prEN 1069-2
(Main)Water slides - Part 2: Instructions
Water slides - Part 2: Instructions
This document is applicable to all water slides for public use, installed at open water areas or in swimming pools.
This document establishes the instructions for use, operation, and maintenance as well as the documentation of water slides.
Wasserrutschen - Teil 2: Hinweise
Dieses Dokument gilt für alle an Freiwasserflächen oder in Schwimmbädern installierten Wasserrutschen zur öffentlichen Nutzung.
Dieses Dokument legt Anweisungen für die Benutzung, den Betrieb und die Wartung von Wasserrutschen sowie deren Dokumentation fest.
Toboggans aquatiques - Partie 2 : Instructions
Le présent document s’applique à tous les toboggans aquatiques installés dans les baignades aménagées en eau libre ou les piscines à usage public.
Le présent document spécifie les instructions d’utilisation, d’exploitation et d’entretien, ainsi que les documents relatifs aux toboggans aquatiques.
Vodni tobogani - 2. del: Navodila
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-julij-2025
Vodni tobogani - 2. del: Navodila
Water slides - Part 2: Instructions
Wasserrutschen - Teil 2: Hinweise
Toboggans aquatiques - Partie 2 : Instructions
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 1069-2
ICS:
97.220.40 Oprema za športe na Outdoor and water sports
prostem in vodne športe equipment
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
DRAFT
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
June 2025
ICS 97.220.40 Will supersede EN 1069-2:2017
English Version
Water slides - Part 2: Instructions
Toboggans aquatiques - Partie 2 : Instructions Wasserrutschen - Teil 2: Hinweise
This draft European Standard is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee
CEN/TC 136.
If this draft becomes a European Standard, CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations
which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.
This draft European Standard was established by CEN in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other
language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC
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Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of which they are
aware and to provide supporting documentation.
Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without
notice and shall not be referred to as a European Standard.
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Contents Page
European foreword . 4
Introduction . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 Normative references . 6
3 Terms and definitions . 6
4 Operation . 7
4.1 General. 7
4.2 Guidelines to the operational risk assessment . 7
4.3 Risk reduction . 8
4.4 Basic elements for the identification of proper supervision . 8
4.5 Technical operation . 9
4.6 Emergency instructions . 9
4.7 Incident logbook . 9
5 Instructions for users . 10
5.1 Planning of signage . 10
5.2 Requirements for signage . 10
5.3 Requirements for the use of safety signs and graphical symbols . 10
5.3.1 Safety signs . 10
5.3.2 Information signs . 10
5.3.3 Multiple signs . 10
5.4 Location of signage . 11
5.5 Content of signage. 11
5.6 Additional user information . 13
6 Documentation . 14
7 Maintenance instructions . 14
7.1 General. 14
7.2 Servicing . 15
7.3 Repair . 15
7.4 Modifications . 15
8 Inspections . 16
8.1 Inspection by the operator . 16
8.1.1 Routine visual inspection . 16
8.1.2 Periodic operational inspection . 16
8.2 Independent periodic thorough inspection . 16
8.2.1 General. 16
8.2.2 Inspection procedure . 16
8.2.3 Periodical practical sliding test . 17
9 Commissioning . 17
10 Quality of water . 17
Annex A (normative) Safety and information signs for water slides . 18
A.1 General. 18
A.2 Examples for graphical symbol image content . 18
Bibliography . 24
European foreword
This document (prEN 1069-2:2025) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 136 “Sports,
playground and other recreational facilities and equipment”, the secretariat of which is held by DIN.
This document is currently submitted to the CEN Enquiry.
This document will supersede EN 1069-2:2017.
a) change of scope: “to all water slides for public use installed at open water areas or in swimming
pools” →”open water areas” has been added to open the scope to other water facilities;
b) Clause 2 “Normative references” has been revised;
c) Clause 3 “Definitions”, has been revised;
d) Clause 5 “Instructions for users” has been restructured and revised;
e) Annex A “(normative) Safety and information signs for water slides” examples for image content
have been revised;
f) Annex B “(informative) Example of the risk assessment” has been deleted;
g) the document has been editorially revised.
EN 1069, Water slides, consists of:
— Part 1: Safety requirements and test methods
— Part 2: Instructions
Introduction
The provision of water slide installations is increasing, also are the concerns over the number of injuries
resulting from the use of water slides, many of which are of a serious nature.
Many of the injuries have resulted from foreseeable circumstances and, given proper knowledge and
control, could have been prevented.
A standard or a code of practice for instructions and the operation of water slides is seen as the most
appropriate way to achieve an improvement in safety.
1 Scope
This document is applicable to all water slides for public use, installed at open water areas or in
swimming pools.
This document establishes the instructions for use, operation, and maintenance as well as the
documentation of water slides.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
prEN 1069-1:2025, Water slides — Part 1: Safety requirements and test methods
EN 15288-1, Swimming pools for public use — Part 1: Safety requirements for design
EN 15288-2, Swimming pools for public use — Part 2: Safety requirements for operation
EN ISO 3834 (all parts), Quality requirements for fusion welding of metallic materials (ISO 3834)
EN ISO 7010, Graphical symbols — Safety colours and safety signs — Registered safety signs
EN ISO 9606-1, Qualification testing of welders — Fusion welding — Part 1: Steels (ISO 9606-1)
EN ISO 15607, Specification and qualification of welding procedures for metallic materials — General rules
(ISO 15607)
ISO 3864-3, Graphical symbols — Safety colours and safety signs — Part 3: Design principles for graphical
symbols for use in safety signs
ISO 7001, Graphical symbols — Registered public information symbols
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in prEN 1069-1:2025 and the
following apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminology databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https://www.iso.org/obp/
— IEC Electropedia: available at https://www.electropedia.org/
3.1
operator
company, organization, authority or person with overall control and responsibility for the water slide
facility
3.2
platform
area providing access to the start section
3.3
public use
use of an installation open to everyone or to a defined group of users, not designated solely for the
owner’s/proprietor’s/operator’s family and guests independently from paying an entrance fee
[SOURCE: EN 15288-1:2018+A1:2024, 3.5]
Note 1 to entry: Pools serving houses rented for private use are not of public use.
3.4
raft
type of ride enhancement device for one or more users
3.5
safety sign
sign giving a general safety message, obtained by a combination of a colour and geometric shape and
which, by the addition of a graphical symbol, gives a particular safety message
[SOURCE: EN ISO 7010:2020, 3.3]
3.6
water slide
piece of equipment or installation with a sliding surface on which the user slides with water as a friction-
and/or speed-reducing medium; the user slides freely or with the use of a ride enhancement device
[SOURCE: prEN 1069-1:2025, 3.3]
Note 1 to entry: On some water slides the user can also be pushed e.g. by a water stream.
4 Operation
4.1 General
EN 15288-2 applie
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