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Publication Type:
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Author(s): | Borneman, Jim |
Author Affiliation: | Vice President, Educational Services, Ewing Irrigation |
Title: | Tap into irrigation: When regions measure drought in years, it's time for contractors to boost irrigation expertise |
Section: | Business Other records with the "Business" Section
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Source: | Landscape Management. Vol. 46, No. 11, November 2007, p. 24-26, 28. |
Publishing Information: | Cleveland, OH: Advanstar Communications, Inc. |
# of Pages: | 4 |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Contract services; Irrigation practices; Drought; Personal management; Professionalism; Hiring practices; Business management; Water shortage; Professional development
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Abstract/Contents: | Provides tips that may be helpful to people interested in offering irrigation services. Recommends that they "target renovation/maintenance"; "make it a separate profit/loss center"; "employ competent, certified irrigation pros"; and "experience matters." Concludes that "the technician that will make a positive difference in [the] business will be able to evaluate problems faster, understand [the] billing process and equipment inventory issues, continually build their knowledge of new products and trends and, in the best workers, are entrepreneurial." |
Language: | English |
References: | 0 |
See Also: | Other items relating to: Disasters - Drought |
Note: | Pictures, color Includes sidebar, "How to revel the real pros", p. 25 |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Borneman, J. 2007. Tap into irrigation: When regions measure drought in years, it's time for contractors to boost irrigation expertise. Landscape Manage. 46(11):p. 24-26, 28. |
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