Registration Eligibility
The course is intended for playground designers and managers who have input into the overall playground design, purchasing and specifications.
Start Date
08/04/2020
End Date
07/31/2021
Description
Outcomes:
The participant will fully understand the history of injury performance, and the degrees of injury severity associated increasing impact forces. There will be a discussion of the key elements in the writing and requirements for comprehensive specifications and warranties for playground surfacing that cover the needs of an owner at the time of installation and over the following 2 to 12 years of the installation, remembering that the playground surface is an asset with high replacement cost consequences. The playground practitioner will be versed in the performance of field testing and they will understand how to set both drop heights and performance values for impact attenuation, as well as being able to set measurements for accessibility. Each participant will be provided with a report template that covers the new requirements for surface field testing according to the ASTM F3313 and the new Specified Height Test F3351. Although it is not the focus of the course, the participant will be able to assess their own organization’s tolerance for risk for liability in the playground design, specification, installation and ownership process.
Certificates of Completion:
Upon completion of the course, the participant will receive a certificate that they attended and participated in this training. It is important to understand that this is not a substitute for the full day in depth training required to actually perform field testing to the requirements of ASTM F1292 and F3313, but this is a good pre-requisite for the more comprehensive course.
Intended Audience:
The course is intended for playground designers and managers including; Architects, Landscape Architects, playground surfacing manufacturers and sales associates, playground safety inspectors and anyone else who has input into the overall playground design, purchasing and specifications.
Course Content Outline
The following is a comprehensive outline of the course modules. Each module include a statement of purpose followed by various objectives that will be covered during the presentation. There is a list of “key words” that the participant must be able to understand if they are to be able to speak and understand the language of international playground safety. These term and concepts will be discussed throughout the presentation as participants expand their knowledge and begin to understand the role their individual decisions can have on the reduction of fall related injuries and extending the life expectancy and overall compliance of the surfacing to international performance recommendations.
Distance Learning
Yes
Course Equivalency
No
Subjects
Accessibility / ADA
Parks & Recreation
Health, Safety and Welfare
Yes
Hours
10.50
Learning Outcomes
1. Understand and discuss objectives of the Surfacing course.
2. Identify the major organization associated with public playground safety.
3. Identify the relevant ASTM standards and guidelines.
4. Understand the application the 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design.
5. Distinguish differences between a risk and a hazard.
6. Identify the major causes of playground injuries and death.
7. Identify and discuss the significance of anthropometric measurements as they relate to playground user’s age.
8. Understand how children place themselves in harm’s way.
9. What behavior lead to Risky Play?
10. Know the types of injuries sustained in a playground.
11. Know the international terms and definitions related to injury prevention.
12. Identify the scopes of various playground standards around the world.
13. Understand the injury severity our standards attempt to reduce or eliminate.
14. Understanding that standards set a very low bar on tolerable injuries
15. Understand the formula for all injury frequency and severity.
16. Understand the purpose of a Risk Assessment.
17. Identify strategies are currently available to reduce injury frequency and severity.
18. Understand the relationship between impact and velocity to severity of injury.
19. Understand how today’s impact values have been determined.
20. Understand the relationship between Impact and Injury Severity;
21. Know the types of injuries and their severity related to impact values.
22. Understand the definitions of g, Severity Index and Head Injury Criteria.
23. Identify the various issues related to fall height and reasonable foreseeable use.
24. Understanding that standards set a very low bar on impact values
25. Understand the relationship between Critical Height, Fall Height and Drop Height.
26. Understand why does Rotational Kinematics impact Risk of Concussion.
27. Understand how Gmax and HIC relate to Head Injury.
28. Understand how Fall Height relates to Velocity.
29. Understand how including duration effects Injury Severity.
30. Understand how to interpret Injury Risk Curves in relationship to HIC Values.
31. Understand how Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) relates to Playground Injuries.
32. Understand impact attenuation, and the need for impact attenuating surfacing within the use zone.
33. Understand critical height as it relates to surfacing materials.
34. Discuss the G-max and HIC thresholds relating to the impact attenuation of various surfacing materials.
35. Understand fall height as it relates to play equipment.
36. Understand the vital relationship between critical height and fall height.
37. Identify and distinguish differences between loose-fill, unitary, and composite surfaces.
38. Understand the concept of use zones under and around play equipment
39. Identify where use zones can be overlapped
40. Identify where overlapping of use zones is not permitted
41. Identify requirements for a playground accessible route of travel for children with disabilities
42. Understand the concept of approach, enter, and use as it relates to accessibility
43. Understand functionally linked play and its relationship to use zones
44. Identify the different types of playground impact attenuating surfaces available today.
45. Know the advantages and disadvantages of each type of impact attenuating surface
46. Know the different types of user, material and environmental impacts on different surfaces.
47. Know what impacts an impact attenuating surface’s functional life expectancy.
And Much More
Instructors
Rolf Huber & Kenneth S. Kutska
Course Codes
Provider
Canadian Playground Advisory Inc.