Trail Maintenance and Monitoring

Course Aim

This course is designed to equip learners with the knowledge to develop and implement a trail maintenance and monitoring programme.  

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

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

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.