Due to popular demand...

Sydney Metro
Playground Safety and Inspection Workshop Tuesday 31st August 2010

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The Playground Safety and Design workshop conducted by the Playground Advisory Unit (PAU) includes a one day workshop, information packages and practical assessments of playgrounds, examining maintenance and compliance issues.

Workshops can be tailored to individual group needs such as children's services, local government and schools etc. The workshops promote the purchase and use of compliant playground equipment, and encourage improved inspection and maintenance regimes of playground equipment and promote an understanding of the current Australian Playground Safety Standards:

AS4685:2004 Playground Equipment
AS/NZS4422:1996 Playground Surfacing
AS4486.1:1997 Playground development, installation, inspection, maintenance and operation

Participants at the workshop will be provided with the following information:

Playground injury statistics
Current Australian/New Zealand Surfacing and Playground Equipment Standards
Strategies for ensuring playground equipment is maintained to the requirements of the Australian Standards
The planning process in developing safe and creative playspaces
Documenting and archiving
Certificates of compliance

Click here to view the Workshop Agenda.

Evaluation forms are given to each participant to complete at the end of the workshop.

Facilitators

The project officers from the PAU hold combined qualifications and experience in Occupational Therapy, Children's Services, Landscape Architecture, Horticulture and OHS Auditing. Project officers have experience in conducting playground inspections and are UTS Level 3 Comprehensive Inspectors. The PAU is a representative on the Australian Standards committees for Playground Equipment and Contained Play Facilities. The PAU project officers hold a Certificate IV Training and Assessment qualification.

To express interest in a workshop click here.

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Presentations

The Kidsafe NSW Playground Advisory Unit team are available to deliver short presentations for conferences and seminars. These presentations may be tailored for schools, local government, children's services (including Family Day Care) and community groups etc.

Topics include but are not limited to:

Playground safety
Risk management in the playground
Plants for playspaces
Labyrinths
Fall zone free playspaces
Creative playspace design
Mobile and non-fixed equipment