This will be the first time IA has awarded the IA Select designation to classes offered by an external training services provider.
The four Boot Camp classes provide attendees with continuing education credits.
The classes are non-manufacturer specific and include:
- Introduction to Irrigation and Installation (8 CEUs)
- Irrigation Technician (16 CEUs)
- Landscape Irrigation Design Process (8 CEUs)
- Efficient Irrigation Scheduling (4 CEUs)
All IA Select classes must adhere to the IA’s best management practices standards (BMPS) in the design, installation and service of irrigation systems.
Providers submit course material to an IA review committee, and those providers with courses meeting specified criteria become members of the IA Select program and bear the IA Select label.
Rain Bird Services will be offering its four-and-a-half-day irrigation Boot Camps at 30 locations throughout the United States beginning October 2014 through March 2015, and registrations are now being accepted online.
