Red Cross Youth Leader Instructor

Step 1: Prerequisites

Youth Leader

• Minimum age of 18 y/o (or 16-17 y/o with adult support)

• Red Cross Standard First Aid & CPR/AED Level C certification or equivalent
• Step 2: Fundamentals of Instruction Youth Leader Online 

Completion Criteria:

• Completion of the online component (Fundamentals of Instruction for Youth Leaders)

Step 3: Teaching Experience

• Classroom Can vary – up to 3 attempts allowed 

Completion Criteria:

• Completion of a Teaching Experience (unless meet exceptions listed below)

• Successfully complete the classroom Teaching Experience within one year of

  completing Step 2 Fundamentals of Instruction

• Adhere to the Canadian Red Cross Standards of Behaviour

• Youth Leader candidates must complete a teaching experience with a Teaching

  Experience Supervisor; the following exceptions apply:

Step 4: Certification

• Valid for three years

• Youth Leaders are required to maintain current Standard First Aid with CPR C

  certification.

• Candidates are not required to purchase materials from original certification course

  unless the program has been revised.