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National Certificate in Irrigation Design
This is a new course which will be offered for the first time in 2009.
Course information is not yet available - but to register your interest, please fill out the form below and we will rush the information to you as soon as it is available.
Content
The course is to be delivered in the five areas outlined in the Irrigation Design Code of Practice: planning; design; quoting and supply; installation and commissioning, and operation and maintenance.
Module One (5 days duration):
- Planning:Contact by Client, property visit and preparation of a design brief.
- Design: Water sources, soil/crop/plant relationships,application rates, uniformity concepts, irrigationsystem selection, sprinkler/emitter selection and hydraulic design.
Module Two (3 days duration):
- Design:Pumps and motors, basic electricity, specialty valves, filtration, backflow prevention, control and measurement and monitoring of irrigation systems.
- Quotation & Acceptance.
- Awareness of best installation practice.
Module Three (3 days duration):
- Installation and commissioning and operation and maintenance manuals.
Who should attend?
Irrigation designers involved in the design of irrigation systems in broad acre crops, horticulture, turf and landscape should attend this course.
This NZQA registered programme will enable designers to attend irrigation design courses and formally recognise those that meet the unit standards with the industry-recognised title “Certified Irrigation Designer”.
The training programme will help irrigation designers to comply with the Irrigation Design Code of Practice by providing them with the understanding and tools required to achieve the required standards.
Delivery
Opus Environmental Training Centre will deliver the qualification requirements in three mixed theory and practical based modules.
Module 1 is delivered in five days, while Module 2 and Module 3 are both delivered in three days each (11 days in total).
The irrigation design practical unit standard, ‘Plan, design and prepare a design report and drawings for irrigation systems’ will run throughout the duration of the course with candidates required to submit for assessment three irrigation designs to design report stage including quote a bill of materials.
The designs will be a drip/micro system design, a fixed sprinkler design and a travelling sprinkler system design.
Case studies will be substituted where the candidates cannot provide irrigation designs of actual systems.
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