The Institute of
Groundsmanship (IOG), the leading membership organisation for everyone involved
in the management of sports pitches, landscape and amenity facilities in the
UK, has launched a service designed to help managers and grounds staff map out
personal training and education pathways.
The new Training Needs
Analysis service will benefit those who take part in appraisal systems as well
as those who adopt a more informal staff development programme.
By meeting with each
member of a grounds team, the IOG can draw up a unique learning plan for each
individual, to help employers map out a development programme for the whole
team.
The Training Needs
Analysis works alongside the IOG’s Pitch Grading Initiative, which enables
grounds staff to meet both their own and their employer’s goals linked to team
skills and the quality of the sports turf surfaces they work on.
Sean Williams, head
groundsman at Gloucester County Cricket Ground, has already made effective use
of the Training Analysis Needs service.
He said: “The recent
analysis of GCCC staff has enabled the club to consider training routes we were
previously unaware of. The service is impartial and considers all training
providers, not just IOG courses.”
