Playground safety: AAIB and Swiss Safety Center launch collaboration

Every year, 8700 children are injured on a playground - mostly in falls. The cause of accidents is often poor maintenance of playground equipment or unsuitable flooring. This is why great attention must be paid to accident prevention in the planning, construction and maintenance of playgrounds. Course for specialists In 2008, the BFU therefore launched the course [...]

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Focusing on the safety of playgrounds: The BFU and the Swiss Safety Center jointly offer the "Playground Safety Specialist" course. (Image: Swiss Safety Center)
Every year, 8700 children are injured on a playground - mostly in falls. The cause of accidents is often poor maintenance of playground equipment or unsuitable flooring. This is why great attention must be paid to accident prevention in the planning, construction and maintenance of playgrounds.

Training course for professionals

In 2008, BFU therefore launched the "Playground Safety Specialist" course. The course was aimed at playground equipment manufacturers, playground designers and persons responsible for the maintenance and inspection of playgrounds. The aim was to impart knowledge about the most important specifications and requirements from the SN EN 1176 standard as well as the organization of the correct maintenance of children's playgrounds.

Cooperation of the AAIB with the Swiss Safety Center

Das Swiss Safety Center hat den neuen Lehrgang «Qualifizierte Spielplatzfachperson» ausgearbeitet und bietet diesen seit diesem Jahr an. Der Lehrgang wird mit dem Zertifikat «Qualifizierte Spielplatzfachperson» abgeschlossen und stellt den höchsten zu erlangenden Abschluss in der Schweiz dar. Die BFU und das Swiss Safety Center haben sich entschieden, bei der Ausbildung von Spielplatzfachpersonen zusammenzuarbeiten. Ab 2023 bietet die BFU deshalb den eigenen Zertifikatskurs nicht mehr an, sondern wirkt beim Swiss Safety Center-Lehrgang mit.

Playground safety remains important topic at BFU

The safety of playgrounds continues to be a major concern for BFU. BFU will continue to pass on the knowledge of how to recognize danger spots during the maintenance of children's playgrounds in 1-day courses. And, of course, the technical documentation "Playgrounds" will remain up to date. Further information on the course "Qualified playground specialist https://akademie.svti-gruppe.ch/de/kurse/lehrgang-qualifizierte-spielplatzfachperson/k!24425/  

This article originally appeared on m-q.ch - https://www.m-q.ch/de/sicherheit-von-spielplaetzen-bfu-und-swiss-safety-center-starten-zusammenarbeit/

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