Sports/Commercial Turf Equipment Certificate
(9-month program)
 It
takes a lot of equipment—and a lot of skilled people, too—to
keep golf courses, parks, and playing fields looking their best. As
the turf industry in the U.S. continues to expand (nearly 400 new golf
courses were opened last year alone), people with the know-how to maintain
and repair the sophisticated commercial mowers, reel equipment, and
other types of horticultural and outdoor power equipment are in great
demand. If you like working with machinery and have a mechanical aptitude,
you’ve got what it takes to build a successful career in commercial
turf equipment.
Sharpen your skills
This new program is one of very few in the country and is attracting
the attention of leaders in the green and equipment industries, where
the demand for qualified employees continues to expand. Earn a Certificate
of Competency through a nine-month, 47-credit program of study. You’ll
be geared up to take advantage of a growing career area where you can
combine what you’ve learned about the turfgrass industry with technical
know-how related to engines, hydraulics, and electronics.
Mow down the competition
As a graduate with a Certificate of Competency in Commercial Turf Equipment,
you can work with equipment dealers, wholesalers, manufacturers, lawn
care companies, landscape firms, nurseries, golf courses, parks, and
professional athletic facilities. You might work as an equipment service
technician with an equipment dealership or golf course; as an equipment
manager at a golf course, country club, or park; or as a sales representative
with a manufacturer, wholesaler, or dealer.
You might choose to continue your coursework and earn an Associate of
Applied Science degree in Power and Equipment. Students majoring in
Turfgrass Management or Landscape Contracting and Construction can add
this certificate to their Associate of Applied Science degree. It’s
one more tool you can use to edge ahead of others in the industry.
Facilities
ATI’s fully-equipped engineering technologies laboratories include
a dedicated laboratory for electricity/electronics as well as for fluid
power. The engineering laboratory includes a diesel fuel injection test
room as well as welding and metal fabricating facilities.
Curriculum for the Certificate of Competency
Autumn Quarter
Introduction to Turfgrass Management
Engine Basics
Shop Skills Practicum
Technical Mathematics I
Personal and Career Orientation
Winter Quarter
Landscape, Nursery, and Turfgrass Equipment
Compact Diesel Engines
Hydraulics and Power Transmission for Horticultural Equipment
Introduction to Microcomputer Applications
Developing Written Expression
Social Science Elective
Spring Quarter
Basic Electricity and Electronics
Welding and Metal Fabrication
Basic Hydraulics
Technical Reporting
Technical Elective
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