I've known a few people that had this training, and the opportunity to take it has popped up.

I think what intrigues me about it is the class is FOUR DAYS LONG.

I can't begin to fathom how it can take 4 days to learn how to properly install child safety seats.

Anyone here done this? Honestly I've got too much going on that I can't even keep up with to take it, but the whole 4 days thing absolutely baffles me.

Maybe if the goal of the course is to teach one how to correctly install every car seat under the sun in every vehicle under the sun. (And this might make sense for someone whose job it is to help new parents figure out their gear.) Otherwise, that is insane.

If there is latch available in the car, use the latch, otherwise thread the seatbelt as shown in the instructions (and likely on the seat). If you are a belt and suspenders type of person and the seat/car configuration allows for it, you can do both. Figure out where best to anchor the tether. In general, attach everything before tightening anything. Kneeling in the seat with your back against the roof can allow you to thoroughly compress the seat cushions and tighten the living crud out of the seat attachments. Most importantly, RTFM (Read The Fine Manual).

It really isn't rocket science. I can't imagine more than a half hour of one on one instruction to dial one person in on a seat. I can't imagine why there would be a four day class.

Just guessing, but it might be 4 days to become a certified instructor for car seats.

We are becoming a dumb/lazy nation. I know of a few people that took the class,work related and said it could be done in a couple hours. It is amazing to me at how many people in this country cannot read directions that come with a product and do it themselves. I have installed many seats when my kids were growing up and never had a problem. Now my tin foil hat time, it is another way of the government saying we will provide for your needs so you don't have to do anything.

Four DAYS? Wow - sounds considerably excessive.

That said, I'm glad there's no video record of when my wife and I attempted to put a car seat for our grandchild into first her vehicle then mine. Yikes. Comedy o' Errors! Little did we realize that cars now come with pre-installed hooks specifically for car seat installation.

In our defense, it had been about 20 years since we'd had to personally deal with a car seat haha.

The national CPS (Child Passenger Safety) car seat installation tech course is 3 to 4 days long:

http://cert.safekids.org/certification-course

I can't imagine any end user course being more than an hour long. Talk about overkill!

Our Fire Dept. quit installing car seats because of all the update classes required. It began to become too much of a liability if you didnt have the update class because XYZ car seat has a new buckle.

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I thought the instructions would be printed on the box.

Sounds to me like .gov is behind this.

It literally takes me 5 minutes to put the grand-childrens' car seat in SWMBO rear seat.

Four days? Only if under contract to the DOT.

RMD

Uhhh, say what?