Instructor Training

Become an AHA Instructor
in West Covina, CA

Get your official AHA BLS Instructor credential, teach under our Training Center, and build a CPR business of your own. Taught by the people who run CPR training centers in 12 cities.

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AHA BLS Instructor Course

Course schedule and pricing

Every Saturday, 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM, at 100 N Barranca St, West Covina, CA 91791. Four seats per session, so you practice teaching instead of watching someone else do it. When a date is full, the calendar shows the next one.

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All materials included

$1,500
  • Seat in the Saturday instructor course
  • AHA Instructor Essentials online course (the required AHA prerequisite, fee covered)
  • AHA BLS Instructor Manual, yours to keep
  • AHA BLS Provider Manual
  • All in-class training equipment: manikins, AED trainers, bag valve masks
  • Instructor eCard processing after your successful monitoring session

Choose this if you want everything handled before class: your Essentials course and manuals are purchased for you, not left on your to-do list.

Bring your own materials

Course only

$750
  • Seat in the Saturday instructor course
  • Use of all in-class training equipment

You purchase the AHA Instructor Essentials online course and manuals separately, straight from the AHA. We email you exactly what to buy after you book. Choose this if you already own current manuals or prefer to buy your own.

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Before you start

One requirement, then who this path is for

A current AHA BLS Provider card

This is the one hard requirement. You cannot take the instructor course on an expired card. If yours has lapsed, take a BLS Provider class at any of our locations first, then come back to this page.

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Who usually takes this path

  • Nurses, EMTs, and medics adding teaching income on their own schedule
  • Gym, studio, and childcare owners who want certification handled in-house
  • Safety managers tired of booking outside trainers every year
  • People building a CPR training business of their own
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Three prerequisites, in this order

All three are AHA requirements, not ours. Numbers 2 and 3 are covered if you choose the All materials included option.

1
A current AHA BLS Provider card

Proof of current certification is required before the instructor course. If yours is expired, renew it at any of our locations first, then come back to this page.

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2
AHA Instructor Essentials online course

Complete this online course before your Saturday session. It is purchased directly from the AHA, and the fee is covered if you choose the All materials included option.

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3
AHA BLS Instructor Manual

The manual you will teach from, in class and in every course you run after. Included if you choose the All materials included option.

Purchase the manual from the AHA
How it runs

From booking to your Instructor eCard

Four steps. No mystery.

1
Book your Saturday
Pick a date, choose your materials option, and complete Instructor Essentials before class. We email you exactly what to do right after you book.
2
Attend the instructor course
Five hours in person with Training Center Faculty: how to run a class, coach skills, and handle rosters and eCards.
3
Teach your monitored class
We schedule your monitored first class with us. A faculty member observes your teaching and signs off.
4
Receive your Instructor eCard
Once monitoring is approved and your paperwork is verified, your AHA Instructor eCard is issued. You start teaching.
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After the course

The credential is step one. The business is the rest.

Most new instructors stall after certification, not before it. Everything below is productized from how we run our own training centers in 12 cities. Take one piece or take the stack: marketing, equipment, client acquisition, and business formation handled with us, not read about.

AHA class listing

We list your classes on the AHA website so students searching your city find you and book you.

$500
renews every 2 years

Website with local SEO

A launch-ready site built for bookings and local search, the same way we build the pages that rank for our own centers.

$500 one-time
+$25/month maintenance · Unlimited revisions for 1 month (then $100/hr)

Instructor Business Blueprint

The step-by-step playbook to set up, market, and earn your first dollar teaching classes.

$200

Office Pass membership

Stocked training rooms in 2,000+ locations nationwide at $20 to $30 per hour. Run classes without signing a lease.

$75/month

Mentorship

Weekly 1:1 calls until you make your first dollar as an instructor. Includes all add-ons above.

$2,500
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We make no income promises. What you earn depends on your market, your pricing, and the work you put in. What we promise is the delivery of everything listed on this page.

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Bonus

Free Red Cross Instructor bridging

All AHA Instructors trained with us are eligible to become Red Cross Instructors through our bridging program at no additional cost. Train once, teach under both certification bodies.

Common questions

Instructor course questions, answered

Instructor Application

Ready for the Saturday BLS course? Book your seat directly, no application needed. Use this form if you have questions first, or want a discipline other than BLS. We reach out personally.

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