Class Schedule
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Peak irrigation efficiency: Site evaluation, system audits, testing and calculations to increase run-time efficiency
Date: Tuesday, June 28, 2022 | Live Webinar
Time: 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Cost: None
This interactive webinar focuses irrigation professionals on peak season maintenance and run-time essentials.
- Participation is limited to individuals who live or work in San Diego County.
- Who should attend? Irrigation technicians, account managers, supervisors, designers and operations managers
- Need CEUs? Join us! Meets APLD, CLCA, IA and QWEL continuing education requirements.
Please Bring
Calculator, pen/pencil, scratch paper
Irrigation Audit Exercise form: download here
Takeaways
- Prioritize turfgrass maintenance for water efficiency.
- Understand application device impacts.
- Understand distribution uniformity and irrigation efficiency.
- Steps to conduct a turf audit for overhead spray.
- Calculation of low quarter distribution uniformity, net precipitation rate, cycles and run time.
- Understanding of “precipitation rate” and “matched precipitation rate”
- Basic understanding of a drip irrigation audit.
Instructor:
Tiffany Faulstich, LEED Green Associate, QWEL, ISA, NALP | President, Botanicon Inc.; Lecturer, Cal Poly College Of Agriculture, Food & Environmental Sciences | California License C-27 #1051100
Questions? Contact qwel@wsamarketing.com
Registration is required. Confirmation email will include your personal webinar link.
How much (summer) water? Irrigation devices, plant needs, slopes and tips from the pros.
Date: Thursday, June 30, 2022 | Live Webinar
Time: 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Cost: None
Learn why all irrigation minutes are not created equal. Understand water-efficient nozzles, drip, soil percolation and irrigating slopes. This interactive webinar is for the DIY and pro.
- Participation is limited to individuals who live or work in San Diego County.
- Who should attend? Landscape pros, DIY gardeners, master gardeners, HOA landscape committee and Board members
- Need CEUs? Join us! Meets APLD, CLCA, IA and QWEL continuing education requirements.
Instructor:
Tiffany Faulstich, LEED Green Associate, QWEL, ISA, NALP; President, Botanicon Inc.; Lecturer, Cal Poly College Of Agriculture, Food & Environmental Sciences | California License C-27 #1051100
Questions? Contact qwel@wsamarketing.com
Registration is required. Confirmation email will include your personal webinar link.
2022: Sep. 20 – Nov. 1 (English)
Time: Tuesdays, 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM | Live Webinar
Cost: None
From soils to water budgets, audits and controller programming, learn the science and principles of water-efficient landscapes in an interactive and engaging class from leading industry educators.
- Participation is limited to individuals who live or work in San Diego County.
- Who should attend? Account, operations and production managers; irrigation technicians; supervisors; designers; landscape architects and gardeners
- Online training via Zoom is mobile phone compatible.
- 200-page, color QWEL Manual provided.
- Need CEUs? You’re invited! Classes meet APLD, NALP, QWEL and IA criteria.
| Tue | Sep. 20: | Class 2 – Sustainable landscaping principles and practices. Class 3 – Soil properties and optimizing water interaction. |
| Tue | Sep. 27: | Class 1 – Water cycle, watershed, water supplies. Class 4 – Plant water needs and mastering basic water budgets. |
| Tue | Oct. 04: | Class 5 – Irrigation systems, water pressure and application rates. Class 6 – Maintenance and troubleshooting system issues. |
| Tue | Oct. 11: | Class 7 – Irrigation System Auditing provides mastery of distribution uniformity and precipitation rate calculations. |
| Tue | Oct. 18: | Irrigation Audit Exercise (virtual): How observations and testing determine run times. |
| Tue | Oct. 25: | Class 8 – Irrigation scheduling and how run times integrate water budgets. Class 9 – Optimizing controller programming and sensor options. |
| Tue | Nov. 01: | Class 10 – Case study and Review. What 70% water savings looks like. Certification exam preparation: Practice test, tips and Q&A |
Certification Exam: Available in-person or online. A $30 exam proctoring fee applies to online exams. In-person exams are FREE.
Instructor:
- Dan Conger, CLIA, CLT, CWM, QWEL; Training Manager, Baseline Systems
Questions? Contact qwel@wsamarketing.com
Registration is required. Confirmation email will include your personal webinar link.