Most places have High Elements such as Burma Bridge, Multi-vines, Cat Walk, etc that have very similar setup procedures. However, Speciality Elements are typically set up and operated differently. Thus, these Specialty Elements must be tested separately.

In both cases, we will not be able to conduct the certification for you. The prerequisite is the minimum required by ACCT Standard.

One of the prerequisites for certification is Training Hours. Attending our training will provide the necessary training hours towards your certification. It is also important to realise that the Training Hour must be delivered by a Qualified Person (QP). As a PVM for Training and Certification, we are a Qualified Person for Training.

Moreover, we can only certify practitioners to the content we cover and are familiar with. By attending our training, you can be assured that the course contents meet ACCT Standard and our certification requirements.

No, unfortunately. Having FULL certification means that you had minimum Low and High Element operation skills and acquired 3 staff competencies for the specific level of certification.

As a professional, you must ask for Site Orientation and read the site SOPs. It is important to follow the Site Operation requirements such as taking the necessary training or assessment required by the site.

Not necessarily. You may choose to take any level of certification as long you meet the pre-requisites.

At this point of time, most countries (including USA and Singapore) do not require a practitioner to be certified to any standard for challenge courses. As a company, we encourage more training and not certification. We believe that practitioners who spend time upgrading their skills and knowledge would have no problem being certified.

Certification is a process of validating your skills and knowledge. It is part of your training journey and not the end point. So before you decide to invest your money into certification, think about whether it is necessary. Else it may be better to invest in better and more training.

There are several reasons

1. We are not subsidised by Government for the service we render. Both OBS  and MOE are Government Agencies. They are NOT private business entities, they have resources that private business entity like Pivotal does not have.

• Pivotal Learning need to make a profit to sustain the our business operation and accreditation with ACCT. We need to pay for ACCT PVM membership yearly and once every 3 years we must go through the review process that includes flying two QP down to review our operation.

• We need to pay for the usage of Challenge Course Site as well as for our staff salary. We don’t get budget from Government.

• Our staff need to be properly certified and clock hours to be a certified Tester and Trainer. All these cost money. We can’t simply write a justification and Government will ensure we will have budget for next year.

At the end of the day, is about the value and choices each practitioner will need to make. We are clear that everyone prefers to attend a training and certification at a lower cost. We are pricing our programmes that meet the value we offer.

The differences are difficult for us to assess or comment on. We can speak only on behalf of what we are doing. 

Our certification is based on the ACCT Standard and we have been accredited by ACCT to conduct the certification. All training and certification must be conducted by a Certified Training & Tester (CTT) under ACCT’s requirements and we are subjected to review by ACCT every 3 years.

Our CTTs are required to meet ACCT stipulated QCP requirements. You may click here to find out more about the QCP requirements.

Based on the latest MOE’s Activity Guide, OBS CCI Certifications are only valid in MOE OALC and Challenge Courses in School that have the same set up as MOE OALC.

Only ACCT Certifications are valid for all private Challenge Courses referencing MOE Activity Guide.

It is an integrity system where a practitioner records his/her own Experience Hours. Our staff will make contact with you to discuss your portfolio once you submitted it for certification. We may also make calls to companies, trainers who you have indicated in your portfolio. We will fulfill our due diligence to verify the accuracy of your portfolio. 

In the unlikely event that we are uncertain about your level of competency based on your portfolio, we may request that you take the previous level of certification prior to proceeding to the higher level of certification.

You may download this portfolio to start documenting  your Work Experience Hours

Yes. MOE OALCs accept the ACCT Level 1, Level 2 as well as CCM certifications. However, after your certification, you a required to attend a day of orientation conducted by MOE. This is to orientate you to the systems and procedures adopted by MOE at its centres.

We managed to integrate our Basic and Advanced Challenge Course Practitioner training together with the MOE Orientation.