DOHA: With a majority of parents still ignorant about fixing the child’s car seat and need help to get it right, Kulluna, the national safety campaign, will host its next Child Passenger Safety Technicians (CPST) work shop in January.
The CPST is being held by Kulluna most importantly that proper use of child car seats could prevent deaths and serious injuries among children due to road traffic accidents.
To encourage parents to actually use these seats, Kulluna (all of us) – Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC)’s safety initiative, in conjunction with Safe Kids worldwide – is training volunteers to become child car seat technicians and instructors.
Anyone above the age of 18 years is eligible to register for the course, but its compulsory to attend every part of the course, earn passing grades for three sets of tests with written quizzes, hands-on skills assessments and a checkup event.
The course will be held between January 11 and January 14. Interested applicants could apply through http://kulluna.qa/campaigns/car-seat-safetycpst/.
The course and all official written documentation and correspondence for CPST certification are only available in English.
The course combines classroom instruction, indoor and outdoor hands-on activities, skills assessments with car seats and vehicles, and a community safety seat checkup event.
To pass the combined quizzes, a candidate must answer at least 42 out 50 questions correctly, which means a passing score of at least 84 percent.
Instructors will test the candidates with three hands-on skills assessments, and will award a grade of either pass or fail following each assessment.
The checkup event includes analyzing the skills learned during class, the ability to follow event procedures and instructions, proper use and installation of child restraints and safety belts and the ability to teach parents and caregivers how to properly protect their family on the road.
According to Kulluna, more than half – some 54 percent – of deaths among children up to four years old in Qatar are caused by traffic accidents, but with the proper use of child carseats, many of these deaths are entirely preventable.
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