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Specialist in golf course maintenance; application for admission to the examination

Admission to the advanced training examination to become a golf course maintenance specialist - greenkeeper - must be applied for from the government of Swabia.

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Regierung von Schwaben - Sachgebiet 61 - Bildung in der Land- und Hauswirtschaft

Procedure details

Further training to become a "Specialist in Golf Course Maintenance - Greenkeeper" with a state examination requires a degree in a "green profession" as a farmer, gardener, forester or winegrower and three years of subsequent professional experience or the master craftsman's examination.

The advanced training course "Golf course maintenance specialist - greenkeeper" teaches the main areas of responsibility of a greenkeeper: Green space construction, green space maintenance, golf course maintenance and course management.
The instructors pass on the necessary knowledge and skills to the participants in theory and, above all, in practice. A 12-week internship is completed between the courses. This gives the future "Golf Course Maintenance Specialist - Greenkeeper" an insight into the organization, preparation and management of golf course operations.

Further information on the training dates and costs can be obtained from the course provider "DEULA Bayern GmbH" in Freising (see "Related links").

  • Certificate of the final vocational examination
    (copy or photocopy officially certified)
  • Proof of practical professional activity completed after the final vocational examination
    (confirmation of employment from the employer, confirmation from the agricultural insurance, health insurance, AOK or the municipality)
  • Curriculum vitae with photograph
    (which shall indicate in particular the professional background)
  • certificate of competence - plant protection, if applicable
  • if applicable, certificate of the relevant master craftsman's examination
    (copy or photocopy officially certified)
  • if applicable, confirmation of an existing or binding prospective full-time or part-time job
  • if applicable, confirmation of an advanced training course in golf course maintenance already attended in part or in full
    or evidence of the acquisition of knowledge and skills
Status: 15.01.2025
Editorially responsible for prodecure description: Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft, Forsten und Tourismus
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