GLENDORA, CA Å]— Rain Bird Services Corporation recently announced its 2006-2007 irrigation training schedule. Rain Bird's Landscape Irrigation training, held in 19 cities, is available to irrigation providers around the world. These non-manufacturer specific classes are designed to help contractors, distributors, architects and specifiers create savings and conserve water through improved irrigation practices. Participants will earn one Continuing Education Unit (CEU) from the Irrigation Association for each hour of class attended.

Turf irrigation training will be held in the following cities on the specified dates:

Bellevue, WA:  Nov. 13-16, 2006

Denver, Co:  Nov. 28 - Dec. 1, 2006

Tijuana, Mexico: Nov. 28 - Dec. 1, 2006

Tunica, MS:  Dec. 4 - 7, 2006

Las Vegas, NV*:  Dec. 11-15, 2006

San Jose, CA:  Jan. 9-12, 2007

Atlantic City, NJ*:  Jan. 15-19, 2007

Charlotte, NC:  Jan. 22-26, 2007

Vancouver, WA:  Jan. 30 - Feb. 2, 2007

Fresno, CA:  Feb. 6 - 9, 2007

Boise, ID:  Feb. 6 - 9, 2007

Chattanooga, TN:  Feb. 12 - 16, 2007

Baltimore, MD:  Feb. 19 - 23, 2007

Santa Maria CA:  Feb. 19 - 23, 2007

Sacramento, CA:  Feb. 26 - March 2, 2007

Kansas City, MO:  March 5 - 9, 2007

Minneapolis, MN:  March 12 - 16, 2007

Chicago, IL:  March 12 - 16, 2007

Detroit, MI:  March 19 - 23, 2007

* Professional Irrigation Training Camp

Those who would benefit from this training include irrigation contractors, system designers, distributors, technicians, landscape architects, educators and irrigation managers from public agencies.  Select courses are available for Spanish-speaking professionals.  Rain Bird Academy can customize courses to fit the needs of irrigation professional in every situation.  Training classes are broken out depending on participants' experience and include three main sections:

Business Skills Training - Rain Bird provides informative, insightful information for those irrigation professionals and business owners wanting to learn more about financial management, profitable job estimating and customer selling skills.

Landscape Irrigation Training -Landscape Irrigation Training teaches participants about irrigation design, products and product troubleshooting as well as intelligent water management.

Central Control Training - Participants learn more about the technology, hardware and benefits that comprise today's central controller systems. Participants will also learn about central control maintenance and troubleshooting. Training specific to central controller installation and operation is also available this year.  Courses take place at Rain Bird's corporate headquarters in Tucson, AZ, will be held in 3-day courses throughout the late fall, winter and spring.

Specific "education tracks" have been designed on Irrigation Design, Contractor Business Skills, and for those who are just starting out in irrigation. Irrigation professionals can choose from one to four days of complete irrigation training with instructors who conduct one of the most respected and comprehensive training experiences in the irrigation industry. 

Training information for the Regional and Professional Irrigation Training Camps can be found at www.rainbird.com/training where visitors may obtain the Rain Bird training schedule, view class descriptions and register for classes online. Interested professionals may also contact Rain Bird Services at1-800-498-1942. 

Training specific to golf course irrigation providers is also available worldwide and information can be found at www.rainbird.com/training.