Challenge Course Safety: Factors Contributing to High Course Incidents : Training, Development, Delivery, and Program Philosophy

ISBN-13: 9783639063196 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 76 str.

Jon-Scott Godsey

Opis

The introduction of challenge courses to the publicand private education sectors ushered in a new focuson construction and safety standards. The Associationfor Challenge Course Technologies (ACCT) currentlyprovides a series of standards related to challengecourse construction techniques and appropriatematerials, and is paving the way for nationalstandardization of challenge course practices, andinstructor training programs. While challenge coursesafety has improved significantly in the past fortyyears, there are some who have claimed these programslack safety and quality control, resulting in anumber of potential and actual accidents. The purpose of this book is to provide an initialaccurate assessment of the relationship betweenchallenge course incidents and: 1) type of belaysystem; 2) type of incident; 3) participant gender;and 4) participant age. The ultimate goal is toidentify manageable factors that contribute to orincrease participant exposure to actual risk andsynthesize them in a useful, proactive way.

O autorze

Jon-Scott N. Godsey, MS: Leisure Service Management, Oklahoma
State University.
Manager/Consultant, Adventure Design Outfitters, LLC., Oklahoma
City, OK & Lincoln, NE 1997-Present; Assistant Director
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Campus Recreation 1998-2007;
Director of Certifications, The Adventure Group, North Carolina
2008 - Present