Our training fosters a culture of safety, ensuring that every staff member treats safety as an essential part of the guest experience.
We teach how to implement a preventive maintenance schedule to extend the lifespan of your soft play equipment and maintain safety compliance.
The course includes strategies for positive reinforcement when enforcing safety rules, making children more receptive to guidance.
We highlight seasonal safety considerations, such as temperature control, wet-weather hazards, and holiday crowd surges.
Operators learn effective crowd management techniques, including supervision strategies and staffing ratios for busy play areas.
We emphasize the importance of routine safety inspections, teaching staff how to identify loose components, worn-out padding, or unstable structures before accidents occur.
SIOTO's Soft Play Safety Training provides comprehensive instruction for business owners, managers, and staff responsible for running soft play facilities, ensuring every play environment is safe, compliant, and well-maintained.
We incorporate parental engagement techniques, encouraging caregivers to play an active role in supervising their children.
We guide you through supplier vetting processes, so you work only with trusted vendors who meet rigorous safety standards.
We explain the role of ongoing training and refreshers, keeping safety standards high even as staff and equipment change over time.
Our training emphasizes clear safety signage and effective communication with parents and guardians to set expectations for safe play.
Our program includes case studies of real-life incidents, offering valuable lessons to prevent similar situations in your own facility.
We teach how to design play spaces with safety in mind, incorporating protective flooring, secure netting, and padded edges.
Operators learn first aid basics specific to soft play-related injuries, ensuring they can provide immediate assistance when needed.
Our instructors explain how to evaluate new equipment for compliance with national safety standards and certifications before installation.
The course outlines how to create and maintain incident reports and safety logs for insurance and legal compliance, protecting both the business and its guests.
SIOTO training covers staff accountability systems, ensuring every team member understands and fulfills their role in maintaining a safe play space.
We teach emergency preparedness, equipping staff with clear procedures for responding quickly and effectively to injuries or other incidents in soft play environments.
SIOTO emphasizes liability prevention, giving you the tools to operate a facility that meets insurance requirements and reduces the risk of legal claims.
SIOTO's safety program teaches accident prevention through play design, ensuring every activity is engaging yet risk-controlled.
SIOTO provides a customizable safety checklist that can be tailored to your facility's specific layout and equipment types.
Yes. The first year requires full training and payment, and the following years have a discounted rate and small recertification test. If you do not renew, you must remove any certification and membership seals from your site and marketing materials.
You get an opportunity to review the safety training and retake the test.
We suggest that any primary owners certify in the courses. We do offer discounts for other members of your staff, and encourage their training, however we do not mandate it. It is your decision.