Those 400 installations should span a variety of cars, SUVs, and hatchbacks, as well as all the major car seat brands and restraint types. Any less, and the experience level simply isn’t sufficient.

The fitter also needs to be a current ACRI member, so they stay up to date with the latest issues around car seats and child restraints. VACC or RACV membership alone isn’t sufficient — that training isn’t continually updated by manufacturers. I’ve personally seen instances of members who weren’t even aware Isofix had been introduced, a full year after the new standard’s release, telling parents the seat they’d just bought was illegal in Australia.

Other instances of poor car seat knowledge included multiple customers being told their car had no anchor point, and no Isofix — when in every case, I was able to point out exactly where the anchor point and Isofix lower attachments actually were.