Keeping Up-to-date as a Technician or Instructor

How to keep up-to-date once you are certified?  Sources of current information:

Safe Ride News (bi-monthly newsletter): CEUs available for subscribers.

CPS Technician Update Service (includes latest CR instructions) and/or membership: SafetyBeltSafe U.S.A.

Tech Update:  published quarterly for certified Child Passenger Safety Technicians by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the CPS Board.  CEUs available.

CPS Express! from the Safe Kids Worldwide CPS Certification Office.

See the Resources Lists on this site.

Essential Tools for CPS Technicians:

Child Restraint Manufacturers' Instructions CD: SafetyBeltSafe U.S.A.

    Updates of new product instructions also available, Technician Update service.

LATCH Manual: from Safe Ride News

Up-to-date Recall Lists:

  Washington State Safety Restraint Coalition

   SafetyBeltSafe U.S.A www.carseat.org, select the "recalls" button.

   University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center 

    NHTSA, www.nhtsa.dot.gov, or 888-DASH-2-DOT 

CPS Training Coordinators & Instructors:

CPSTs need to know how to get the LATCH Manual, subscriptions to Safe Ride News, and access to our parent-oriented fact sheets that are perfect for use at CPS checkup events and educational sessions.

Safe Ride News offers state CPS Training Coordinators Safe Ride News catalogs and sample newsletters for training programs, state Child Passenger Safety conferences, and CPS Technician Update sessions.

Please let us know when you are planning a 32-hour (or other) CPS course, conference, or technician update and approximately how many participants you expect. We will ship our materials at no cost to you. Please allow 3 to 4 weeks lead time.

Ordering

To order please contact me by clicking here and indicating how many packets you need, where you would like the material sent to, by what date, and a daytime phone where I can reach you if necessary.

Thank you
Nancy
Safe Ride News Publications