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Turf Equipment Technician

A Turf Equipment Technician diagnoses, maintains and repairs mowing equipment, golf carts, traction units, small powered equipment and tow-behind equipment. These technicians are employed at golf clubs and courses, equipment distributors and dealerships, equipment rental shops, provincial parks, sod farms, municipal and other government agencies. Specifically, a Turf Equipment Technician:

  • sharpens and sets reel type mowers
  • sets up and operates tow-behind equipment
  • services and maintains mowing equipment such as large and small tractors
  • services and maintains golf carts, sprayer equipment, traction units and small powered equipment
  • uses a variety of tools (hand and power) and shop equipment
Apprenticeship Resources
Apprenticeship Training Standard (PDF)
Curriculum Training Standard – Level 1 (PDF)
Curriculum Training Standard – Level 2 (PDF)
Curriculum Training Standard – Level 3 (PDF)

APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM

An apprenticeship training program consists of on-the-job and in-school training. Generally, the time-frame to become competent in the trade of Turf Equipment Technician is 5,720 hours (approximately three years) consisting of 5,000 hours of on-the-job work experience and 720 hours of in-school training. 

ON-THE-JOB TRAINING

An apprenticeship involves practical training provided on-the-job by a skilled worker, or trainer. The skills or competencies to be developed are set out by the trade’s apprenticeship training standard and are recognized by the industry as being essential to the practice of the trade.

As these essential skills are developed, the apprentice’s sponsor or trainer signs the relevant sections of the training standard to indicate that the apprentice has met the individual training objectives by demonstrating the skills required of a skilled worker, or journeyperson, in the trade.

IN-SCHOOL TRAINING

A Turf Equipment Technician apprenticeship includes three levels of theoretical training, which includes but is not limited to instruction in:

  • health and safety procedures
  • use of hand and power tools
  • applied turf equipment electrical and hydraulic systems
  • turf management techniques and trade practices
  • service, operation and maintenance of shop equipment
  • service, operation and maintenance of mowing equipment including reel and rotary mowers
  • service, operation and maintenance of tow-behind equipment, golf carts, sprayer equipment, traction units, small powered equipment

Depending on the training delivery agency, in-school training may be available in one of the following ways:

  • block release (full-time, for a set number of weeks)
  • day release (one day per week from September to June)
  • part-time (night-school programs)
  • alternative delivery (online, correspondence, etc.)

Turf Equipment Technician is a trade named under the Building Opportunities in the Skilled Trades Act, 2021. This trade has an apprenticeship program that is administered by the Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development. Upon completion of an apprenticeship program, the Ministry issues a Certificate of Apprenticeship. This is the highest level of certification available for the trade.

As there is no certifying exam in this trade, Skilled Trades Ontario does not issue a Certificate of Qualification and therefore cannot accept Trade Equivalency Assessment applications for this trade.

As this trade is non-compulsory, the information of individuals practicing this trade will not appear on the Skilled Trades Ontario Public Register.

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