Rain Bird Services has scheduled its Rain Bird Academy Boot Camp.
The boot camp is a review for the Irrigation Association’s CIT exam and will be available in 30 U.S. locations from December of this year through April 2014.
At the end of each four-and-a-half-day Boot Camp, Rain Bird Services will host the Irrigation Association’s (IA) Certified Irrigation Technician (CIT) exam.
Participants can learn installation, maintenance and basic design of residential and small commercial irrigation systems.
The Boot Camp consists of four classes:
- Introduction to Irrigation and Installation – (one day)
- Irrigation Technician’s Course – (two days)
- Landscape Irrigation Design Process – (one day)
- Efficient Irrigation Scheduling – (one-half day)
The tentative Boot Camp/CIT training schedule is as follows:
2013
- Las Vegas, NV; Dec. 9-13, 2013
- San Diego, CA; Dec. 16-20, 2013
- Nashville, TN; Dec. 16-20, 2013
2014
- Dublin, CA; Jan. 6-9, 2014
- Norfolk, VA; Jan. 6-10, 2014
- Meridian, ID; Jan. 6-10, 2014
- Green Bay, WI; Jan. 14-17, 2014
- Atlantic City, NJ; Jan. 20-24, 2014
- Chicago, IL; Jan. 27-31, 2014
- Atlanta, GA; Feb. 3-7, 2014
- Portland, OR; Feb. 3-7, 2014
- Washington, DC; Feb. 10-14, 2014
- East Hartford, Connecticut; Feb. 10-14, 2014
- Long Island, NY; Feb. 17-21, 2014
- Burlington, IA; Feb. 24-28, 2014
- Salt Lake City, UT; Mar. 3-7, 2014
- Huntsville, AL; Mar. 3-7, 2014
- Oklahoma City, OK; Mar. 3-7, 2014
- Little Rock, AR; Mar. 10-14, 2014
- Denver, CO; Mar. 10-14, 2014
- St. Louis, MO; Mar. 17-21, 2014
- Atlanta, GA; Mar. 17-21, 2014
- Denver, CO; Mar. 17-21, 2014
- Seattle, WA; Mar. 24-28, 2014
- Cleveland, OH; Mar. 31-Apr. 4, 2014
- Albuquerque, NM; Mar. 31-Apr. 4, 2014
- Dublin, CA; Apr. 7-11, 2014
- Charlotte, NC; Apr. 7-11, 2014
- Tucson, AZ; Apr. 14-18, 2014
Registration is open, and Rain Bird is offering a 15 percent discount to individuals who enroll in this series of Boot Camp classes (Promo Code: RainBirdCIT) by March 1, 2014.