christineka
New member
Here's what's in place now: To become a cpst, you take a class. Mine was 3.5 days long. It's about half book learning and half practical. Then you do a seat check. 2 years later you must recertify. In order to recertify, you must pass of that you can install the various types of seats (rfing only, rf convertible, ff, and booster) with belt and latch. You have to take part in one community event. Also get 6 ceu credits (from webnars, seminars, taking tests on the manual, etc)
Still, we all know about techs who don't know their stuff. They ffing kids at just a year, borrow latch where not allowed, brace when not allowed, etc.
I'm just interested in a discussion on how we can put safety nets in place to catch and educate cpsts who are giving out dangerous advice. Also, how do you know a cpst is a current cpst and has not allowed their certification to expire? I'm just curious because not every cpst has their info listed publicly on the safe kids certification website.
My idea for making sure cpsts are up to date is to have a required quiz on the certification website and you have to get 100% correct to be recertified. Questions on the quiz would include best practice, such as "Which direction should a convertible seat face for a 24 pound 18 month old?"
Anyway, just interested in ideas.
Still, we all know about techs who don't know their stuff. They ffing kids at just a year, borrow latch where not allowed, brace when not allowed, etc.
I'm just interested in a discussion on how we can put safety nets in place to catch and educate cpsts who are giving out dangerous advice. Also, how do you know a cpst is a current cpst and has not allowed their certification to expire? I'm just curious because not every cpst has their info listed publicly on the safe kids certification website.
My idea for making sure cpsts are up to date is to have a required quiz on the certification website and you have to get 100% correct to be recertified. Questions on the quiz would include best practice, such as "Which direction should a convertible seat face for a 24 pound 18 month old?"
Anyway, just interested in ideas.