PSIA Inspection Checklists

Terms and Conditions

This information is designed simply to provide a detailed overview and guide of several key areas in the standard relating to the design, layout, management, inspections and installations of playgrounds. Those involved in any area of playground design or maintenance should become thoroughly familiar with all current playground standards. The Standard itself should be referred to at all times in determining all relevant requirements for playgrounds. This information should be a reference to the applicable Standard or Manufacturer’s data and should be interpreted with a realistic “best practice” concern for community aspirations and safety.

DISCLAIMER

This information is provided in “good faith” and presents accurate information at time of writing and without prejudice.  Playground Safety Inspectors Australia Pty Ltd has developed the Australian Playground Safety Inspection Audit Forms/Checklist utilising the information contained in the current Australian Standards, industry data and research, as well as “best practices” and the Writer(s) knowledge, experience and Standards interpretation.   Structural and mechanical integrity does not form part of this checklist.

Users of the Playground Safety Inspectors Australia Auditor Forms/Checklists to AS4685 Series accept and undertake to abide by the Playground Safety Inspectors Australia Code of Ethics for Playground Inspectors and are personally responsible for the quality of their work including performing compliance and audit assessment, comprehensive, operational and routine inspections on play equipment and playground/s utilising the information contained in the current Australian Standards, as well as “best practice”, experience and Standards Interpretation.  Playground Safety Inspectors Australia accepts no responsibility for errors and/or omissions and/or the inspector’s level of competence to undertake and/or complete the inspection and reporting of non-compliant hazardous and/or faulty equipment.  Every possible care shall be taken by the users of this form, inspector, owner and operator to ensure that the health and safety of the users of the play facility are maintained and provided for.  Please report any errors, omissions and/or concerns to Playground Safety Inspectors Australia 08 9256 1560 or email immediately for verification.  Users accept full responsibility and indemnify Playground Safety Inspectors Australia.

DECLARATION

Playground Safety Inspectors Australia Pty Ltd declares it does not endorse or favour any one supplier and/or manufacturer in the Playground Safety Inspectors Australia Australian Playground Safety Inspection Audit Forms/Checklist process.  Playground Safety Inspectors Australia declares it is the Western Australian Distributor for Kompan playground equipment.  Playground Safety Inspectors Australia maintains, installs, audits, inspects and purchases spare parts and playground equipment from various manufacturers of play equipment.

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Users of these Australian Playground Safety Inspection Audit Forms/Checklists are reminded that these forms are private and confidential and are produced and available for use only by the purchaser (licensed agency) and that copyright subsists on all Playground Safety Inspectors Australia written material.  No part of these forms may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system in any form or transmitted by any means to other ex-partes without prior permission in writing of Playground Safety Inspectors Australia. A $10,000.00 fine is payable for any unauthorised transmission and/or distribution.  Authorised copies of these forms may be purchased and/or released direct from Playground Safety Inspectors Australia.