Recertification Information

• Meet these requirements and record the activities in your online profile:
  • Conduct all five different types of seat checks 
  • Participate in at least one community education (checkups, community workshop, educational session)
  • Participate in at least six continuing education units (CEUs). As part of ongoing quality assurance, you may be randomly selected for a CEU audit. Keep proof of content and completion of CEUs handy for three months after you recertify. You can monitor your audit status in your online profile.
    • CEU options
  • If you are an instructor, complete 20 Certification/Certification Renewal Testing Course teaching hours. At least 10 of the 20 hours must be earned through lecturing or hands-on teaching of the full Certification Course. The other 10 may be earned from mentoring or teaching the Certification Renewal Testing Course.
• Pay the recertification fee. The recertification fee is $55 for technicians/ instructor candidates and $60 for instructors. A detailed fee table is available on this website under Resources-FAQs/Fees. Check your online profile if you are not sure when your certification expires.

• You must complete all recertification requirements, including paying the recertification fee, on or before the expiration date of your current certification.

• How to Recertify Online: Step- by- Step PDF

• Technician Recertification tracking tool

*Information from https://cert.safekids.org/i-am-a-tech/recertification 

Recertification Fee Scholarship 

Through a grant from the WisDOT (Wisconsin Department of Transportation), a limited number of scholarships are available for the Child Passenger Safety Technician/ Instructor recertification fees. All recertification requirements must be completed before submitting your application for the recertification scholarship. Applications must be submitted and awarded prior to finalizing your renewal on the certification site. Applications must be submitted at least 1 month prior to your technician/ instructor expiration date.

Scholarship Eligibility:

If your lead agency is able to pay your recertification fee, we respectfully ask that they do so.  We reserve the right to limit the number of scholarships an individual organization is awarded. This will free up the scholarships for other individuals who are not affiliated with an agency or whose agency is not able to support the cost. 

1. Technician/ instructor must live in WI.
2. Technician/ instructor must participate in at least two car seat installation activities with an instructor present.
3. Technician/ instructor must participate in at least two additional car seat installation activities (instructor presence not required)

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