Description
Develop the Skills to Build and Maintain High-Quality Hockey Ice.
The Hockey Ice Maintenance Training Course is a practical, hands-on training program designed for ice technicians, arena operators, facility managers, volunteers, and anyone responsible for maintaining a safe, consistent, high-quality hockey ice surface.
Participants will learn the fundamentals of ice maintenance, including ice preparation, flooding techniques, temperature management, scraping, edging, painting, snow removal, equipment operation, troubleshooting, and daily ice-care procedures.
The course combines classroom instruction with practical, hands-on training.
Participants will have the opportunity to apply proper techniques and learn how small adjustments in maintenance procedures can significantly improve ice quality, player safety and facility operations.
Who Should Attend?
– Arena and recreation facility staff
– Ice technicians
– Ice resurfacer operators
– Facility managers
– Hockey association personnel
– Municipal recreation staff
– Community arena volunteers
– New or experienced ice-maintenance personnel
The course goal is to give participants the knowledge, practical skills and confidence to maintain professional-quality hockey ice while improving safety, consistency, efficiency and the overall experience for players, coaches and spectators.
Learn it. Practice it. Maintain it. Build better ice.
Past Comments:
“Thanks again for coming out. Our staff seemed to learn a lot and are now working on applying it.” –
Danielle Gordon-Broome
Director of Recreation- Town of Swan River
