that you will gain in this course include: Establishment and maintenance of recreational turf preparation of sports playing surfaces management of recreational and sports turf facilities advising on turf irrigation, pest and disease control Modes of Delivery Off-campus, Practical Work, Classroom Assessment Methods This is a competency-based course where assessment is based on the your ability to achieve unit outcomes. Assessment methods include demonstration of skills, tests and assignments, oral activities, and third party reports Pathways to further study You may further advance your specialty skills completing the Diploma of Sports Turf Management AHC51016. Career Pathways As graduates from these courses will already be employed in the turf management industry, successful completion of these courses will allow for movement within the turf industry and work in a range of opportunities such as establishment and maintenance of recreational turf, preparation of sports playing surfaces, management of recreational and sports turf facilities, provision of advice on turf irrigation, pest and disease control and management practices.