Alicia-N-2SafeBugs
Senior Community Member
Does anyone else feel like the CPST course is too basic? In my class of 14 students, I was the only one who knew anything about CPS (beyond "children should use them") before taking the course. Many of the others in my class took a long time getting the basic concepts down and I know that several missed many questions on the final test (got enough right to pass, but obviously still were confused about some points) and I caught a couple new techs giving out wrong info at our check up event at the end of the course. I felt pretty comfortable at the end of the week, but the more I read this board, the more I realize I don't know! I am spending hours a day reading and researching and learning things I didn't learn in the course. I knew quite a bit about CPS before I took the course so I am wondering about those that took the course because their employer said they had to and came into it knowing nothing and won't actively seek to learn more now that the course is over.
I keep reading stories of "a tech told me this" and it's wrong information. A friend asked me a few days ago to help her figure out how to use the RF tether on her Britax seat. She asked another tech that she knows and the tech told her that she had never heard of Britax and never heard of tethering RF.
What are your thoughts on this?
I keep reading stories of "a tech told me this" and it's wrong information. A friend asked me a few days ago to help her figure out how to use the RF tether on her Britax seat. She asked another tech that she knows and the tech told her that she had never heard of Britax and never heard of tethering RF.
What are your thoughts on this?