First Aid Instructor Development Transfer
Our Instructor Transfer Pathway recognizes your current and past training/experience and gives you a fast track to certification. For Instructor candidates who have instructional experience with another program/agency, or as an elementary/secondary school educator, we provide options which allow candidates to transfer their previous learnings to become an Instructor with the Red Cross First Aid Program.
Depending on your training background, there are two pathways to become a certified Instructor outlined below. Each of the completion criteria of the IDP must be met; however candidates receive recognition for some learning components gained through previous experience. Certification is valid for three years.
This is an application process through Instructor Development Centres.
Option 1: Instructor Candidates with Previous First Aid Instruction Experience
Candidates with a current Instructor level certification through another recognized First Aid training agency will follow the Instructor Development Pathway above, however they will not be required to complete Step 3.
Option 2:
Candidates with previous experience as a Canadian Red Cross Water Safety Instructor/Instructor Trainer or are an educator (elementary or secondary level) will follow the Instructor Development Pathway above, however they will not be required to complete the in-class component of Step 2.
Resources
- Fundamentals of Instruction – First Aid Programs (online component)
- Fundamentals of Instruction – First Aid Programs (ebook)
- Fundamentals of Instruction – First Aid Programs Workbook
- Instructor Guide (discipline specific)
- Participant level products
- Boulevard (online instructional resources)
- The Teaching Experience – First Aid Programs (online component)