CHILD CAR SEAT FITTING TRAINING

Back To Basics: Transporting children safely for every trip

• The legal obligations around transporting children
• An overview of current legislation and the Australian Safety Standards
• The different types of restraints (capsules, convertible seats, forward-facing harnessed seats, and boosters), and how to select the most appropriate option based on the child’s age, size, and needs
• Common installation errors and how to avoid them
• How to adjust harnesses and install restraints correctly in a variety of vehicle types
• Risk management strategies and documentation practices
• Age-appropriate transition from restraints to booster and adult seating
• Factors affecting restraint performance such as low birth weight, incorrect harness use, or recline angle

This 3-hour professional development workshop offers a 1-hour child car restraint presentation and a 2-hour practical skills session. 

Kidsafe Staff can also complete an audit of your child car restraints to ensure they are in good condition and appropriate for the ages of children you are transporting. We can also recommend and supply new child car restraints where necessary.

Cost:  $1,150 including GST per session for up to 15 participants AND includes a complimentary Behavioural Management Kit per organisation. (15 participants = $77 per person)  For less than 5 participants please contact 3854 1829 for pricing. 

Travel Costs will be applicable if outside the Brisbane CBD. 

Duration: 3 hours

Do you work with children or adults with behavioural or postural concerns? 

Kidsafe QLD is the national distributor for Mobility Engineering postural and behavioural harnesses and as a NDIS approved provider can conduct consultations for safe seating solutions or product trials.   

We also deliver professional development workshops for Allied Health professionals wanting to expand their knowledge of safe seating for complex conditions or behaviours. 

Disability Safe Seating Solutions Workshop

This advanced one-day training course provides participants with the knowledge and skill to competently trial, recommend, modify and check child car restraints in vehicles in accordance with AS/NZS 4370:2013 – (Restraint of children with disabilities or medical conditions in motor vehicles). This workshop includes demonstration of a range of behavioural and postural support harnesses and discussion about the benefits in various scenarios. 

This workshop is highly recommended for occupational therapists and physiotherapists or community health carers who select, fit or use child car restraints for children with disabilities or medical conditions. 

Cost:  $1,072.50 including GST per session with a min of 5 and max of 10 participants
Travel Costs will be applicable if outside the Brisbane CBD. 

Duration: 3-4 hours 

Note: This course can be conducted as a professional development day for Allied Health professionals, however, if participants wish to prescribe seating solutions they should have completed Type 1 Child Car Restraint Fitting Course in addition to this workshop.