Trail Maintenance and Monitoring

Course Aim:

To equip learners with the knowledge to develop and implement a trail maintenance and monitoring programme

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Target Audience:

This course will be suitable for

RSS, Tus and CE Scheme supervisors and staff
Local Authority staff
Forestry staff
Trail management committee members
Volunteers and other persons likely to be working on trail maintenance.

Course Topics:

Why maintenance & monitoring of trails is important
The quality system for trails in Ireland
Trail maintenance and monitoring planning and implementation
Identifying issues on a trail
Record Keeping

Courses will be ran over 1 day and combine classroom and practical sessions. Course sizes will be capped at 16 to ensure maximum benefit is received by participants.

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of the course, participants will be able to:

Understand the need for routine maintenance and monitoring of trails
Develop and implement a plan for trail maintenance and monitoring on trails
Understand the relationship between maintenance and monitoring
Describe commonly encountered trail issues including potential hazards
Understand how to keep records of trail maintenance and monitoring

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