Sports Turf Management
Associate Degree Program - 66 Credits
Sports Turf Management requires an eye for aesthetics and plant health. Join the team that keeps sporting facilities attractive, orderly and healthy! As a Sports Turf Management technician, you could care for natural or artificial turf, mark boundaries and paint turf.
You will be required to mow, water, aerate and fertilize turf, as well as ensure proper field drainage. For artificial turf maintenance, fields must be vacuumed and disinfected, as well as periodically repaired. In just two years, you could be starting your career in grounds keeping! Other duties for you as a professional Sports Turf Manager might include:
- Trimming hedges and trees
- Planting new foliage
- Scheduling waterings
- Applying mulch and weed plant beds
- Mowing, edging and fertilizing
- Observing plant health
- Removing detritus
Job Placement Rate
100%
Southeast Tech's Sports Turf Management program boasts a 100% job placement rate among its 2023 graduates.
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As a Sports Turf Management Technician, you get to combine your love for the outdoors with maintaining sports facilities in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and across the nation. Your work for these large facilities could include upkeep of parking lots, picnic areas, swimming pools and other equipment. A Landscape Worker performs planting, mowing, and pruning in smaller residential and commercial settings, such as office buildings, private homes, apartment buildings and hotels.
Why Study Sports Turf Management at Southeast Tech?
At STC in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, you will study in the Ed Wood Trade and Industry Center. This program teaches you how to work with specialized grounds maintenance equipment, as well as gives you background in:
- Soils
- Irrigation
- Foremanship
- Fertilizers
- Landscape construction
- Plant identification
- Pest management
- Arboriculture
Your coursework also helps you:
Specialize Your Career: You will learn about a variety of professional opportunities available in your field, including maintaining golf courses, working at semi-professional and professional baseball diamonds, caring for memorial gardens, and overseeing “green” spaces owned by local governments.
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Explore Classes
Southeast Tech’s curriculum for bookkeeping includes classes in Herbaceous Landscape Plants, Turf Grass Chemicals, Soil and Nutrition, Woody Plants, Pest Management, and Irrigation Principles and Practices.
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Cost
Costs are calculated based on a charge of $255 per credit hour, plus applicable fees.
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