🩹 Become a Certified First Aid & CPR Instructor

Looking to teach Canadian Red Cross First Aid, CPR, and AED courses in your workplace, community, or as part of your own training business?

Our 2-day Canadian Red Cross First Aid Instructor (FAI) course is the next major step toward becoming certified to teach Red Cross First Aid and CPR programs.

This course is designed for candidates who have already completed their required Fundamentals of Instruction (FOI) components and skills evaluation before the course begins.

🧭 Here’s How It Works:

✅ Before the Course

• Complete FOI Online (approx. 8 hours) – Learn the foundations of instruction, facilitation, and adult learning
• Complete your In-Person Fundamentals of Instruction course
• Complete your Skills Evaluation – Demonstrate your First Aid, CPR, and AED skills before moving into the instructor course
• Ensure your participant-level First Aid certification is current and meets the requirements for the instructor pathway

*If you have not yet completed your FOI requirements or Skills Evaluation, please register through the “Instructor Programs” dropdown first.*

👩🏫 Day 1: Learning to Teach First Aid & CPR ORANGEVILLE ON

• Learn how to confidently deliver Canadian Red Cross First Aid and CPR programs
• Review Red Cross instructional resources, lesson plans, and course standards
• Explore effective facilitation techniques for different ages, abilities, and learning styles
• Learn how to create practical, engaging, hands-on First Aid training
• Review instructor responsibilities, documentation, and course administration

❤️ Day 2: Teaching Practice & Feedback

• Deliver Red Cross course content through teach-back activities
• Practise facilitating hands-on skills and scenarios
• Learn how to coach and correct participant skills effectively
• Receive feedback from your Instructor Trainer
• Demonstrate your ability to lead a safe, supportive, and effective learning environment

🎓 Post-Course: Teaching Experience — You Have 1 Year!

After successfully completing the 2-day instructor course, you’ll complete a Teaching Experience by co-teaching an eligible Canadian Red Cross course with an approved Teaching Experience Supervisor or Instructor Trainer.

This gives you the opportunity to put everything you have learned into practice with real participants while receiving support and feedback.

Once your Teaching Experience is successfully completed and all Red Cross requirements are met, you’ll receive your official Canadian Red Cross First Aid & CPR Instructor Certification.

📘 Course Includes:

• Digital Canadian Red Cross resources and eBooks
• Instructor workbook and teaching resources
• Lesson planning support
• Practice teaching and facilitation activities
• Scenario and skills guidance
• Support from Rural Rescue throughout your instructor pathway
• Access to applicable Canadian Red Cross instructor resources

🚑 What Can a First Aid & CPR Instructor Teach?

Once fully certified and appropriately appointed through a Canadian Red Cross Training Partner, your instructor certification can allow you to deliver eligible Red Cross programs within your instructor designation, including courses such as:

• Basic First Aid
• Intermediate First Aid
• CPR/AED
• First Aid recertification courses
• Other eligible First Aid & CPR programs within your Red Cross instructor designation

Your ability to teach specific programs is based on your current instructor certifications, participant-level qualifications, and Canadian Red Cross requirements.

💡 This 2-day instructor course is ideal for workplace trainers, first responders, healthcare professionals, educators, safety professionals, and anyone passionate about helping others build real-life First Aid confidence.

At Rural Rescue, we believe good First Aid training should be more than memorizing steps. We help our instructor candidates learn how to make training practical, relatable, hands-on, and relevant to the people sitting in front of them.

👉 Register today and take the next step toward becoming a Canadian Red Cross First Aid & CPR Instructor.