Tuesday, October 12
9:00 am - 3:00 pm

Playground Maintenance with John Balicki

According to the U.S. Consumer Products Safety commission (CPSC) 200,000 children are treated for playground accidents annually. The National Playground Safety Institute (NPSI) attributes over 40% of those accidents to poor playground maintenance. Beside the risks to our most vulnerable users, improperly maintained playgrounds needlessly expose agencies and program providers to damaging legal actions. By educating and training staff and supervisors, we can improve maintenance procedures on public play equipment and create after play environments for our children. Additionally, COVID-19 has added another dimension to the proper care of playgrounds. Our presenter, John Balicki, will also include techniques and standards to keep our playgrounds in compliance with the latest health standards.

This workshop features online classroom instruction, facilitated discussions, and a virtual site visit to a local playground.  Participants will also receive several ready-to-use reference sources including:

• CPSC “handbook for Public Playground Safety”

• National parks and Recreation Association’s “Dirty Dozen Checklist”

• Playground Inspection Forms
• Listing of Web-based resources

• Parks and Public Works Personnel
• Operators and Caretakers of Playgrounds in: Hotels, Churches, Summer and Day Camps, Campgrounds, Resorts
• Child Care Centers
• School district Maintenance Personnel
• Park Foreman and Supervisors
• Recreation, Township and Municipal board member
• Park Volunteers
• Recreation directors
• School administrators
• Organizations such as YMCA/YWCA, Scouts, Head Start, Neighborhood Association

FEE
PRPS Member $60 
Non-member $75 
Full-time Students FREE

SCHEDULE
9:00 am - 12:00 pm Classroom Instruction
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Instruction and virtual site visit 

QUALITY INSTRUCTORS
Our Playground Maintenance Workshop instructors are top playground safety professionals. Each instructor has successfully completed a specialized instruction course to become qualified to teach this course. Our instructors are also certified by the National Playground Safety Institute as Certified Playground Safety Inspectors (CPSI). CPSI training is also available through the Pennsylvania Recreation & Park Society.

CANCELLATION POLICY
PRPS will refund your registration, less a $25 processing fee, if your cancellation is received in writing more than 10 business days prior to the event. No refunds will be given for cancellations occurring less than 10 business days prior to an event. Substitute attendees are welcomed in lieu of cancellations; please contact the PRPS office to arrange this.

To register:

1: Sign in or create a new account. 
2: Select registration option
3: Add session selections to your itinerary under "Program"
4: Proceed to checkout to complete the transaction.
5: You will receive an email invitation to the online meeting