Transcend Level 5 Certificate in Maintaining Safety Standards in the Design, Installation, Inspection and Maintenance of Playgrounds

Transcend Playground Safety is a suite of Ofqual regulated vocational qualifications that sit in sector subject area 8.1 Sport, Leisure, and Recreation. 

This suite is uniquely designed to facilitate a professional development pathway for those who wish to fulfil the occupational role of an inspector in this context. It also offers those operating in playground and activity facility design, installation and maintenance roles or wider health and safety remits to enhance their scope of professional competence. 

The Transcend Level 5 Certificate Maintaining Safety Standards in the Design, Installation, Inspection and Maintenance of Playgrounds is integral to this suite. The aim is to enable learners to develop learners’ skills required to maintain safety standards in the context of their occupational role in the design, installation, inspection, and maintenance of playgrounds.  

The qualification objective is to provide a benefit to learners by developing competences in this context. Learners will develop the knowledge and skills required to maintain playground and activity facility safety standards which include: 

• Safety laws, standards and social value of accessible playgrounds and activity facilities  
• Safety standards for the design, installation, inspection and maintenance of playgrounds and activity facilities  
• Safety standards and compliance monitoring of playground equipment categorised as swings  
• Safety standards and compliance monitoring of playground equipment categorised as slides   
• Safety standards and compliance monitoring of playground equipment categorised as rockers 
• Safety standards and compliance monitoring of playground equipment categorised as runways 
• Safety standards and compliance monitoring of playground equipment categorised as carousels 
• Safety standards and compliance monitoring of playground equipment categorised as spatial networks 

Successful learners will be compliant with Health and Safety Law and BS-EN standards in the design, installation, inspection, and maintenance of playgrounds. Successful learners may use these skills to gain employment or to enhance their current scope of practice. 

This qualification was developed with industry specialist RYNAT as the technical collaborator. It is validated through consultation with inspectors, industry employers, education providers and equality experts. 

RYNAT is an industry leading education provider in this sector. RYNAT has completed the rigorous process to become recognised as the only centre that is approved to deliver this qualification.