How much supervision is needed to evaluate a technician candidate’s participation at the course check up event?
Completing the check up event requires the student to participate in at least a two-hour event with an instructor from the certification course roster directly observing the technician candidate. The instructor must be able to sign off that the family was provided appropriate recommendations and the family is able to demonstrate that they are confident and competent to install their children’s seat properly. This includes the whole process from introduction through selection, direction, location, and installation. The Instructor should then provide constructive feedback in this learning experience. Generally, there should be at least 1 Instructor to every 5 technician candidates. It is not appropriate to allow the technician candidate to perform these tasks independent of direct supervision, i.e. a student works independently and then an instructor comes along to sign off that student. The seat installation may be correct but the information or how the family was educated is unknown. O
