Where to get certified?

To those of you who are certified restraint system tech's, secifically in Calgary, AB.....Where did you get your training?
The only place i can find is St.John's Ambulance says they do it on their website so I phoned & they know nothing about it.

http://www.car-seat.org/showthread.php?t=35900

Hope that helps.

ETA: I didnt notice this was in the Canadian forum.

We don't have SafeKids here in Canada. I have alerted a tech in your area to help answer your questions.

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I didnt even notice that she was in Canada.

I always read, New Post...and that mixes up all of the subforums.

Okay, so she hasn't replied yet, but I can tell you that if you contact Co-operator's Insurance, they have a program called Buckle Up Bears that is growing a lot in your area. You could try that route. Aidensmom02 (the tech I told about you) is certified through both the Buckle Up Bears Program and through St. John's Ambulance. She should be able to help you in both areas when she gets the chance to come back here and post.

(It's my fault she didn't get to you today we were on the phone for a couple of hours, and then she had to leave the house for a while. Sorry!!!)

Sorry! I'm back...

Yes, Buckle Up Bears is really starting to take off and is run through the Co-Operator's Insurance Company. The Airdrie branch is the lead on this project, so if you want more info, you can contact them or pm me. Unfortunately we only train new techs once a year and we just did a training/re-certification last week, so we won't be doing more training until next April. The training is free (2 days plus a seat check event), we just ask that you help by participating in seatcheck events where you can. We hold 4 - 5 per year and they are always on a Saturday from 9am - 1pm.

I haven't gotten into the SJA end of things here yet, simply because from what I've been told, they do seat checks during the week and it seems that they are not doing seat check, but are doing road side checks in partnership with the police. I have young kids at home and no sitters, so I can't volunteer with them just yet.

I use my SJA training mostly to do private checks on my own time through referrals, but I would not recommend a new CRST to be out doing checks on their own. There is so much info to learn, that you really need some experience at seatcheck events or shadowing an experienced CRST.

I personally did my training out of Red Deer (that was the soonest course) and the course did cost money... about $200 or so if I'm remembering correctly. If you want to PM me, I will give you the SJA contact for Calgary. I just don't want to list her number publicly on this forum.