Adventure Park Insider—Natick, Mass., March 20, 2025—Many training and certification opportunities are available this spring for adventure park and challenge course professionals looking to advance their skills. These training sessions provide a mix of certification opportunities, technical instruction, and professional networking.
Here’s a look at some of what’s out there.
ACCT
Open Office Hours
- Date: March 26, 2025
- Location: Online
- Details: Provide feedback, ask questions, and share ideas with ACCT leadership. Learn more.
Spring/Summer Inspector Certification Exams (ICE) Prep Course Q&A
- Dates: April 9, April 30, May 14, 2025
- Location: Online
- Details: In addition to the on-demand ICE prep course available on ACCT Academy, applicants can join virtual sessions for Q&A. Learn more.
Adventure Designs and Training LLC
Level 1, Level 2, and Challenge Course Manager Trainings
- Dates: March 31–April 3, 2025
- Location: Memphis, Tenn.
- Details: This training is designed for challenge course managers and facilitators and covers advanced technical skills, rescue procedures, and emergency action planning. Learn more.
Adventureworks Associates Inc.
Level 1 and Level 2 Trainings
- Dates: April 7-11, 2025
- Location: Hamilton, Ontario
- Details: Multiple courses are available for Level 1 and 2 ACCT certifications. Learn more.
America Outdoors
Managers Academy
- Dates: April 10–11, 2025
- Location: Online
- Details: This academy is designed for managers in the outdoor industry, focusing on leadership development, operational excellence, and strategic planning. Learn more.
Challenge Towers
Level 1 and Level 2 Practitioner Training and Certification
- Dates: April 21–26, 2025
- Location: Blowing Rock, N.C.
- Details: This training covers a range of challenge course operations, including low ropes initiatives, high ropes systems, zip lines, climbing wall standards, rescue systems, course inspections, and compliance with ACCT standards. Learn more.
Challenges Unlimited Inc.
Level 1 Challenge Course Practitioner Workshop
- Dates: April 22–27, 2025
- Location: Kananaskis, Alberta
- Details: This training prepares participants to operate challenge course facilities and includes risk management, adventure programming, and technical operations. Learn more.
Challenge Works
Level 1 and Level 2 Challenge Course Practitioner Training
- Dates: April 7–11, 2025
- Location: Scotts Valley, Calif.
- Details: These 40-hour trainings cover challenge course operations at both entry and advanced levels, including safety protocols, facilitation techniques, technical rescue, and at-height operations, culminating in certification assessments. Learn more.
Project Adventure
Adventure Programming Workshop
- Date: April 7, 2025
- Location: Beverly, Mass.
- Details: This workshop covers foundational adventure and experiential education practices. Learn more.
Level 1 and Level 2 Practitioner Certification Exam
- Date: April 25, 2025
- Location: Beverly, Mass.
- Details: This one-day exam assesses competency in challenge course operations through written and practical testing. Learn more.
Rope Works Inc.
Basic Skills Training – Facilitated Course Activities
- Dates: April 30–May 4, 2025
- Location: Bryan, Texas
- Details: Training covers Level 1 certification for low and high challenge course elements, including Top Rope Systems, Zip Lines, and Giant Swings. Learn more.
High 5 Adventure Learning Center
Annual Symposium
- Date: April 5, 2025
- Location: Brattleboro, Vt.
- Details: Now in its 22nd year, this one-day event provides networking opportunities and professional development for adventure educators and challenge course practitioners. Sessions focus on industry best practices, skill-building, and leadership development. Learn more.
Level 2 Challenge Course Certification Exam
- Date: April 11, 2025
- Location: Brattleboro, Vt.
- Details: This one-day exam evaluates participants’ competencies in challenge course operations through both written and practical assessments. Learn more.
Signature Research
Level 1 and Level 2 High and Low Element Certification Training
- Dates: April 7–11, 2025
- Location: Bellevue, Wash.
- Details: This training covers Level 1 and Level 2 certifications for high and low challenge course elements. Participants will develop technical skills, risk management knowledge, and facilitation techniques. Learn more.
Synergo
Level 1 and Level 2 Certification Training
- Dates: March 31–April 4, 2025; April 1–5, 2025
- Location: Newberg, Ore.
- Details: This five-day course includes four days of hands-on instruction followed by a certification test. Topics include knot tying, belaying, equipment inspections, and facilitation techniques. Learn more.
