Education

25Nov
Machinery training – Why it’s important
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...
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11Sep
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...
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02Sep
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 ...
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18Jul
Time was when most of my days were spent running seminars on specific subjects, like ‘Negotiating Skills’, ‘Presenting to Committees’, even ‘Report Writing’....
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21May
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....
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11Apr
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...
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27Mar
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...
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15Jan
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 ...
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28Nov
Brooksby Melton College student April Castell (18) was recently presented with the Brooksby Horticulture Award; an annual prize awarded by the Leicestershire...
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10Nov
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 ...
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11Oct
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...
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10Sep
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...
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10Aug
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...
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13Jun
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...
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23Apr
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...
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16Mar
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...
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16Feb
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 ...
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13Oct
These courses are delivered by our own respected and experienced ecologist/botanist, John Handley, and can be helpful for the beginner developing or rekindli...
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09Aug
Businesses pushing ‘quick-fix’ treatments for infestations of the highly destructive Japanese knotweed plant are exposing homeowners and busines...
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17Jul
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...
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26Jun
Grounds Training was established ten years ago to provide a complete and unique service delivering training courses for the sports turf industry. In addi...
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12Jun
A team from Replay Maintenance were recently invited to deliver a seminar, entitled ‘The Maintenance of Artificial Turf’, to a select cong...
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05Jun
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...
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03Apr
Following on from the success of our first two online Turf Maintenance courses launched earlier this year – Bowls Green Maintenance and Cricket Pitch Main...
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28Mar
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...
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27Mar
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...
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16Mar
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...
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14Mar
The autumn of 2016 marked 10 years since John Richards invited me to “see if I could do something with a few training enquiries†that had trickle...
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09Feb
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...
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17Jan
Today we are pleased to announce the launch of our new Training website – Grounds Training. A slight change in title to our previous site, but a major...
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08Aug
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".
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11Jul
As spring turns towards summer, we approach the end of another college academic year and more young people head off...
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21Jun
Like many others who made the move from management to skills training, I was soon made aware...
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06May
How will the SUD's new legislation changes affect Groundsmen? Lely's Neil Adams offers insight and advice.
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29Apr
Trainer and Motivational Speaker Frank Newberry keeps the promise he made in his last article and gives us ten ground rules...
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10Apr
The Invasive Non-Native Specialists Association (INNSA) is to take over the ongoing administration...
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10Mar
In Part 1 of this article, I described the 'Johari Window'; the creation of Joe Luft and Harry Ingham.
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10Mar
Groundsman Training were pleased to have the opportunity to participate in the recent Society of Local Council Clerks’ Practitioners’ Conferenc...
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10Jan
As winter approaches we welcome a new face to the team here at Myerscough College...
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13Sep
Pitchcare Trainer and Motivational Speaker Frank Newberry looks at the difference between...
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09Jul
As spring turns towards summer, we approach the end of another college academic year...
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05May
Martin Sampson, our Senior Instructor based on the South Coast, achieved a 100% pass rate with a group of PA1/PA6A candidates last week.
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27Mar
In his first article on how to improve a work team's performance, Pitchcare Trainer and Motivational Speaker Frank Newberry...
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12Jan
In the first of his articles on how we can improve our work team's performance, Pitchcare Trainer...
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27Dec
It started with a Chris. Or, to be more precise, a Christina Aradipiotis, the Managing Director of CMS Training Centre in Cyprus...
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07Dec
Most adults spend the bulk of their waking hours at work. Some say that their "best" hours are given to their employers.
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30Nov
On the 18th July 2012 regulations that implement the Sustainable Use Directive came into effect in the UK.
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05Nov
In the first of his articles on how you can improve your work team's performance, Pitchcare Trainer...
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30Jul
In Part 1 of this series, Pitchcare Trainer and Motivational Speaker Frank Newberry expressed his concerns...
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14Mar
The GTC, as one of the Government's Apprenticeship Trailblazer organisations was represented at a Downing Street reception on Thursday 6 March.
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19Feb
At Myerscough College, we have full and part-time courses in Sportsturf from levels 1 (Certificate) to 6 (BSc Hons).
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17Feb
Lantra Awards recently introduced its suite of refresher training modules, covering ground-based forestry & arboricultural operations.
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29Dec
Similar to last year's 'Opening Doors with an R&A Scholarship' article (issue 45), the aim of this editorial is to...
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27Dec
The new 2013/14 academic year is now well underway, and has already brought its share of success...
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