First Aid Response – Instructor Course

The First Aid Response Instructor (Responder Instructor) Standard is set out in full in the PHECC  Teaching Faculty Framework. The Responder Instructor Standard includes tuition in instructional methods and a period of supervised teaching practice.

Entry criteria:
a) Certification in First Aid Response or evidence of PHECC practitioner registration.
b) Valid CFR instructor certification and this must be maintained.

Course Duration:
The instructional methods component is no less than 2 days/12 hours, followed by a period of supervised teaching practice. The period of supervised teaching practice is not dictated and may be extended until the specific learning outcomes are achieved. The typical pathway is to assist on the first course, part teach the second and deliver a third independently while being monitored.

Certification:
Persons who successfully complete the 2-day First Aid Response Instructor course plus the additional supervised teaching practice and evaluation will be certified as a First Aid Response instructor. Award of joint PHECC/RECFIRSTAID LTD First Aid Response Instructor cards/certificates by the recognised institution is mandatory. Certification lapses after 2 years.