Child Passenger Safety Technicians
Training and Recertification
If you are thinking about taking the CPS Certification Course or the CPS Renewal Testing Course, you can check the timing and location first by searching for courses. Once you find a course you would like to attend, you will be prompted to either log in or to make a new onine profile.
Child Passenger Safety Technician Training
Next training:
Summer 2026, dates and location TBD.
Visit the Safe Kids certification website to sign up for notifications when a course opens in your area. Click on BECOME A TECH.
For questions: lisa.dau@kapiolani.org or ktessier@hawaii.edu.
Continuing Education
Part of being a CPS technician is managing your certification, and it is all done through your CPS online profile. If you ever forget your password, just follow these instructions and you can retrieve it.
Keeping track of your certification is a requirement for working as a CPS technician, and you may do this in your CPS online profile. If you forgot your password, you can recover it on the Certification Home page.
UPCOMING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
2026 Lifesavers Conference on Road Safety – April 19-21, 2026, Baltimore, MD
2026 Hawaii CPS Tech Update
July 10 – Kihei Police Station, Maui, HI
July 13 OR July 14 – Shriners Children’s Hawaii, Honolulu, HI.
Featuring Joe (Joseph) Colella, Director of Child Passenger Safety, Baby Safety Alliance (JPMA).
Information on registration, etc. will be sent out to currently certified Hawaii CPSTs.
2026 Kidz in Motion International CPS Conference – August 26-28, 2026, Wilmington, NC
CPST CEU and COMMUNITY EDUCATION RESOURCE
The CPS Learning Portal is a project of the National Safety Council. This is an evidence-based, interactive training that boosts your child passenger safety knowledge and skills.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
The National Digital Car Seat Check Form is a free HIPAA-compliant resource available to all certified Child Passenger Safety Technicians. CPSTs and program managers can easily download their seat check data in a format that reduces reporting burdens, allows for monitoring trends, and tracking car seat distributions. Sign up for a FREE ACCOUNT today!
LOCKED OUT OF YOUR ACCOUNT? Did you recently re-certify?
Visit NDCF to re-activate your account