Register Now for the 2023 Certified Playground Safety Courses!

Source: Pennsylvania Recreation & Park Society

2023 Certified Playground Safety Courses (CPSI)

April 24-26, 2023
Upper Allen Township Multi-Purpose Room
Mechanicsburg, PA
Nov. 29 – Dec. 1, 2023
Murrysville Recreation Community Center
Murrysville, PA

The CPSI Course trains individuals to identify hazards on public playgrounds and playground equipment, how to rank hazards according to injury potential, and how to apply that knowledge and establish a playground safety program.

The course covers the material necessary to pass the Certified Playground Safety Inspector certification exam. Upon completion of the CPSI course, an individual should be capable of establishing a sound risk reduction program, establishing a system repair, retrofit, and removal of hazardous equipment, and establishing a routine inspection system for their agency or playground owner-client.

Resource materials developed especially for this course are included in the registration fee and will be mailed to all participants who pre-register. 

Who should attend Administrators, Supervisory Personnel, Public Works Departments, Building & Grounds Maintenance Staff, Engineers & Architects, Playground Equipment Representatives, Operators & Caretakers of Playgrounds in Parks, Schools, Summer Camps, Day Camps, Hotels/Resorts, and Day Care Centers, Agencies such as YMCA/YWCA, Head Start, Boys & Girls Clubs, and Police Athletic Leagues, Insurance Adjusters and Loss Control Specialists, Homebuilders and Landscape Architects