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Playground Certified Safety Inspector Aus

Competent playground safety inspectors are essential to keeping play spaces safe and compliant. Under AS 4685.0:2017 (Clause 5.1), a competent person is defined as having the training, qualification or experience (or a combination of these) to identify hazards, assess equipment against standards, and provide reliable recommendations. Without this level of expertise, risks can be overlooked – sometimes with serious consequences such as life debilitating injury or death. Competence ensures inspections are consistent, evidence-based, and aligned with best practice, helping councils, schools, and operators reduce incidents, meet their duty of care, and protect the communities who rely on safe play spaces.
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Playground Safety Inspector Aus Course & Certification Information

Course Features & Benefits

✔️ No pre-requisites or pre-study required
✔️ Flexible Learning: Online modules + practical assessments, full term access & extension opportunities
✔️ Real-World Case Studies: Learn from experts with 60+ years of combined industry experience
✔️ Industry Standard Benchmark: Become a Certified Playground Safety Inspector published to our public register
✔️ Immediate Benefits: Improve safety, reduce liability, and increase compliance in playgrounds

We offer three levels of certification based on your role, experience, and desired level of expertise:

Essential Safety Training (No Assessment)

Course Code – ES:PG*

Training Modules: Introduction, History, Injury & Injury Statistics, Guide to Australian Standards & Building Code, Playground Design, Products & Manufacturing, Operators Instructions, Risk Management, Inspection Report & Hazard Examples, Extra Learning & Glossary
✔️ Student portal access for a full term**
✔️ 14+ hours of pre-recorded content 4 weeks access (ppt slideshow trainer lecture and on-site videos) OR 16 hours in-person or live stream training
✔️ Express with tracked shipping of training pack resources (delivery two weeks prior to term commencement)
✔️ VALUE ADD 300+ pages A4 back to back (size 10 font) hard copy bound manual replicating lecture content
✔️ Digital certification stating completed theory content 
Ideal for: General maintenance teams, facility managers, and those new to playground safety or managing a team or site.

Level 2 Operational Playground Safety Inspector

Course Code – CI:PG2*

✔️ Everything in Essential Safety Training PLUS:
✔️ Theory Open Book Quiz Assessment – ~80 multiple choice and short answer questions**
✔️ Operational Inspection Reports – conduct two level 2 inspection reports at local sites*, proof of inspection post-training required (e.g., time stamped photo reference within report)
✔️ VALUE ADD Level 1 & 2 playground inspection templates to use with your organisation/company
✔️ Digital certification to Level 1 Routine Visual & Level 2 Operational Playground Safety Inspector***
✔️ Play Safe Institute Inspector Registration Number & Inclusion on the Public Register
Ideal for: Playground inspectors, council officers, and operational staff conducting routine & operational inspections.

Level 3 Comprehensive Playground Shade Sail Inspector

Course Code – CI:PGL3

✔️ Everything in Level 2 Operational Playground Safety Inspector PLUS:
✔️ Theory Open Book Quiz Assessment – (+20) multiple choice and short answer questions**
✔️ Comprehensive Inspection Reports – conduct two level 3 inspection reports at local sites, proof of inspection post-training required (e.g., time stamped photo reference within report)
✔️ VALUE ADD Level 3 playground shade sail inspection templates to use with your organisation/company
✔️ Digital certification to Level 1 Routine Visual, Level 2 Operational & Level 3 Comprehensive Playground Safety Inspector***
✔️ Play Safe Institute Inspector Registration Number & Inclusion on the Public Register
Ideal for: Experienced inspectors, risk assessors, engineers, and those responsible for compliance audits.

Disclaimers

*ES:PG, CI:PGL2 course enrolments have the opportunity to upgrade their enrolment to the next tier within 6 months of term commencement date and paying the price-list difference, no additional admin fees apply.
**Assessment attempts are unlimited and due on the same week at the end of the term. Course must be completed by the set term timeframes, extension fees AU$150.00 GST excl. apply per month post-term closure (unless reasonable terms such as medical or equivalent are met).
***Certificate is valid with Play Safe Institute Pty Ltd 3 years from term commencement date. Opportunity to do a refresher short course after 3 years at a discounted rate will be available to students with a IRN with Play Safe Institute only.

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✔️ Trainers with extensive knowledge and qualifications in the respective fields, driven by passion to proactive safety. The selected Trainer & Assessors for this course is Lynnel Crockart (Playground Safety Expert, Lead Trainer & Assessor) & John Rebbechi (Shade Sail Expert, Trainer)

✔️ High quality online training modules reviewed by experienced students to ensure suitability for newbies and experienced inspectors in the industry

✔️ Industry Standard Benchmark recognition for competency through training and assessment

✔️ Immediate Career Benefits: Improve safety, reduce liability, and increase compliance in public spaces

Each term has capped enrolments, and once full, the course will be marked “Out of Stock”. To reserve your position, select your term and course level, add to cart, and proceed to checkout. Choose to pay offline (via quote/invoice or purchase order) or online (via Stripe card payment). Once confirmed, the nominated email will receive enrolment instructions. If you do not want to reserve your position but would like a quotation please advise the course variation and quantity to [email protected], if you need to raise us as a supplier please include any forms or details your require to verify our ABN, GST registration, Insurances, and EFT Bank Details.

We offer in person and online.

We visit most Australian States and Territories 1-3 times a year and run sessions available to anyone to register and attend.

In-house or hosted training is available upon request for group bookings more than 5+ or if discussed otherwise – please quote to see if you meet requirements or customised training.

We run live stream sessions to assist regional groups who cannot meet the hosting criteria and like interactive lectures.

Post live stream events the content is uploaded available as a self-paced option to those who have work or personal commitments and are unavailable for 2-days intensive training.

Please note should you enrol into a certain delivery mode you can interchange should requirements change, price-lock will apply and credits are available if notified within a reasonable timeframe.

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We do not deliver our courses on behalf of an RTO. We have qualified Trainer and Assessors with units of competency for assessment tools and mapping. 

Park Facilities Unit of Competency delivered by an RTO can be beneficial should that unit meet your requirements – the AS 4685.0:2017 clause 5.1 does not define which qualification and remains open broadly. 

✔️ Ideal for Australian Inspectors, international enrolments are welcome but please be advised of requirements in the Country you reside
✔️ Access to a computer or laptop recommended for the best learning experience but mobile devices also suffice
✔️ Email for student username
✔️ Sufficient literacy and numeracy skills: ability to follow training and assessment instructions and legal requirements when on-site (e.g., WHS)
✔️ Have reasonable physical agility: able to visit sites and thoroughly inspect playground shade sails, anchorage points and fit attachments
✔️ Have sufficient vision: ability to observe signs, wear and tea and a typical fitting situation
✔️ Have sufficient aptitude to be able to utilise hand tools and make adjustments
✔️ Be able to use basic computer programs such as MS word, excel and PDF – we currently do not accept Apple Pages or other word document applications that cannot be accessed via a link or downloaded as a pdf.
We accept purchase orders for payment from Council, Education Department (or equivalent) organisations. Non-council (or equivalent) requires the full account to be closed 2 weeks prior to training commencement, our preferred payment is net 14 from invoice issue date.
If you have payment terms outside of this, please notify us and we will work our best to accommodate your needs and payment requirements. Partial payments are permitted.

There are no pre-requisites or pre-study required for this Certified Playground Safety Training course. Recertification discount is available for those who refresh their training (3 yrs).

We have a lot of training options available so you must submit the quote form for a catered price-list. Alternatively downloading the handbook on this page will provide you course information including a full price-list you can review.

This is a false statement by a well known training and auditing organisation within Australia. They have provided no reference to their claims – facts remain to the AS 4685 which we refer to – see blog library.

For playgrounds in Australia yes you can conduct own – see blog library.