Vendor Accreditation Program

Vendor Accreditation is a voluntary initiative overseen by the Association for Challenge Course Technology (“ACCT”). This results in global recognition for service providers in the challenge course, aerial adventure/trekking parks, zip line, and canopy tour industry. This program is specifically structured to assess vendor applicants' utilization, of and adherence to, ACCT Standards and their unwavering commitment to quality, professionalism, and established business practices through the presentation of work records, procedures, and comprehensive documentation. At a minimum, vendor applicants seeking accreditation must demonstrate significant alignment with program requirements and ACCT Standards. The Vendor Accreditation Program (“Program”) presently extends its evaluation and accreditation services across the following domains: design, installation, inspection, training, and practitioner certification.

**Please note: Accreditation is per service. Vendors can be accredited for one service and not others. We do our best to identify what services Accredited Vendors are accredited for in our Vendor Directory. We have done our due diligence to ensure specific requirements are met if and when one service affects another service, the vendor may not be accredited for. **

Successful completion of the Program signifies that a service provider has met specific program prerequisites, program requirements, and ACCT Standards at the time of assessment. This does not imply an assessment of future compliance with state and federal laws, legal obligations, regulatory standards, industry-accepted practices, manufacturer-specific requirements, or the ACCT Standards and Program requirements. Participation in the program by a service provider neither assures safety nor suggests that accidents and injuries are impossible. Accreditation pertains explicitly to only the services reviewed as part of the vendor accreditation process. Accreditation does not encompass services outside this purview or services for which the Vendor was not reviewed during the accreditation process. 

The evaluation of a service provider's compliance with ACCT Standards, Program requirements, and prerequisites may encompass diverse methods, including but not limited to the scrutiny of documentation, information elicited through interviews, direct oversight, and rational inferences.  

Purpose of the Program

The primary objective of the Vendor Accreditation Program is to recognize service providers whose operational protocols and delivered services consistently adhere to the standards set forth by ACCT. Furthermore, this program seeks to determine alignment with established business norms within the challenge course, aerial adventure/trekking parks, zip line, and canopy tour industry.

Purpose of Accreditation 

ACCT accredits a service provider's vended services in the professional areas of the challenge course, aerial adventure/trekking parks, zip line, and canopy tour industry. Accreditation aims to promote excellence in design, installation, inspection, training, and practitioner certification, educate professionals, and provide a valid and objective evaluation of these vended services as a service to the public, prospective vendors, and the profession.