Borrowing from both Canadian and American YMCA programs, and aspects of the Boy Scouts, Statten established the Canadian Standards Efficiency Training (CSET) program, a system of graded tests where boys passed from one level to the next.
Building on the principles of both Canadian and American YMCA programs, along with aspects of the Boy Scouts, Statten developed the Canadian Standards Efficiency Training (CSET) program, which features a series of graded tests that allow boys to advance to subsequent levels.