Teaching

First Aid IT

First Aid Instructor Trainers teach, evaluate and certify First Aid Instructor candidates. First Aid ITs are experienced and knowledgeable First Aid Instructors and First Aid Examiners.

Prerequisites: Certification and experience as a First Aid Instructor and First Aid Examiner. Do you have the prerequisites?

First Aid IT candidates should have significant experience teaching and examining the Society's Standard First Aid award before applying for First Aid IT status.

IT clinic: Attend a generic Instructor Trainer clinic of approximately 10-14 hr. classroom and water instruction.

Apprentice: Apprentice with an experienced First Aid Instructor Trainer on at least 1 First Aid Instructor course. After completion of apprenticeship, submit your completed First Aid IT Training Record with the appointment fee to the Society's office.

Required reference material: Instructor Notes, Notes for Instructor Trainers, Canadian First Aid Manual, First Aid Award Guide, First Aid IT Training Record.

Costs: In addition to the required reference materials, an appointment fee is payable to the Lifesaving Society and submitted with your Training Record. Organizers will charge a fee to cover the cost of running the Instructor Trainer clinic.

Recertification: Instructor Trainers remain current by recertifying with 24 months of the last certification date. Recertification is through the Lifesaving Society professional development credit system. Is it time to recertify?

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Lifesaving Factoid

Before establishing the Lifesaving Society, Willam Henry and Archibald Sinclair first asked the Royal Humane Society to undertake water rescue instruction using its own organization and staff. There was little interest. Henry and Sinclair then approached the Amateur Swimming Association, which formed a committee but nothing further was done. Undeterred, Henry and Sinclair convened a meeting on January 3, 1891, at Anderton's Hotel in London, of seven persons interested in everything that pertained to swimming. This was the nucleus of the worldwide organization that was to become the worldwide Lifesaving Society.