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GTC approved training provider criteria

Criteria

1. The Training Provider agrees to hold a minimum of one Sports turf Industry Liaison meeting per annum.

   Agendas and minutes to be sent to GTC Headquarters

   Representation to include:

   1. Local golf club employers and Course Manager/Head Greenkeepers.
   2. Local representatives from GTC, BIGGA & County Unions.
   3. Local trade representatives.
   4. Turf tutors and current turf students from the Centre.

2. A list of Sports turf programmes to be offered by the Training Providers is submitted to the GTC annually together with qualifications/experience of staff who would be involved in the delivery of each programme e.g. CV's of key staff are made available to the GTC.

3. The Training Provider agrees to submit annually a comprehensive list of relevant, appropriate facilities available to students on the Sports turf programmes.

4. The Training Provider agrees to use the GTC standard learning materials.

5. The Training Provider agrees to have an effective communication system to ensure employers with staff registered on vocational programmes are kept up to date with candidates’s progress and wherever possible form a partnership with an A1 (formally D32/D33) qualified work based assessor.

6. The Training Provider has a quality assurance system, which meets with Awarding Body approval.

7. The Training Provider Management must furnish the GTC with a written commitment to fully supporting their Sports turf staff by ensuring sufficient resources are available to meet the above criteria including a staff programme for continual professional development.

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