CERTIFICATION
Good design makes for successful, hassle-free irrigation, and the opposite is also true.
Otherwise the technology is useless.”
Though he’d always considered himself a professional because of his background, the additional education helped him reach another level, he says. “The certification program took me from farmer to certified irrigation designer, to the point that I served on the IA’s Certification Board for nine years and served as chairman.”
It all goes back to the work he did in the education courses through the IA with Sneed and Rochester, he says.
“I have an eternal gratitude to those two gentlemen,” he says. “I consider myself very fortunate that they had an impact on my life and taught me so that I could be successful in being known as a good designer.”
is the editor-in-chief of Irrigation Today. He can be reached at kylebrown@
irrigation.org.
Know your options
The Irrigation Association offers two certification programs for ag irrigation professionals.
Certified agricultural irrigation specialists manage and operate on-farm irrigation systems.
Certified irrigation designers establish specifications and design drawings for agriculture irrigation projects. IA certifies irrigation designers in two agriculture specialties: sprinkler and drip-micro irrigation.
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