The Sherriff Amenity Academy is now offering CPD points for BIGGA members, sign up FREE for 12 months in 2017.
The Sherriff Amenity Academy has become the latest learning resource to support BIGGA’s commitment to education, ensuring that members can now complete online courses and examinations, in-turn earning valuable Continued Professional Development (CPD) credits.
As a key supplier of market leading turf care and amenity products, BIGGA members have been reaping the benefits from Sherriff Amenity’s products since the company was formed in 1994. The company’s extensive product portfolio, containing the likes of fertilisers, grass seed, bio-stimulants, fungicides and herbicides, have become an integral part in many a greenkeeper’s maintenance programme. In addition to the products, each customer is supported by a BASIS qualified Amenity Specialist who provides professional on-site technical advice based on the site’s specific requirements.
BIGGA members now have the opportunity to further enhance their knowledge on the company’s products through the Sherriff Amenity Academy, which provides the latest, most up to date information as well as educational material specific to each product.
With Product Courses being added on a fortnightly basis, Academy students are guaranteed to have a wide variety to choose from.
Product Courses currently available are:
Fungicides
Headway
Scorpio
MP3
MP1
Fertilisers
Marathon Sport
E2 Pro Soluble
Evolution 5
E2 Pro Liquid
Evolution 2 Micro
Evolution 2 Mini
Evolution Controlled
Evolution Xtra
Wetting Agents & Bio – Stimulants
Aquazorb
Amino Turf
Rapid Root
HumiK Pro
Soil Conditioners
Seavolution
Ferromel 20
Herbicides
T2 Green Pro
Seeds
TECHNI TURF
Cleen Cut
Each course should take approximately 30 minutes to complete and they consist of videos, case studies and studying the MSDS label and technical specifications. Once the student has been through the various modules, the course will end with a multiple choice test. The courses have been designed so that the greenkeeper can fully understand and get maximum benefits from the products they purchase. This will, in turn, lead to healthier, better performing turf.
The online Academy provides a platform for education not only on Sherriff’s products but also on a wide range of areas in turf management. Recognised as the Knowledge Courses, these modules focus on developing skills and understanding of how to manage a sports turf surface. Throughout the Knowledge Courses, users will gain a greater insight into the methods and operations of certain tasks such as Turf Disease, Product Application, Seed and Turf Pests.
The completion time for the Knowledge Courses vary from 45 mins up to 2 hours and more modules are added on a monthly basis. In addition, if there is a specific topic you would like to learn more about, which could perhaps be tailored to your own site or requirements, then Sherriff Amenity welcome all suggestions.
Both the Product Courses and the Knowledge Courses begin with an introduction video and the modules contain helpful step-by-step lesson notes – to make for an extremely user-friendly experience.
The Academy also offers a unique opportunity for all students to significantly grow their CPD points as BIGGA are allocating 4 points for all successfully completed Knowledge Courses and 1 point for the Product Courses.
Upon completion of a module, students receive an email which contains the grade and a breakdown of every question – enabling you to see which questions you got right and which ones you got wrong. The pass mark is set at 70% and successful students will receive a Pass Certificate which can be kept for proof of personal development. Not only will the Pass Certificate show their current employer that they understand more technical based information but are also great to show potential future employers who now primarily look for experience and knowledge over qualifications and no experience in the industry. If you are unsuccessful the first time – fear not because students can take the test as many times as they want.
Once a student has completed studying their required courses, they also have the option to top-up their knowledge through the Academy’s Refresher Courses due to the fact that Sherriff Amenity recognises that it is vitally important to always be kept up to date with the latest products, legislations and developments. These Refresher Courses are available for all of the Product and Knowledge modules and are shorter in length concentrating on a few key test questions. There are a number of Refresher Courses planned to take place at BTME 2018 – so keep your eyes peeled!
Sherriff Amenity Academy is FREE for the first 12 months, giving you access to every course on the platform.
For further information, please visit www.sherriffamenityacademy.com