TRAINING & CERTIFICATION

Challenge Course Staff Training & Practitioner Certification | CDI

Experienced Training. Documented Skills. Professional Certification.

Your challenge course is only as effective as the people operating it.

Challenge Design Innovations (CDI) provides hands-on staff training and professional practitioner certification for challenge courses, ropes courses, zip lines, and aerial adventure parks across the United States.

With over 45 years in the industry and more than 800 practitioners trained annually, CDI helps organizations prepare their staff, assess technical skills, and maintain the training records needed to support their operations.

Choose the service that fits your team's needs.

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Staff Training

Train Your Team to Operate Your Course

Hands-on training, individual skills evaluations, completion certificates, and detailed reports for your organization.

Ideal for new employees, returning seasonal staff, annual refresher training, and advanced skills development.

What you receive:
  • Training tailored to your course and equipment
  • Practical instruction and skills evaluations
  • Individual certificates of completion
  • Detailed training reports for the owner or operator
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Practitioner Certification

Earn Your Practitioner Certification

Level I, Level II, and Course Manager certification through an ACCT International Accredited Vendor.

For practitioners ready to demonstrate their skills through a more rigorous process that includes eligibility requirements, written exams, and hands-on assessments.

Certification options:
  • Level I Practitioner Certification
  • Level II Practitioner Certification
  • Course Manager Certification
  • Available course and system-specific tracks
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Not Sure Which Service You Need?

Staff training helps your team learn and demonstrate the procedures needed to operate your specific course. Participants receive completion documentation, and course owners receive individual performance reports.

Practitioner certification goes further. Candidates must meet defined requirements and pass written and practical assessments to earn a formal credential.

Both services can be arranged for qualifying facilities, including courses built by other companies.

Why Train With CDI?

CDI has been involved in challenge course design, construction, inspections, and staff development since 1980. As an ACCT International Accredited Professional Vendor, we combine industry knowledge with hands-on instruction tailored to real operating conditions.

Our training team works with summer camps, universities, municipalities, commercial adventure parks, and other organizations nationwide.