TILLERS TURF OFFER TO PAY
For online Water Conservation course
The director of Tillers Turf is so impressed with an online HTA Water Conservation course he has offered to pay for 100 of his customers to take it.
Company director, Tim Fell, said, "It’s a really useful course and it makes you think about the issues surrounding water use in the landscape. We at Tillers Turf feel that it’s so important that we will pay for 100 of our customers to do the course and get the certificate so that, not only are they going to be able to offer a more professional service to their customers now, but also they will have a better chance of exemptions when temporary use bans are imposed during the early stages of the next inevitable drought.
"With luck an initiative like this will stimulate others to do the same. A big uptake of the course would provide a powerful message to Defra and the Water Companies that landscapers and sportsground managers mean business and want to make a difference as far as water usage is concerned.
"We are going to email our customer base offering the course on a first come first served basis.
"The course costs £10 and takes about an hour.
"Apart from the water conservation message it’s a useful exercise in client service. Talking to clients along the lines suggested in the course promotes an image of professionalism and shows that the contractor has thought about maintenance issues after completion of the project.
"From a turf user point of view the course identifies best practice when installing and maintaining turf and, again, lifts the professionalism that we are trying to engender. Whilst there is no guarantee that the certificate will provide an exemption from early stage temporary use bans, it will be very difficult for Defra and the Water Companies to endanger the livelihood of turf growers, installers and users who can demonstrate a knowledgeable and responsible approach."
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