Babysitting Training
Mainland Safety's Red Cross Babysitting course is an in-person class for youth aged 11 to 16 that teaches child care, leadership, managing difficult behaviours, and first aid, including baby and child CPR. Classes run across the Lower Mainland, including Surrey, Langley, Burnaby, and Abbotsford. Call +1-604-617-0211 to register.
Babysitting Training
The refreshed Canadian Red Cross Babysitting course now emphasizes First Aid skills. It covers managing challenging behaviors, leadership, and professional conduct. This updated curriculum enhances older youth’s sense of responsibility when caring for younger children. With new scientific insights, it improves learning about providing appropriate care during emergencies.
Course Contents
- How to be responsible and demonstrate leadership
- How to make good decisions and manage difficult behaviours
- Information on children’s developmental stages, and specific strategies for each stage
- How to feed, diaper, dress, and play with children and babies
- How to recognize and prevent unsafe situations, make safe choices and promote safe behaviours
- First aid skills
- The business of babysitting
What you will learn
- Check, Call, Care (includes phoning EMS/911)
- Glove removal
- Recovery position
- Conscious choking (adult/child/baby/alone)
- CPR (baby/child), illness, asthma (includes use of inhaler and spacer), anaphylaxis (includes use of EpiPen), poisoning, insect stings, wound care (i.e. minor cuts and scrapes, splinters, nosebleeds, bumps and bruises, life-threatening bleeding, burns), head, neck and back injuries, broken bones, seizures
Who can attend
- Minimum 11 years of age (or completion of Grade 5)
- Maximum 16 years of age
Group/Private classes? Could your organization or school gain from this training?
Course Dates
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| Babysitting (In Person) – Saturday, October 17, 2026 – Langley |
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| Babysitting (In Person) – Sunday, October 18, 2026 – Abbotsford |
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| Babysitting (In Person) – Saturday, November 07, 2026 – Burnaby |
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| Babysitting (In Person) – Saturday, November 14, 2026 – Langley |
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| Babysitting (In Person) – Friday, November 20, 2026 – Abbotsford |
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| Babysitting (In Person) – Monday, November 23, 2026 – Richmond |
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| Babysitting (In Person) – Friday, November 27, 2026 – Chilliwack |
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| Babysitting (In Person) – Sunday, November 29, 2026 – Port Coquitlam |
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| Babysitting (In Person) – Sunday, December 06, 2026 – Burnaby |
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| Babysitting (In Person) – Sunday, December 06, 2026 – Burnaby |
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