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Irrigate sports turf areas
Level
4
Credits
10
Purpose
This unit standard is for people working or intending to work in the sports turf
industry.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe the principles of
sports turf irrigation design and installation; operate and adjust a sports turf
irrigation system; and maintain a sports turf irrigation system.
Subfield
Sports Turf
Domain
Sports Turf Management
Status
Registered
Status date
17 October 2008
Date version published
17 October 2008
Planned review date
31 December 2013
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Primary Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0037
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
Definition
Enterprise standards – the standards and procedures set by the client or employing
organisation for irrigation system adjustment and maintenance.
2
Refer to Unit 1157, Demonstrate knowledge of sports turf soil water management, for
the theory relating to irrigation of sports turf.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Describe the principles of sports turf irrigation design and installation.
Performance criteria
1.1
Sports turf irrigation systems are compared with agricultural and horticultural
irrigation systems in terms of similarities and differences in purpose and design
requirements.
1.2
Irrigation system design is described in terms of the specific requirements for
sports turf irrigation.
Range
1.3
must include but is not limited to – water storage, water quality,
sprinkler head spacing, overlap, pipe sizes, pressures, flow rates,
precipitation rates, run times, friction losses, electricity, fault
finding.
Installation procedures for sports turf irrigation systems are described in
accordance with manufacturer’s recommendations and enterprise standards.
Range
must include but is not limited to – staking, trenching, pipe laying,
gluing techniques, pipe pulling, risers, valves, control lines,
backfilling, line flushing, sprinkler head positioning, pressure
testing.
Element 2
Operate and adjust a sports turf irrigation system.
Performance criteria
2.1
Controllers are programmed in accordance with manufacturer’s
recommendations.
2.2
Operational characteristics of a sports turf irrigation system are determined.
Range
operational characteristics must include but are not limited to –
testing irrigation cycle, measurement of quantity of water applied,
calculation of coefficient of uniformity for water distribution.
2.3
Uniformity of application is evaluated in terms of sprinkler head spacing,
overlap, flow rate, water pressure, and application rate.
2.4
The irrigation system is adjusted for maximum efficiency, in accordance with
enterprise standards.
Range
uniformity of application, ponding, dry patch.
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2.5
Timing of water application is evaluated in terms of efficiency of application and
turf requirements, in accordance with enterprise standards.
Range
day, night, wind, disease potential, syringing, duration.
Element 3
Maintain a sports turf irrigation system.
Performance criteria
3.1
Irrigation components are serviced during the off-season in accordance with
manufacturer’s recommendations.
Range
screens, pumps, filters, faulty or damaged sprinkler heads.
3.2
The system is drained in accordance with the potential for freezing and
manufacturer’s recommendations.
3.3
Common spare parts are procured and the stock is maintained in accordance
with enterprise standards.
Range
3.4
seals, filters, screens, sprinkler heads, springs, valves, pipe
materials.
Weekly visual checks are made during the irrigation season in accordance with
enterprise standards.
Range
sprinkler head operation, pipe leaks.
3.5
Faulty heads are replaced or repaired in accordance with manufacturer’s
recommendations.
3.6
Leaks are repaired in accordance with manufacturer’s recommendations.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated
authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against
unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register
credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
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Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations
wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for
tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Primary Industry Training Organisation standards@primaryito.ac.nz if
you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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