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By in Football on 23rd Mar 2006 14:05

Can anyone help on a work placement?

We have been asked by Pam Sherratt a former Myerscough lecturer, who now resides at Ohio State University, if we can find a four month work placement for one of her students. He would be available from 1st June to the end of September and would prefer a stadium/professional club venue. Brett is nearing completion of his BSc at Ohio State University

His work resume is listed below and if there is any interest please contact dave@pitchcare.com or sherratt.1@osu.edu.

Grounds Crew- COLUMBUS CREW STADIUM, OHIO (Internship Mar.-Dec. 2005)

Greens Staff- THE GOLF CLUB , New Albany, OH (Summer 2004)

Greens Staff-WOOSTER COUNTRY CLUB, Wooster, OH (2001 - 2003) SEASONAL

Related Experience

Irrigation- Maintenance and Upgrades

Repaired drainage tiles; Laid new drainage tiles; Assisted in setting up automated irrigation system; Hand watered greens; Repaired Irrigation Lines; Found and repaired irrigation problems through independent investigation

Mowing - Maintenance of Turf.

Various Toro and John Deere reel mowers, greens, tri-plex, and fairway units. Z-turns, rotary, and high-vac rotary mowers

Field Set Up- Game/Special Event Preparation

International goals, wallboards, bench shields. Goal posts, pylons, inkamat. Field conversion soccer/football. Set-up tear-down for concerts, terraflor installation, removal and cleaning; general set up for non-field events

Chemical and Fertilizer Application-By hand, pesticides, herbicides; walk behind fertilizer application, and PTO spreader

Other - Miscellaneous activities not in the previous categories

Painting of lines for football and soccer; field layout soccer/football; logo design and painting; hardscape logo design and construction; aerification and topdressing; sod replacement and repair; rolling of greens and fields; weed eating and edging; seed and sand divot repair by hand; equipment maintenance and repair; crew management; split seeding; changed cups on greens; landscape maintenance/planting; general sand bunker upkeep; snow and ice removal

Read more articles in Football, by Dave Saltman or from March 2006.



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