Education

In our last article we spoke about how training is a shared responsibility and becoming a necessity in a fast moving and ever-changing industry. Here, traini...

Grounds Training Tutor Frank Newberry asks ‘do you feel valued?’

Grounds Training tutor Frank Newberry believes that most people want to work for an organisation that values their efforts. In this article, Frank suggests n...

Wasps… view them differently!

You’re having a few drinks in the garden with your friends, or a family BBQ, when a load of pesky wasps arrive to spoil the party. You haven’t seen them all ...

The Triple C

Time was when most of my days were spent running seminars on specific subjects, like ‘Negotiating Skills’, ‘Presenting to Committees’, even ‘Report Writing’....

Sharks and Dolphins II

In the first of a two-part article, Frank Newberry, tutor at Grounds Training, reported on the perils of giving people feedback on their performance at work....

How golf courses can save Scotland’s bees

The putting greens are perfectly smooth, every blade of grass is polished and preened to perfection. No stray clumps of moss or random dandelion leaf to caus...

Dolphins and Sharks

In this, the first of a two-part article, Communication Skills Trainer Frank Newberry reports on the perils of giving people feedback on their performance at...

Never Complain, Never Explain

Grounds Training Trainer Frank Newberry has always been fascinated by the maxim ‘never complain, never explain’. This advice is believed, by many, to be the ...

Brooksby Melton College Student Wins Horticulture Award from Leicestershire and Rutland Gardens Trust!

Brooksby Melton College student April Castell (18) was recently presented with the Brooksby Horticulture Award; an annual prize awarded by the Leicestershire...

Brooksby Melton College Students Create a Poppy Display with a Twist

Students from Brooksby Melton College have been working hard to create a stunning poppy display to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of the First ...

Five tips for employers to support their staff’s mental health

With one in six people experiencing a mental health issue in a given week, supporting mental well-being in the workplace can no longer be ignored. Here, Jaan...

No Can Do!

Trainer Frank Newberry has been helping people to be more assertive at work for over thirty years. Saying ‘no’ to requests for help can be difficult. Frank p...

Renovate Your Renovation with Dennis and SISIS

The Dennis/SISIS Cricket Renovation Day 2018 threw up some challenges the groundspersons present: ‘are you missing out on vital modern techniques?’ was the g...

The ‘long’ employment journey…

Chris Long is now the Head of Grounds at the University of Leicester. But, as is the case for a surprising number, just to transfer from greens to grounds to...

Planting Party at Edgbaston Priory Tennis Club

Pitchcare were delighted to be part of a ‘Planting Party’ today at Edgbaston Priory Tennis Centre. The Club work closely with the Heart of Birmingham Vocatio...

How to motivate multiple generations in the workplace

Grounds Training Tutor Frank Newberry looks at the challenge of getting the best out of people from multiple generations in the workplace. In Part 1, Frank l...

Taylor Swift and the Slovenian Greenkeepers

Grounds Training Tutor Frank Newberry reports on how we can all be tempted to blame others for our workplace woes. He suggests the way forward is to try not ...

**New** Ecology/Botany Courses

These courses are delivered by our own respected and experienced ecologist/botanist, John Handley, and can be helpful for the beginner developing or rekindli...

Unscientific advice putting UK at risk from Japanese Knotweed

Businesses pushing â€˜quick-fixâ€™ treatments for infestations of the highly destructive Japanese knotweed plant are exposing homeowners and busines...

Trade Body Warns of Giant Hogweed Danger

National trade body, the Property Care Association (PCA), is urging caution as the invasive weed Giant Hogweed takes hold this summer. The plant’s sap is ext...

Grounds Training heading for Basingstoke in August

Grounds Training was established ten years ago to provide a complete and unique service delivering training courses for the sports turf industry.Â In addi...

Replay travel to Iceland to deliver talk on synthetic surface maintenance

A team from Replay Maintenance were recently invitedÂ to deliverÂ a seminar, entitled â€˜The Maintenance of Artificial Turfâ€™, to a select cong...

Dennis and SISIS announce Cricket renovation event

Dennis and SISIS have announced that they will be hosting a cricket renovation event at St Albans School, Woollam Trust Playing Fields on Tuesday 18 July 201...

Two new Turf Maintenance Online Training Courses just launched!

Following on from the success of our first two online Turf Maintenance courses launched earlier this year – Bowls Green MaintenanceÂ and Cricket Pitch Main...

Speaking truth to power … and to other people at work

There are times when we all need to give team members, colleagues and even managers some honest feedback at work. This honest feedback might be about anythin...

Nominations now open for Amenity Sprayer Operator of the Year 2017

The Amenity Sprayer Operator of the Year 2017 award (ASOY) was recently launched at the Amenity Forum Conference – with the chance for the top operators to w...

Pitchcare’s Online Learning success

Mindful of the need to keep pace with modern practices and learning methods, Pitchcare’s Grounds Training team have created a suite of Online Training Course...

Grounds Training – A milestone

The autumn of 2016 marked 10 years since John Richards invited me to â€œsee if I could do something with a few training enquiriesâ€ that had trickle...

Newly Qualified Instructor Available For Lantra Mower Courses

We are pleased to announce that our Instructor, Martin Sampson, is now registered with Lantra Awards to deliver all their Pedestrian and Ride-on Mower traini...

New Pitchcare Training Website Launched

Today we are pleased to announce the launch of our new Training website â€“ Grounds Training. A slight change in title to our previous site, but a major...

Is it important to be nice?

You, like me, may have been told in your formative years by a well-meaning person that "it is nice to be important, but it is more important to be nice".

Believe, Achieve, Succeed

As spring turns towards summer, we approach the end of another college academic year and more young people head off...

Can you be better, or is this as good as you are going to get?

Like many others who made the move from management to skills training, I was soon made aware...

Sustainable Use Directive (SUD)’s legislation changes

How will the SUD's new legislation changes affect Groundsmen? Lely's Neil Adams offers insight and advice.

Ten Ground rules for the Turfcare Team

Trainer and Motivational Speaker Frank Newberry keeps the promise he made in his last article and gives us ten ground rules...

INNSA to take over Japanese Knotweed Code of Practice

The Invasive Non-Native Specialists Association (INNSA) is to take over the ongoing administration...

Joe and Harry and You – part II

In Part 1 of this article, I described the 'Johari Window'; the creation of Joe Luft and Harry Ingham.

Grounds Training Strengthens Links with Local Authorities

Groundsman Training were pleased to have the opportunity to participate in the recent Society of Local Council Clerksâ€™ Practitionersâ€™ Conferenc...

Inspire; Challenge and Achieve

As winter approaches we welcome a new face to the team here at Myerscough College...

Are You Supervisor Material?

Pitchcare Trainer and Motivational Speaker Frank Newberry looks at the difference between...

Blazing a trail for Apprenticeships

As spring turns towards summer, we approach the end of another college academic year...

Grounds Training in Southern England

Martin Sampson, our Senior Instructor based on the South Coast, achieved a 100% pass rate with a group of PA1/PA6A candidates last week.

Is Your Team Up to Scratch?

In his first article on how to improve a work team's performance, Pitchcare Trainer and Motivational Speaker Frank Newberry...

Changes to Safe Use of Pesticides NPTC Qualifications

For those seeking new PA1/PA6 qualification after 1 January 2015.

Hang on – do you even need a team?

In the first of his articles on how we can improve our work team's performance, Pitchcare Trainer...

A Greek tragedy – well, almost?

It started with a Chris. Or, to be more precise, a Christina Aradipiotis, the Managing Director of CMS Training Centre in Cyprus...

Is your co-worker just obnoxious?

Most adults spend the bulk of their waking hours at work. Some say that their "best" hours are given to their employers.

New Grandfather Certificate FAQs

On the 18th July 2012 regulations that implement the Sustainable Use Directive came into effect in the UK.

Are you employing a team of idiots?

In the first of his articles on how you can improve your work team's performance, Pitchcare Trainer...

A Code of Ethics – The Gap Part 3

In Part 1 of this series, Pitchcare Trainer and Motivational Speaker Frank Newberry expressed his concerns...

The GTC at Downing Street

The GTC, as one of the Government's Apprenticeship Trailblazer organisations was represented at a Downing Street reception on Thursday 6 March.

Myerscough – Industry Links and Education

At Myerscough College, we have full and part-time courses in Sportsturf from levels 1 (Certificate) to 6 (BSc Hons).

Lantra Awards leads the way in Forestry and Arboriculture

Lantra Awards recently introduced its suite of refresher training modules, covering ground-based forestry & arboricultural operations.

The R&A Scholarship will open doors

Similar to last year's 'Opening Doors with an R&A Scholarship' article (issue 45), the aim of this editorial is to...

Myerscough College – Creating Opportunities, Delivering Promises, Celebrating Success

The new 2013/14 academic year is now well underway, and has already brought its share of success...

Magpies choose Myerscough

Myerscough College are delighted to have extended their employer links into yet another Premier League Football Club.