Basic course in playground safety and maintenance
The course is aimed at those who have an interest and need to learn more about safety on playgrounds. Maybe you work with planning, installing or managing a playground? Are you responsible for care and maintenance, or will you carry out supervision/inspection of playgrounds? - Then this is the course for you! You don't need any prior knowledge for the basic course. Together we will go through both theoretical and practical aspects. The practical parts are carried out in small groups. We visit several outdoor playgrounds regardless of the weather, so remember to bring clothes according to the weather. One of the course leaders is HAGS's safety manager, Janne Wahlstedt, a certified inspector with more than 35 years of experience working with the construction and maintenance of outdoor environments and playground equipment. Janne is a popular lecturer who shares his knowledge and experience in an educational and inspiring way.
Our aim is that, after the end of the course, you should be able to supervise and check playgrounds independently or in a group. You will also be able to interpret carried out inspection reports and identify any errors and deficiencies, as well as understand the importance of following directions and instructions when assembling and building playgrounds. You are familiar with Swedish laws and regulations for playgrounds, as well as how the Swedish Standard 1176 serves as an aid in the work with operation and maintenance to ensure measures of unacceptable risks when children play in play equipment.
Course leaders:
Janne Whalstedt
Safety Manager
Tove Due
Sales Represenative
Ylva Cederberg Breman
Sales Represenative
Course content
- Knowledge of Swedish laws and regulations for playgrounds
- Thorough review of the requirements in the Swedish Standard for play equipment (SSEN-1176).
- Exercises to learn to read, use and understand SSEN-1176
- Certified surveyor (external) shares his knowledge and experience
- Practical exercises to check and be able to detect any deficiencies and errors
- Basic knowledge of how probes are used and their purpose
- Practical exercises regarding making wrong descriptions and risk/probability assessments
- Basics of reading and understanding inspection protocols
- Basics of writing and expressing yourself when writing a report
- Knowledge of the importance of routines and planning in the operation and maintenance of playground equipment
Day 1: Hooks Herrgård at 09.15-18.00
Day 2: Hooks Herrgård at 07.30-17.00
Day 3: HAGS head office in Aneby at 08.30-16.00
Price: 20 750 SEK excl. VAT.
The price includes two nights' accommodation at Hooks Herrgård, SSEN-1176 in book form and all other necessary course literature in digital form. On Tuesday, there is the possibility to book a spa at Hooks Herrgård, which you as a course participant are responsible to book for yourself.
Quotes:
"Good combination of theory and practice"
"Thank you Tove and Janne for getting me interested in playground inspection! Today I got my certificate - it's largely thanks to you"
"Very, very good!! Been to many different courses and trainings - this one was interesting from start to finish"
"The element of experience weighs heavily"
"Clear and educational structure with
lecturers who are easy to listen to"
"Janne is incredibly knowledgeable and good at creating an understanding of the different ways you can approach inspections"
Do you want to become a certified inspector?
HAGS Academy does not perform any personal certification. HAGS's course certificate is not proof of competence for inspection of playground equipment. It is not credible to both train and then test skills and carry out personal certification. According to HAGS, this is a very important issue of credibility.
If your goal is to become a certified inspector for playground equipment, then contact RISE who will perform the theoretical and practical tests that form the basis of a possible approved result and thereby obtain a certificate with a 5-year validity that proves that you are a competent person to perform installation or annual inspections.
Mail: fragor.person@ri.se
Telephone: 010-516 63 00
