Level Two - Playground Safety Standards Training
Upcoming Courses
Course date and venue to be confirmed
Playground Safety Standards Training - Level Two
Target group: Early Childhood and Schools
Target group: Early Childhood and Schools
Level 2 - This two day course is more comprehensive and is designed to train attendees in Operational (quarterly) Audits of playgrounds under standards NZS 5828:2004.
Syllabus
- Child development
- The Importance of Play
- Accidents, their type, frequency and severity
- Legislation, the appropriate Acts of Parliament and how they may affect the operator and directly the inspector
- Provision recommendations for playgrounds, play value, Disability Assessment, etc.
- NZS 5828:2004, SNZ HB 5828.2:2006, NZS 4121:2001, AS/NZS 4360:2004, SAA/SNZ HB 436:2004
- Documentation, reporting and importance of record keeping
- The incorporation of information resulting from routine and annual main inspections
- A logical and systematic approach to inspecting including risk assessment
- Inspection of approaches to playground including signs, traffic, road barriers, etc.
- Inspection of the immediate playground surroundings such as the vegetation, fences and gates
- Inspection of the active playground area within the fenced surround, i.e. seats and other non play items
- Inspection of specific play equipment or play features including surfacing
- Common faults on popular items
- Checking of maintenance and other playground actions taken
- Practical on-site inspection
We are seeking expressions of interest for this Level Two course in any main centres in New Zealand
Contact Rhonnie on r.nairn "at" cni-kindergarten.org.nz, Barbara on b.lingard "at" cni-kindergarten.org.nz;
Or phone 07 8851016 and fax 07 8838110 to register your interest.
Facilitator: Barbara Lingard
Course Duration: Two days
Course Time: 9am - 5pm
Cost: $1500.00 + GST = $1725.00