Canadian Red Cross instructor certification is valid for 3 years. At the end of the 3 year cycle you must attend an instructor recertification workshop in order to upgrade and re-certify your instructor certification.
The content of the instructor recertification workshop is designated by the Red Cross, and changes every recertification cycle (every 3 years) to ensure that instructors are presented with new learning opportunities each time they attend the recertification course. Course content may include things like:
- Skill based practice, ensuring all instructors are teaching consistently and correctly.
- Information updates, providing you with new information you may need as an instructor (changes within the Red Cross, program changes, legislative changes, etc).
- Specific professional development lessons, designed to improve and enhance your capabilities as an educator.
Pre-requisites to attending an instructor recertification course:
In order to attend an instructor recertification workshop instructors must:
- Possess current instructor certification at the level they wish to re-certify (i.e. current First Aid Instructor, current Professional Responder Instructor, current Psychological First Aid Instructor, etc).
- First Aid and Professional Responder instructors must have taught a minimum of 3 Canadian Red Cross courses in the last 3 years. Psychological First Aid instructors must have taught a minimum of 1 Canadian Red Cross PFA course in the last 3 years. One course must have been taught in each discipline that the instructor wishes to re-certify instructor designation in.
Course Length (minimum teaching hours):
- First Aid & CPR Instructor Recertification: 6 hours
- Professional Responder Instructor Recertification: 6 hours
- Psychological First Aid Instructor Recertification: 4 hours
Course Completion Requirements:
- Meet all course pre-requisites to attend the recertification workshop.
- Attend and fully participate in 100% of the workshop (this includes active, directed contributions at all scheduled sessions).
- Successfully demonstrate selected discipline specific clinal and instructional skills.
- Adhere to the Canadian Red Cross Standards of Behaviour and the class’s group charter.
How long is the certificate good for?
Canadian Red Cross instructor certification is valid for 3 years.
How much does the course cost?
The Canadian Red Cross instructor recertification course costs $250 per participant.
The Red Cross mandates a minimum class size of 4 participants for this course, a minimum billing of 8 participants will apply to private group courses, and the Red Cross allows a maximum of 12 participants in each class.
Priority Care is not running individual enrolment public instructor recertification courses at this time.
Our courses are offered on a group course basis, and are available throughout the Greater Vancouver area (Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster, Port Moody, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Maple Ridge, Langley, Cloverdale, Surrey, White Rock, Delta, Richmond, North Vancouver, West Vancouver) and the Fraser Valley (Mission, Aldergrove, Abbotsford, Chilliwack).
Booking a group course:
If you would like to book a Red Cross instructor recertification group course for your organization please CONTACT US.