Nominate your Tech as TurfNet Technician of the Year

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A good equipment technician is the backbone to any successful golf course maintenance operation. A great tech is something your operation should cherish and do everything humanly possible to hang onto. Think about it: Not much gets accomplished if machinery does not work when you need it to, or parts are scattered about in a fashion that makes it difficult if not impossible to find them.

If your equipment tech is great or just plain good, nominate him (or her) for TurfNet’s 2008 Technician of the Year.

The winner will receive the Golden Wrench Award (a real gold-plated wrench) from TurfNet and presenting sponsor Foley United.

Criteria on which nominees are judged include: crisis management; effective budgeting; environmental awareness; helping to further and promote the careers of colleagues and employees; interpersonal communications; inventory management and cost control; overall condition and dependability of rolling stock; shop safety; and work ethic.

In other words, briefly tell us (in a few paragraphs) what makes your technician worthy, with specific examples of what he or she has accomplished.

Finalists and the winner will be profiled on TurfNet.com.

E-mail your nomination to jreitman@turfnet.com, mail it to 1500 Park Center Drive, Orlando, FL 32835, or fax it to 407-563-7077. Be sure to include the name and phone number of the tech; golf course at which he or she works; why they deserve to be considered; and your name, phone number and e-mail address. Click here for a nomination form.

Deadline for nominations is August 18.

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