Hands-on Assessment

The lead instructor is responsible for submitting hands-on pass/fail scores for each technician candidate at the end of the course. Students must pass all skills assessments, including vehicle occupant protection system identification, selecting and securing child restraints, and identifying misuse in order to pass the overall hands-on section of the course.

For skills assessments, an instructor candidate may sign off/grade students under the supervision of their mentor using their T#. Their mentor will sign behind the IC.

Each student has three opportunities to pass each skill assessment. Should the student fail any section of any assessment, he or she is not eligible for certification and must re-take and pass a certification course to become certified.

Checkup Event

The lead instructor is responsible for submitting checkup pass/fail scores for each technician candidate at the end of the course. Each technician candidate must actively participate, demonstrating correct technical skill and appropriate communication at a safety seat checkup event to pass this section of the course.

Written Exam

On-site Scoring

The lead instructor is responsible for overseeing all quiz grading and entering a final grade online. The instructor team is equally responsible for ensuring that under no circumstances is a student exam answer sheet modified by any student, member of the instructor team or other person, except in the case of a grading discrepancy as described in the exam administration guidelines.

The lead instructor must be extremely careful when entering grades online to be sure they are accurate and correct.

Once student scores are entered online, the lead instructor must keep the Course Grade Sheet as a record of the student grades and may destroy any used tests.

PLEASE NOTE: Once answer sheets are turned in after each quiz, they are not to be returned to any student for any reason.

Special Needs and Accommodations

Students with special needs should send a written request to the lead instructor before the start date of the course, documenting the need and specifying the accommodation requested. Most accommodations may be made on-site at the discretion of the instructor team.

For any accommodations given, please note the student's name and a description of the accommodation and return this with the unused materials and at the conclusion of the course.