TXDani
Senior Community Member
I had my first day of CPS training today and it went great! There was a team of 5 instructors and they all kept it pretty fun. Today we went over a lot of paper material and then went out to our cars to learn about the different types of retractors and latchplates as well as indentifying whether a seating position has airbag(s), LATCH, or tethers. It was a walk in the park for me and I didn't learn one thing I don't already know so far but I was surprised at how little other people knew. I guess I just figure this is all common sense but really it is not.
I was the ONLY person in the class (out of 21 people) who was not there for my job. But I see now why some tech's don't know what they are doing...one police officer fell asleep while a few others made it blatently clear that they would have liked to be anywhere but there! I can see these guys getting their certification and then not really caring about what they are doing when they have to do checks...hopefully I am wrong though!
I am looking forward to tomorrow when we get to actually install seats!
Oh and another funny thing...one of the instructors got there a few hours late and met us by our cars. When she was checking over one of my tests she said "have you had training in this before?" I am assuming because I was finished quickly and got everything right. And I said "no I am just well...carseat obsessed!" and she said "oh are you the one with the van and the Regent?" Hahaha I thought it was funny that she figured that out just from me being "obsessed"!
I was the ONLY person in the class (out of 21 people) who was not there for my job. But I see now why some tech's don't know what they are doing...one police officer fell asleep while a few others made it blatently clear that they would have liked to be anywhere but there! I can see these guys getting their certification and then not really caring about what they are doing when they have to do checks...hopefully I am wrong though!
I am looking forward to tomorrow when we get to actually install seats!
Oh and another funny thing...one of the instructors got there a few hours late and met us by our cars. When she was checking over one of my tests she said "have you had training in this before?" I am assuming because I was finished quickly and got everything right. And I said "no I am just well...carseat obsessed!" and she said "oh are you the one with the van and the Regent?" Hahaha I thought it was funny that she figured that out just from me being "obsessed"!