Slides, swings and other playground things
Let’s talk playspaces with your friendly, neighbourhood Playground Inspector, Registered Landscape Architect and Playground Australian Standards Committee Member – Kate!
Slides, swings and other playground things
Wednesday 10 July
12:30pm-1:30pm ONLINE (Adelaide -ACDT)
FORMAT – ZOOM (link to be sent week of event with event reminder)
Let’s talk playspaces with your friendly, neighbourhood Playground Inspector, Registered Landscape Architect and Playground Australian Standards Committee Member – Kate! The Australian Standards play an integral role in reducing the number of significant injuries in our younger users. Our presenter Kate works for Kidsafe SA who are leaders in the field of injury prevention around the country. It is their mission to lead and influence unintentional child injury prevention efforts across South Australia, through education, advocacy, strategic partnerships and service provision.
This lunchtime session will explore components of the Australian Standards AS 4685:2021 Playground Equipment and Surfacing and Parts 2 & 3 with a guest appearance from AS 4422:2022 Playground Surfacing - from the independent inspectors perspective - through discussions into some of the common misconceptions, misunderstandings and mis-oh-dear-I-didn’t-think-of-that!….We’ll touch on interpretations of risk, hazards and challenges around play elements such as slides and swings, and how these considerations can influence the way you think about the design and construction of our playspaces to reduce the risk of serious injury but maintain all levels of play!
Audience target
• This workshop is targeted towards Landscape Architects designing playspaces at any point between concept to detailed design phase. Best suited for Graduate to Intermediate LAs with a beginner/basic knowledge of Australian Standards AS 4685 and AS 4422 however all levels are welcomed.
ZOOM Link to be sent the week of the event.
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FREE
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$33
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Speakers
Kate Elsworthy
Kate Elsworthy is Kidsafe SA’s PLAY team Operations Manager responsible for leading the SA Playground Advisory Unit and delivering a variety of services including conducting inspections, leading training days, undertaking review of plans, day-to-day advisory, content development and other various projects.
She has a strong passion for spaces with imagination, excitement and play. Her extensive design experience and knowledge of Detailed Documentation, Design-and- Construct techniques and maintenance and management provide great benefit to the understanding of child injury prevention in playspaces and the Australian Standards.
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