Grounds management qualification terms and their meaning

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The process of determining the qualification / knowledge / skill level that a course should be allocated.

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A type of assessment question, which might be used in a written examination, in which the answer to a question is expected to be of several paragraphs or even several pages in length.

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A BIGGA qualification, which saw its first achiever in 1991, introduced to recognise excellence within golf greenkeeping.

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Observation and/or recording of an activity, condition or feature.

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A type of assessment question, which might be used in an examination, in which the answer to a question is selected from a number of options which are provided as part of the overall multiple choice assessment item.

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This was the Institute of Groundsmanship’s premier qualification (being referred to as the NDT), for which only a few candidates would typically achieve this each year.

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This was the Institute of Groundsmanship’s National Intermediate Diploma (in Turfculture), being referred to as the NID, which was a qualification for a senior grounds’ person, technical position, or manager.

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The foundation level for the Institute of Groundsmanship’s qualifications, with this one usually being referred to as the NPC.

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This was applied in England, Northern Ireland and Wales (2001 – 2008) and was known as the NQF.

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The core grounds operative qualification offered by the Institute of Groundsmanship, which would be the minimum qualification expected for a qualified grounds person.

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