NC Basic CPS Training/Educational Program

updated 11-15-05

The goal of North Carolina Child Passenger Safety (CPS) Basic Training course is to create an awareness of the importance of child passenger safety education in preventing deaths and injuries to children in car crashes and to provide participants with basic CPS knowledge and hands-on practice. The focus of this program is primarily on child restraints, but seat belt use for children and adults is discussed as well.

The student who successfully completes this course will have developed basic child passenger safety technical skills and have a basic standard of knowledge. Participants who attend the full course, designed to be taught over a two-day period, will receive a Letter of Completion. It will not result in a formal certification.

By the end of the course, participants should be able to:

• Understand and explain state law vs. best practice
• Educate others on child passenger safety issues
• Detect child passenger safety violations
• Identify resources
• Be able to say, "I don't know" when necessary
• Provide basic instruction to parents on correct child restraint use
• Assist at a child safety seat checkup clinic

Participants will NOT be able to:

• Serve as a Senior Checker at a Child Passenger Safety event
• Set up and coordinate a child passenger safety clinic without guidance of a Certified Technician
• Serve as a technical expert for the media
• Operate child restraint distribution program

To view a non-printable preview copy (pdf format) of the NC Basic Child Passenger Safety Training Program Participant Manual and agenda, click here.