Irrigation training, design tools & technical guides

Training & Certification

Free manufacturer courses covering installation, system design and troubleshooting. Worth putting a new crew member through before they touch a valve box — most of these are self-paced and cost nothing.

• Hunter University ↗ Hunter Course catalogue — installation fundamentals, controllers, central control. Certificates on completion.
• Irrigation Academy ↗ Netafim Agronomy and system design for drip and micro-irrigation, taught by their field team.
• Irrigation Training Series ↗ Jain Practical training modules on drip system layout and management.
• Knowledge Center ↗ Bermad Valve theory, hydraulics and control — the best free material on how control valves actually behave.
• Webinars ↗ Bermad Recorded sessions with their engineers on valve selection and system protection.
• Education & Technical Reference ↗ Toro Technical reference library covering irrigation products and system design.
• Quick Start Series Training ↗ Munro Short training series on getting a pump and its controls commissioned correctly first time.

Design & Sizing Calculators

The tools we use ourselves when speccing a system. Get the sizing right on paper and you avoid the two most expensive mistakes in irrigation — a pump that cannot hold pressure at the far end, and filtration that cannot cope with the water you actually have.

In our catalog: Pumps · Pump start relays & protection · Filtration · Wire & cable

• Filter Selection Calculator ↗ Rivulis Recommends screen, disc or media filtration from your water source and flow rate.
• Hydraulic Design Tool ↗ Rivulis Works out lateral lengths, pressure loss and emitter uniformity across a block.
• Wire Sizing Calculators ↗ Paige Valve wire gauge against run length and solenoid load — before voltage drop stops a valve pulling in.
• Ampacity Chart ↗ Paige Current-carrying capacity by gauge, for sizing the common conductor on a large valve bank.
• Pump & Tank Calculators ↗ Cycle Stop Valves Constant-pressure sizing and pressure-tank volume.
• Pump Selection Tools ↗ Berkeley / Pentair Model selection against duty point — flow, head and efficiency.
• Pump & Controls Selection Worksheets ↗ Munro Fill-in worksheets that capture the duty point and control requirements before you size a pump — the questions we would ask you anyway.

Technical Guides & How-To

Installation practice and the reasoning behind it. Most irrigation failures are not product failures — they are a splice in a valve box that was never rated for submersion, or a filter one size below what the water needed.

In our catalog: AC solenoid valves · Chlorination · Specialized tools

• Knowledge Hub ↗ Rivulis Micro-irrigation guides covering design, maintenance and water quality.
• How-To Guides ↗ Bermad Step-by-step guides for commissioning and troubleshooting control valves.
• How Chlorination Works ↗ Accu-Tab What tablet chlorination does to biofilm and algae, and how feed rate is set.
• Tool How-To Videos ↗ Al-Magor Short videos showing punches, inserters and extraction tools in use.
• PE vs PVC Valve Wire ↗ Paige Why insulation choice matters where fertiliser and pesticide go through the ground.
• Agriculture Support Centre ↗ Rain Bird Manuals, literature and troubleshooting for current and discontinued products.
• Pump Glossary ↗ Munro Plain definitions of head, lift, cavitation, NPSH and the rest of the pump vocabulary.
• Pump FAQs ↗ Munro Common pump and pump-control questions — priming, short-cycling, run-dry and rotation.

Catalogs & Document Libraries

Full spec sheets, price lists and part tables straight from each manufacturer. If you need a dimension, a flow rate or a part number we have not listed on a product card, it is almost certainly in one of these.

In our catalog: Browse all products · Dripline · Micro-sprinklers

• Document Library — Agriculture ↗ Rain Bird Every current agricultural product document in one searchable library.
• Download Resource Hub ↗ Netafim Catalogs, technical manuals and case studies.
• Engineering Sourcebook PDF ↗ Spears The PVC engineering reference — pressure ratings, temperature derating, chemical resistance.
• Sourcebook Downloads ↗ Spears Full Schedule 40 and 80 fitting tables and dimensions.
• Catalogues & Resources ↗ Antelco Product catalogue and specification sheets.
• Downloadable Files ↗ Tavlit Catalogs and technical data for sprinklers, valves and fittings.
• Downloads ↗ Galcon Controller manuals and quick-start guides.
• Technical Documents ↗ Munro Manuals, specification documents and CAD drawings for every pump and control box.
• Documents ↗ MicroGrow Datasheets and manuals for the greenhouse control range.
• Catalogs ↗ Al-Magor Tool catalogues and brochures.
• Downloads ↗ Primerus Spot-Spitter specification and installation material.
• Resources ↗ Accu-Tab Chlorination system literature, certifications and safety data.
• Download Center ↗ Berkeley / Pentair Pump manuals, curves and parts lists.
• Product Catalog PDF ↗ Maxijet Full micro-sprinkler and jet catalogue.
• Price List & Brochures ↗ Irritec US price list and product brochures.
• MixRite Reference ↗ DEMA Injector manuals, parts diagrams and instruction sheets.
• Design & Technical Guides ↗ Hunter Design guides and installation detail drawings.