Sports Turf Technical Manager

This occupation is found in professional facilities or venues of a particular sport or an estate of sports turf surfaces (e.g. independent school, university or professional sporting facility) that may be in multiple locations across regions, nationally or potentially internationally. This could include facilities, venues and/or estates of athletics, bowls, croquet, cricket, equine-related sports, football (association and American), golf course, lacrosse, rugby, tennis and/or other similar playing surfaces.

The broad purpose of the occupation is to implement and monitor natural and artificial sports turf playing surface performance and construction. They have advanced technical skills to plan and prepare procedures to develop sports turf construction projects, maintain sports turf, renovate sports turf and lead others to attain high performing sports turf. They have analytical and technical skills to assess suitability and performance of resources, including contractors, for the construction, maintenance, and renovation of sports turf surfaces. They are typically the lead decision-makers for requesting and rationalising capital and operational expenditure related to sports turf maintenance and construction.

In their daily work, an employee in this occupation interacts with employees working on the site, site owners, contractors and departmental heads in order to ensure the playing surfaces suit those planning to use them.

An employee in this occupation will be responsible for leading on the management of sports turf operations, including the personnel, and/or have a consultancy capacity to lead and advise other managers of sports turf. They may have some supervisory responsibilities and will be required to oversee health and safety of the sports turf area at all times.