12 August 2010

David McGarrity is currently employed by Kilkeel Golf Club as Assistant Head Greenkeeper and has just completed first year of the Level 3 Advanced National Certificate in Sports and Amenity Turf Management at Greenmount campus. He has really enjoyed the course because it focuses on the supervisory aspects of greenkeeping and builds on the foundation laid by the NVQ2 course which David completed several years ago.  He has also benefitted from discussions, and arguments, with other greenkeepers in the class!

David’s progression through the CAFRE courses has been in step with his career development, which started at Massereene Golf Club, Antrim, then Castletroy Golf Club, and Adare Manor Golf Resort, both in Limerick. During that time he took opportunity to travel and experienced greenkeeping in Australia and the Philippines.

Despite all the pressures of work David still loves the job of greenkeeping and relishes the opportunity to put his learning into practice.

For further information on greenkeeping courses at Level 2, 3 and 4 please contact Greenmount Campus email: enquiries@cafre.ac.uk;  Telephone: 028 94426666; Textphone: 028 9052 4420; Freephone: 0800 0284291

David McGarrity at the new Greenmount campus greenkeeping facilities where he is a student on the Level 3 Advanced National Certificate in Sports and Amenity Turf Management. David is Assistant Head Greenkeeper at Kilkeel Golf Club