Community Instructor

Community Instructor is the qualification needed to deliver the Save a Life Series, RLSS UK’s Community Outreach Programme:

Who can deliver the Community Instructor Qualification?

Lifesaving Instructors (and Tutors)
Trainer Assessors (and higher)

What are the course pre-requisites?

By aged 16 years or older
Hold a current Life Support 3 Award (can be taken during this module). Candidates who hold medical qualifications will often have learned discipline specific CPR techniques, through completing the Life Support 3 Award all Community Instructors will be familiar with the RLSS UK approved techniques
Hold RLSS UK Membership. It is the Instructors responsibility to maintain this membership

How many candidates can you have on a course?

1 Instructor Tutor to 12 candidates (up to 24 candidates with 2 or more Instructor Tutors)

How long does it take to run this course?

Course duration is for guidance only and should reflect the needs of the candidates: 6 hours

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