Playground Safety Inspector
Training and Certification
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Recent Training
Training Courses
Level 1 Routine Visual Playground Safety Inspector Training and Certification
Gain the knowledge and skills, and be deemed competent when undertaking routine visual inspection of playground equipment, surfacing, and surrounding facilities.
Level 1-2 Operational Playground Safety Inspector Training and Certification
Gain the knowledge and skills, and be deemed competent when undertaking routine visual, and operational inspection of playground equipment, surfacing, and surrounding facilities.
Level 1-3 Comprehensive Playground Safety Inspector Training and Certification
Gain the knowledge and skills, and be deemed competent when undertaking routine visual, operational, and comprehensive inspection of playground equipment, surfacing, and surrounding facilities.
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Let's work together.
Playground safety training is a common request from education departments, councils, and playground companies in Australia. PSIA is able to offer CPSIA training courses at your premises and enables you with up to 15% discount on all registrations and additional saved costs on accommodation and travel for your staff if they were to attend an alternate training location.
Purpose
Certified Playground Safety Inspector Australia (CPSIA) courses are intended to provide training for individuals interested in becoming competent in playground operation, design, selection, installation, inspection, maintenance, record keeping, and the management of play environments providing students with the confidence to examine, design, select and maintain play environments to comply with current Standards Our ultimate goal is to contribute to the industry benchmark of having inspectors and those involved with playgrounds deemed competent and therefore protect the user, minimise risk of injury, ensure compliance and maintenance identification and corrections, including the development of comprehensive management programs and documentation and forward planning to comply with current Standards.
The PSIA Difference
Our main point of difference is our trainer, Lynnel Crockart who is a National and International qualified inspector with thousands of playground inspections and surface testing, and 30 years of experience behind her.
Our trainer is a highly experienced professional who is actively providing industry consultation and advice, inspection and testing of playgrounds across Australia. Students will receive and can discuss current industry issues, practices and actual situations and how to best manage them with one of the most experienced and go to trainers in Australia.
Lynnel is highly passionate about this industry and child safety in both the public and private sector along with the importance and need of risk-taking, safe developmental fun and educational play in the playground and this too adds value to the training.
Playground Safety Inspectors Australia is a small business, when you support us you are supporting a dream. You will not find a trainer more passionate about playground safety.
Benefits of Playground Inspector Training and Certification
CPISA Certification
Upon successful completion you will be issued our Certified Playground Safety Inspector Australia certificate demonstrating competency to the applicable CPSIA levels with Playground Safety Inspector Australia. This certification demonstrates your dedication to your profession and provides verification that you are deemed competent and trained to effectively use the tools and skills required in the industry.
CPISA Register
Your inspector registration number, full name and associated organisation or company (if applicable) will be placed on Playground Safety Inspectors Australia register. Your inclusion on this register and issue of our CPSIA certification requires you to abide by the PSIA Code of Ethics and be personally responsible for the quality of your work.
CPISA Recertification
To support the industry-standard benchmark and yourself up to date with superseded or new Australian Standards released as we have in the past 20 years of our business recommend you return to refresh your training and certification with Playground Safety Inspectors Australia. If you are a returning student or new client to PSIA, upon registration if you provide proof of previous training with us or any other training company or organisation (e.g. certification, inspector register no., units of competency or equivalent) at registration to enroll as recertification and receive our discount.
Join our community
Private Facebook forum
You will be invited to join our private forum after training completion with our trainer and past students to start open discussions and ask questions about current industry issues, practices and possible parks and playgrounds situations and discussion about how to best manage them.
Business directory
If you complete a course on behalf of a registered company or sole-trader, you have the opportunity to upload a listing on our trusted directory and share your products and/or services to our newsletter and webpage visitors.
E-News Community
Our team monitor daily news for all parks and playgrounds articles or reports both Australia and Worldwide, we condense the most important articles each month into one newsletter for your review, contributing to a pro-active community. You will also be updated on any updates or changes to the Australian Standards for Playground Equipment and Surfacing, and our activity such as completed training, new CPSIA inspectors, and upcoming training.
Any further questions about playground safety, Australian Standards, training and certification?
Our team would love to hear from you! Contact us here.
FAQ
Can I register under CPSIA Re-Certification after the expiration date?
CPSIA re-certification price is only applied if a student registers for a course that commences before the advised expiration date or as advised by PSIA. If your attempt to register for a course is impacted (e.g. Covid-19 or we have not made a course available) we will extend this discount. Please contact our team if you wish to discuss this further.
I am unsure if I want to enroll as Level 1-2 or Level 1-3, how do I proceed?
If you are unsure what course may be best for you, please do not hesitate to contact our team for guidance.
Do your courses cover the installation process?
As installation can vary from manufacturers and designers, the industry generally relies on the manufacturer to supply the installation instructions, for example, in the state of QLD and some organisations from state to state may require the playground installer to hold a landscape construction certificate at minimum. Our training focuses on compliance of installation to Australian Standards, and on inspection to ensure playgrounds after installation is signed off by an auditor.
Do you (or PlayRight) still supply inspection kits?
PlayRight and Playground Safety Inspectors Pty Ltd no longer supply safety inspection/testing tools/kits – however we recommend you purchase from KOMPAN in your state. Note: allow 5 weeks for delivery
