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Each year, the American Red Cross of the National Capital Area trains tens of thousands of individuals in lifesaving skills such as CPR and first aid. We provide HIV/AIDS education and water safety training for people of all ages and babysitting training for teens ages 11-15.
Hearing Impaired Classes Offered in March, April Adult CPR for Hearing Impaired, 3/28 and 4/25 Adult, Infant and Child CPR for Hearing Impaired, 4/19
The American Red Cross is also committed to stressing the importance to businesses of having employees that are certified in lifesaving first aid, CPR, and automated external defibrillator (AED) training.
If you are interested in obtaining health and safety training at your business, the Red Cross Workplace Training Program is perfect for you and your company.
Our Workplace Training Program has trained health and safety instructors coming to your place of business with all necessary materials, and conducting training classes at your convenience.
For more information about the Workplace Training Program, please contact us.
Businesses: Become an Authorized Provider
An Authorized Provider is an individual or organization that has a Red Cross trained instructor who can provide American Red Cross health and safety programs in-house. By becoming an Authorized Provider, you can build your own training team to teach health and safety courses to employees of your business or members of your organization. Contact Nancy Spiess at (703) 584-8700 or SpiessN@redcrossnca.org for information about these and other programs.
Individuals: Become an Instructor
Be part of the American Red Cross mission by teaching Health and Safety Services courses. Each year the American Red Cross teaches valuable lifesaving skills to nearly 12 million people, approximately 1 in 23 Americans. But we can't do it alone. We need your help because you have a gift you can give to others . . . your time, your knowledge, your experience.
Become an American Red Cross instructor and you can--
Make a difference in others' lives as well as your own
Train co-workers and others in your company or organization
Give your time to help others learn to save lives
Teach a variety of courses including first aid, CPR, child care, and more
Gain valuable teaching experience and receive great training
Put years of valuable teaching experience to good use
Benefit from top-notch Red Cross materials that make learning and teaching easy and fun.
Click here for a listing of available Instructor Training classes.
Health and Safety Classes
The American Red Cross of the National Capital Area has an urgent need for Sign Language Interpreters. Each year, the National Capital Area Chapter trains tens of thousands of individuals in lifesaving skills such as CPR and first aid. We provide HIV/AIDS education and water safety training for people of all ages and babysitting training for teens 11-15.
If you are interested in becoming a volunteer in this area, please visit our how to volunteer to start the process of becoming a volunteer with our chapter.
Select the course type you are seeking below. You will be presented with a list of classes available for that course type and may choose the date, time and location that are suitable to you. To view descriptions of the available courses, click the category title or the
icon. You may also view all class descriptions or see the complete listing of available classes.
AVAILABLE NOW - ONLINE TRAINING!
We are proud to announce that you have a new training option. You can take the CPR, First Aid and other Red Cross training online then simply come in to the chapter to complete your skills training. For more information and to register please click here.
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