This seminar will cover important aspects of the soil-water relationship and how why understanding this will help improve decisions about irrigation. Reviewing the concepts and principles will help the irrigation manager increase irrigation efficiency.
This course runs interactively in the learning management system and is not downloadable.Please note that you may receive credit only once per renewal period for this training.
Maximizing the use of water to achieve the desired results takes knowledge and understanding of the soil-plant-water relationship. This becomes increasingly important during times of water shortages. This seminar will look at various controller programming strategies that can be used to reduce water use and still maintain healthy lawns and landscapes.
This course runs interactively in the learning management system and is not downloadable.Please note that you may receive credit only once per renewal period for this training. This class qualifies for one New Jersey CEC
As drip and microirrigation systems are used more and more for irrigating landscapes, it is necessary to understand how water moves in the soil so that the emitter or microsprays can be placed appropriately to apply water that will encourage good root development.
Catch can audits measure sprinkler performance, while using a portable soil moisture sensor will measure the effectiveness of the irrigation. Both methods are valid and help correlate sprinkler performance with soil moisture uniformity that affects irrigation scheduling and ultimately the appearance of the turfgrass.
Water is essential for plant growth, and almost all of it comes through the soil. This course introduces students to soil classification, web based soils resources and important soil properties as they relate to irrigation. They will learn about how water is retained in the soil, how the plant extracts it, how we measure water in the soil, and how salts affect available water. They will also be introduced to water movement in layered soils.
This course runs interactively in the learning management system and is not downloadable. Please note that you may receive credit only once per renewal period for this training. This class does not qualify for TCEQ. This class does count for four New Jersey CECs and WC, and North Carolina CEUs.
Online course from the Irrigation Training & Research Center.This module explains the basic relationships between water, plants and soil. Topics include: soil moisture content terms, available water holding capacity, management allowable depletion, soil moisture depletion and soil water potential. This class does not qualify for TCEQ. This class does count for two New Jersey CECs/WC and North Carolina CEs. NOTE: Instructions for accessing class should be emailed within 5 minutes of purchase
Online course from the Irrigation Training & Research Center.A plant’s evapotranspiration rate defines how quickly water is transpired through the plant and evaporated from the soil surface. The ET rate varies based on a variety of different factors and is an important component of a good irrigation schedule. This class does not qualify for TCEQ. This class does count for one New Jersey CECs/WC and one North Carolina CEs. NOTE: Instructions for accessing class should be emailed within 5 minutes of purchase
Online course from the Irrigation Training & Research Center.The Irrigation Association provides three simple worksheets to help an auditor create an irrigation schedule: the simple schedule worksheet, the designated watering days schedule worksheet, and the soil moisture irrigation schedule worksheet. This module goes over each of the three worksheets and gives an overview of what to expect from the system controller. This class does not qualify for TCEQ. This class does count for two New Jersey CECs/WC and two North Carolina CEs. NOTE: Instructions for accessing class should be emailed within 5 minutes of purchase
Create and implement effective irrigation schedules that supply the right amount of water at the right time. This class reviews soil-water-plant relationships and how to manage scheduling to use water wisely to maintain the landscape.
This course runs interactively in the learning management system and is not downloadable. Please note that you may receive credit only once per renewal period for this training. This class does not qualify for TCEQ. The class does count for four New Jersey CECs and WC, and North Carolina CEUs.
Water is essential to life, and it continuously moves from the soil to the plant to the air and back to the soil in a system known as the soil-plant-air continuum or SPAC. This course shows how water moves in the hydrologic cycle, and is used by plants for transpiration and photosynthesis. Energy from the sun enables the plant to store energy for use by other living beings. Oxygen and carbon are also in a continuous cycle. This module shows how the systems all work together in a continuum essential to life.
This course runs interactively in the learning management system and is not downloadable. Please note that you may receive credit only once per renewal period for this training. This class does not qualify for TCEQ. This class does count for four New Jersey CECs and North Carolina CEUs.