Signature Research Inc

Our Facilitator Training Workshops are designed to provide Practitioner Certification for workshop participants. Our workshops cover appropriate technical and course management issues for your personnel to develop the skills to operate your challenge course program. Through our workshops we endeavor to help you begin to utilize your own course to its greatest potential. Workshops may include any of the following content:

Initiatives, Group Dynamics, Facilitator Responsibilities
Preactivity Checks, Verbal Contracts and Goal Setting
Equipment Care, Use and Maintenance
Maintaining Program Integrity, Spotting, Techniques and Commands

Low Challenge Course workshops include information
such as:

Low Challenge Course Activities
Use of Stories, Fantasy, Metaphors and Instruction

High Challenge Course workshops include the following topics:

Set Up and Take Down of High Components
Knot Tying, Equipment Use, Care and Maintenance

Signature Research Inc. has been training practitioners/facilitators since 1979 and offers certification in accordance with the ACCT practitioner standards that were released in 2007. We offer Level I, Level II, and Challenge Course Manager (CCM) certifications. Certification can also be achieved by those that have practitioner experience by “Challenging-In”.

Levels:
Level I is an entry level certification that requires no previous experience. This certification is good for one year and signifies that the practitioner can deliver routine programming and is proficient in core technical skills.
To complete Level I training you must meet the following requirements:

Be 18 years or older
Complete 40 hours of training
Pass a written and practical skills test

Level II is an intermediate Level of certification and is good for 3 years. You need a solid base of program delivery experience prior to taking a Level II training course. Level II practitioners will possess all of the skills of Level I with additional specialty skills and knowledge and also provide leadership to less experienced staff.
To complete Level II training you must meet the following requirements:

Be 18 years or older
Have a Level I certification
Have a current portfolio documenting 200 hours of facilitation experience
Complete the 40 hour Level II training
Pass a written and practical skills test

Challenge Course Manager (CCM) is for practitioners that possess a Level II certification and are seeking management training to supervise others and perform administrative duties. Every challenge course must have a Challenge Course Manager BUT please understand that it is not necessary that a company has a "Certified" Challenge Course Manager.

To complete CCM training you must meet the following requirements:

Be 21 years or older
Possess a Level II certification
Have a current portfolio documenting 500 hours of facilitation experience
Complete 30 hours of training of which 16 are specific to challenge course management
Pass a written and practical skills test

An alternative way to be certified by Signature Research Inc. in accordance to the ACCT standards is to
“challenge in”. A person that “challenges in” must have
prior experience and training.

Challenge In
Challenge-In Level I is for practitioners that have previously taken a 40 hour training and have enough experience as a practitioner to pass a comprehensive test.
To “Challenge In” at Level I you must meet the following requirements:

Be 18 years of age
Have a current portfolio with 100 hours of experience and training
Previous training must be through Signature Research or an ACCT PVM

Challenge In Level II is for practitioners that have considerable practitioner experience and have received at least 80 hours of training with enough experience to pass a test that covers all aspects of challenge course knowledge and equipment.
To “Challenge In” at Level II you must meet the following requirements:

Be 18 years of age
Have a current portfolio with more than 400 hours of program delivery
Have 80 hours of training from Signature Research or an ACCT PVM