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Plain answers to the questions people ask before they book: what counts, how long a certificate lasts, and how a blended course works. Where an answer rests on a regulation or a standard, the article names it, and each one ends with a source you can check yourself.
Blended first aid training: what you do online and what you do in class
The theory is done online at home, at your own pace. The hands-on skills are done in one class at our Barrie centre. The online part has to be finished first.
Read the article →CPR and first aid certificates: how long they last and how to renew them
First aid is valid 3 years and CPR on its own 1 year. CPR is renewed by taking the course again. Recertification renews Intermediate First Aid in a shorter course, once per certificate, while it is still valid.
Read the article →Is an online CPR or first aid certificate valid in Ontario?
Online theory is fine, and our own courses use it. What an Ontario workplace asks for is a certificate from a course with a hands-on day, run under a WSIB-approved program.
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