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• HomeFront Swimsuit Collection Drive

  • Start
    20 May 2019
  • End
    3 Sep 2019

  
  

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• Independence Day

  • When
    4 Jul 2019

  The NJRPA office will be closed in observance of Independence Day.

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• NJRPA Floating Holiday

  • When
    5 Jul 2019

  The office will be closed as we have chosen to make July 5 one of our floating holidays.

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• Public Affairs Meeting

  • When
    10 Jul 2019
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    10:00 AM
  • Location
    Thompson Park Visitor's Center, 805 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft, NJ

  
  

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• Education and Professional Development Meeting

  • When
    10 Jul 2019
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    1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Thompson Park Visitor's Center, 805 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft, NJ

  
  

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• NJRPA Members Event at Six Flags Great Adventure

  • When
    28 Jul 2019
  • Location
    Six Flags Great Adventure

  
  

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• Public Affairs Meeting

  • When
    11 Sep 2019
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    10:00 AM
  • Location
    Thompson Park Visitor's Center, 805 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft, NJ

  
  

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• NJRPA Annual Golf Outing

  • When
    13 Sep 2019
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    9:00 AM
  • Location
    Heron Glen Golf Course

  
  

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• County Park Directors' Meeting

  • When
    20 Sep 2019
  •  
    9:30 AM - 2:30 PM
  • Location
    Hosted By the Morris County Park Commission

  
  

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• NRPA Conference

  • Start
    24 Sep 2019
  • End
    26 Sep 2019
  • Location
    Baltimore Convention Center

  
  

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• Fall Workshop

  • When
    10 Oct 2019

  
  

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• District V Meeting

  • When
    10 Oct 2019
  •  
    10:00 AM
  • Location
    North Wildwood

  
  

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• Columbus Day

  • When
    14 Oct 2019

  The NRPA office will be closed in observance of Columbus Day.

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• Certified Playground Safety Inspectors Course and Exam - October 2019

  • Start
    16 Oct 2019
  •  
    8:00 AM
  • End
    18 Oct 2019
  • Location
    Clark Recreation Center, Clark, NJ
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  The Certified Playground Safety Inspectors (CPSI) Course and Exam, hosted by the New Jersey Recreation and Park Association and sponsored by the National Recreation and Park Association, is the most comprehensive and up-to-date training program on playground safety issues including hazard identification, equipment specifications, surfacing requirements and risk management methods.

  The course provides advanced reading and fifteen (15) hours of training that will prepare you to take the Certified Playground   Safety Inspector Exam at the culmination of the certification course. Certification, with passage of the exam, is valid for three years.

  Participants will receive:

  • ASTM F1487 Standard Consumer Safety Performance Specifications of Playgrounds for Public Use
  • U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Handbook for Public Playground Safety 
  • 1.5 Continuing Education Units through NRPA

  Course Schedule:

  Wednesday, October 16, 2019      8:00 am – 5:00 pm

  • Introduction to History
  • Injury Statistics
  • Hazard Identification
  • Safety Surfacing & Use Zones

  Thursday, October 17, 2019      8:00 am – 5:00 pm

  • Playground Safety Management
  • Playground Equipment Accessibility
  • Maintenance Procedures & Standards
  • On-Site Playground Inspection & Audit Exercise
  • Final Question & Answer Session
  • Exam Preparation

  Friday, October 18, 2019

  • Exam Check In 8:30 am.
  • Exam Start As seating is completed 
  • TWO forms of ID are REQUIRED for exam  admission. 
    

  Location:    

  Clark Recreation

  430 Westfield Avenue

  Clark, NJ 07066

  Cancellation and Transfer Policy: 

  No refunds will be made once text resource materials have been shipped. If you do not cancel by September 26, 2019 or do not attend you are responsible for the full payment. You will receive the resource materials 30 days before the course. If you do not receive them, please contact the NJRPA office. In order to pass the exam, we recommend you read the texts prior to the course as the course is a review. 

  Participants registering after September 26, 2019 must pay an additional $35.00 fee for the overnight shipping of resource  materials.  

  If it is past the cancellation date registrants may transfer to a later CPSI Course and Exam hosted in New Jersey.  A $135.00 transfer fee shall apply.

   

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

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• Public Affairs Meeting

  • When
    13 Nov 2019
  •  
    10:00 AM
  • Location
    Thompson Park Visitor's Center, 805 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft, NJ

  
  

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• Mentorship Event

  • When
    15 Nov 2019
  •  
    10:00 AM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    Middletown, NJ

  
  

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• League of Municipalities Conference

  • Start
    19 Nov 2019
  • End
    21 Nov 2019
  • Location
    Atlantic City Convention Center

  Please check back here as we get closer to the Conference for information regarding NJRPA CEU sessions at NJLOM.

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• Thanksgiving

  • When
    28 Nov 2019

  The NJRPA Office will be closed for Thanksgiving. 

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• NJRPA Floating Holiday

  • When
    29 Nov 2019

  The office will be closed as we have chosen to make November 29 one of our floating holidays.

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• Natural Lands Stewardship Workshop

  • When
    4 Dec 2019
  • Location
    Duke Farms, Coach Barn

  
  

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• County Park Directors' Meeting

  • When
    13 Dec 2019
  •  
    9:30 AM - 2:30 PM
  • Location
    Hosted By the Mercer County Park Commission

  
  

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• Christmas

  • When
    25 Dec 2019

  Merry Christmas! The NJRPA Office will be closed for the holiday.

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• NJRPA Office Closed

  • When
    1 Jan 2020

  The NJRPA Office will be closed. Happy New Year!

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