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Sadly, if searching the National Child Passenger Safety Certification by county, sometimes you miss techs because the website does not recognize a city as being part of a county. My city is one of those, so the techs in my city can only be found by searching either city or state.
On the plus side, my husband’s employer has a couple of certified techs among the security guards and they make free inspection appointments. People might want to check if that is a benefit they have available. (On the negative side, she told me that my RF kiddo needed her straps above her shoulders, but hopefully you get accurate advice.)
That’s a great benefit! We always emphasize to our tech candidates in class that they should attend our public events to get more experience before they go and do installs on their own, but life gets in the way and we don’t see them very often :(. The skills we teach in class are only the basics and it’s so important to keep them fresh and to use them.