At Selkirk College in Castlegar, Canada, Cert in Red Cross First Aid and CPR Instructor Training is offered as a certificate in Emergency & Disaster Management programme. The programme runs for 2 weeks, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 1,700 per total for local students.
At a glance
Degree:Certificate
Field:Emergency & Disaster Management
Duration: 2 weeks
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 1,700 / total
Last checked September 2026 · Source: selkirk.ca ·
Program details
Overview
This program trains candidates to become certified Canadian Red Cross First Aid Instructors, a certification recognized across Canada and in demand among employers and training providers. Delivered through Selkirk College's Community Education and Workplace Training division, the training combines online and in-classroom components: an 8-hour online module, one day of Standard First Aid Skills Refresher, two days of Fundamentals of Instruction, and two days of Discipline-Specific Training. Completing this training prepares candidates for a subsequent Supervised Teaching Experience, which leads to full instructor certification. Admission is by application rather than open registration; applicants must hold a current, valid Standard First Aid certificate and pass a skills assessment of their First Aid and CPR abilities before being accepted. In-person sessions require students to bring their own laptop for the classroom components. It suits people already qualified in Standard First Aid who want to teach and certify others, such as workplace safety coordinators, recreation staff, or those looking to deliver first aid training as a service.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Before being accepted into this Instructor Training program, applicants must already hold a current, valid Standard First Aid certificate and pass a skills assessment of their First Aid and CPR abilities; no separate academic grades, minimum GPA or English-language test score are published for entry. Applicants complete a preliminary application, and the college sets an annual deadline for applications and prerequisite submissions ahead of each intake's online-course start. The training itself combines a Standard First Aid Skills Refresher day, an 8-hour online module, two days of Fundamentals of Instruction, and two days of Discipline-Specific Training, after which candidates undertake a Supervised Teaching Experience toward Red Cross Instructor certification.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Selkirk College's general programmes admit on a rolling, first-qualified-first-admitted basis: applications for Fall 2027 open 1 October 2026, Winter 2028 applications open 1 February 2027, and Spring 2028 applications open 1 June 2027, with no fixed closing date. Both domestic and international applicants apply through EducationPlannerBC, or international applicants may instead apply directly to Selkirk with a $100 application package; admission stays rolling until seats fill. The Bachelor of Science in Nursing is competitive-entry with its own published timeline for the 2027/28 intake. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
