Greenkeeping & Sportsturf Management Courses
Oaklands College has a wide range of land-based courses available and outstanding facilities to go with them. Our St Albans Campus offers a beautiful semi-rural location and this the site from which for our land-based industries are situated. The college has excellent learning resources and students can access the learning resource centres to use PCs and obtain support for their learning if required.
Greenkeeping and Sportsturf Management at Oaklands College
With over 40 years of delivering education in the areas of Golf Greenkeeping and Sportsturf management Oaklands College is well placed to provide your training needs.
Oaklands College works with an extensive range of employers in the industries and its students have won numerous awards. Each year Oaklands college hosts on of the UKs largest Golf Greenkeeping Educational seminars.
Opportunities in Sportsturf and Greenkeeping
With over 2400 golf courses and tens of thousands of sports turf venues in the UK the Sportsturf and Golf industries offer a wonderful opportunity career wise. Qualified employees can work almost anywhere in the UK and are also in great demand around the world. For students willing to show the commitment the reward for the top level manages are substantial. This should not really be a surprise when one considers that a Golf Course or Sports stadium Manager may be responsible for facilities and equipment worth millions of pounds. To help you realise your career potential Oaklands College we can offer you workbased qualifications ranging from level 2 to 4.
Expert Tutors
All the department staff have a background in Greenkeeping and Sportsturf industries. Staff have helped develop apprenticeships standards as part of Trail Blazer and Apprenticeship advisory groups. The department includes Independent End Point Assessors for apprenticeships at level 2, 3 and 5.
Staff have contributed to the development of national learning materials for Greenkeeping and worked with Awarding bodies to help create End Point Assessment materials. Staff are suitably qualified to guide both student and employer regarding the most suitable routes and funding options.
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Studying at Oaklands is about finding out what you enjoy learning, with a huge range of courses including A Levels, BTECs and Apprenticeships our students are given a the opportunity to make their own academic choices, and thrive in a subject they enjoy.
