BLS INSTRUCTOR CANDIDATE:
Agency: American Heart Association
Course Cost: $300 Instructor Course + $175 Instructor Package ($50 Non Refundable security deposit is required upon registration. This will be applied to course cost.)
(Includes BLS Instructor Manual, BLS Course DVD & Student Workbook). Purchase package during registration or bring your own to class. Many Instructors choose to pay to have it shipped to them for an additional $15.
If you wish to also instruct the Heartsaver course, you will need to purchase: Heartsaver Course DVD ($200) + Heartsaver Instructor Manual ($70).
Getting Started:
1. PROCESS OF BECOMING A BLS INSTRUCTOR:
- Be accepted by an AHA Training Center (TC) prior to enrolling in the Instructor Course and have a completed Instructor Candidate Application on file with that Training Center (Details below in section 6)
- Have a current American Heart Association BLS Provider Card and be proficient in all the skills. BLS Provider may NOT be taken online-MUST BE CLASSROOM COURSE.
- Prior to class, complete the BLS Instructor Essentials Online and print the Certificate of Completion (Details below in section 4)
- Successfully complete the BLS classroom Instructor Course
- Successfully complete teaching a monitored BLS Course within three (3) months of completing the classroom Instructor Course (Details below in section 6)
2. PREREQUISITES:
- BLS Instructors must be at least 18 years of age
- Have a current American Heart Association BLS Provider Card and be proficient in all the skills. BLS Provider may NOT be taken online-MUST BE CLASSROOM COURSE.
- Complete the BLS Instructor Essentials Online and print the Certificate of Completion to the Instructor class. (Details below in section 4)
- Align with an AHA Training Center accepting new Instructors (Details below in section 6)
3. REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT:
Registration and payment for the BLS Instructor Course MUST be received prior to class. Register early, classes fill up quickly. There are no reservations without payment. Class confirmation, directions, and Instructor Essentials keycode are sent by email. Because the BLS Instructor Course covers a lot of material in a relatively short time, advanced preparation is required.
NOTE: All classes have an enrollment cutoff date. Registering after the cutoff date results in a late fee.
4. BLS INSTRUCTOR ESSENTIALS Required:
Completion of the Instructor Essentials Course is required to become an AHA Instructor.
The BLS Instructor Essentials is designed to prepare the Instructor Candidate to teach AHA Instructor-led and blended learning courses, show how to adequately use AHA Instructor teaching materials, ensure that students meet learning objectives, offer student coaching skills, provide an objective skills performance evaluation, and follow AHA Instructor and course policies. The Instructor Essentials Course is an online, self-directed, and discipline-specific course. A keycode is emailed to access the Essentials Course. The BLS Instructor Essentials is a one-time-only requirement.
Continuing education credits are offered by AHA for the BLS Instructor Essentials Course.
Upon completion of the BLS Instructor Essentials Course, the Instructor Candidate prints a Certificate of Completion which must be brought to the classroom Instructor Course.
All keycode sales are final. The keycode cannot be returned once it is issued.
5. TEXTBOOK/ MANUAL POLICY:
AHA policy states, "Each student must have the current, appropriate textbook readily available before, during, and after the course." The BLS Instructor Manual (20-1103) MUST be brought to the class.
The BLS Instructor Manual may be purchased from Code One Safety, LLC. The manual can be picked up prior to class or mailed for an additional fee. ***Orders placed fewer than 7 days prior to the class date may not arrive in time.***
6. TRAINING CENTER ALIGNMENT:
American Heart Association requires Instructor Candidates to align with an authorized Training Center that is accepting new Instructors when signing up for an Instructor Course. Code One Safety, LLC automatically aligns all Instructors who take Instructor Courses and does not charge an additional alignment fee.
If Instructor is aligned with another Training Center, please inform Code One Safety, LLC in advance and bring a completed Instructor Candidate Application to class signed by that Training Center's Training Center Coordinator.
7. COURSE MONITORING:
Instructor status is granted and an Instructor card is issued after the Instructor successfully completes the Instructor Course and demonstrates teaching skills while being monitored during a BLS Provider Course. The monitoring must take place within three (3) months of completing the BLS Instructor Course. If the Instructor is aligned with another Training Center, monitoring will be done and Instructor Card issued by that Training Center.
Open Enrollment Classes are currently being taught at our Murfreesboro location ONLY.
*** Suite 103B in the same parking lot as Bombshells Hair Studio in the back on the complex on the right next to State Farm.
We are not currently teaching Open Enrollment classes in Nashville or Chattanooga!