Training and Instructor Requirements
- HCA Certification Checklist (Available in multiple languages)
- Community Instructor Qualification Requirements
- Continuing Education Requirements
You may be required to become a licensed private vocational school if you provide core basic training. Learn more.
Applying for the First Time or Updating a Training Program
- New Applicants Only
All courses, curriculum (training materials), and instructors must be approved by DSHS.
To be approved as a Community Instructor you are required to contract with the department.
Complete and submit the forms and documentation linked below.
- Contractor Intake Form
- Business license
- County(s) of Instruction Form
- Community Instructor Training Program Application and Updates form
- Community Instructor Application is required for each instructor applying for the following courses:
- Core Basic*
- Population Specific
- Nurse Delegation Core
- Nurse Delegation Diabetes
- Dementia Specialty Training**
- Mental Health Specialty Training**
- Traumatic Brain Injury Specialty Training**
- Diabetes Specialty Training**
*Instructors applying to teach Core Basic are required to submit a copy of the 4-hour DSHS Adult Education class.
**Instructors applying to teach Specialty Trainings are required to submit a copy of their certificates from those 8-hour classes and the 4-hour DSHS Adult Education class.
Visit our Find a Training Class page to locate DSHS Adult Education and Specialty Training in your area.
- Updating an Approved Training Program
All courses, curriculum, training materials and instructors must be approved by DSHS.
Complete and submit the forms and documentation linked below.
- Community Instructor Training Program Application and Updates (DSHS 15-551 PDF | Word)
- Community Instructor Application (DSHS 15-550 PDF | Word) is required for each instructor applying for the following courses:
- Core Basic*
- Population Specific
- Nurse Delegation Core
- Nurse Delegation Diabetes
- Dementia Specialty Training**
- Mental Health Specialty Training**
- Traumatic Brain Injury Specialty Training**
- Diabetes Specialty Training**
*Instructors applying to teach Core Basic are required to submit a copy of the 4-hour DSHS Adult Education class.
**Instructors applying to teach Specialty Trainings are required to submit a copy of their certificates from those 8-hour classes and the 4-hour DSHS Adult Education class.
Visit our Find a Training Class page to locate DSHS Adult Education and Specialty Training in your area.
- Identify or Develop Curriculum (Training Materials) to Use
All curriculum and training materials must be approved by DSHS before use. For all requests, a Community Instructor Training Program Application and Updates (DSHS 15-551 PDF | Word) must be submitted.
DSHS approved curriculum
- DSHS developed training materials available for download
- DSHS‑approved training developed by other approved Training Programs, including continuing education developers and businesses offering approved curriculum.
Approval for curriculum you developed
- Complete and submit the Curriculum Approval Application (DSHS 15-552 PDF | Word)
- Online training must meet DSHS Online Training Standards.
- Please do not submit more than 12 hours of continuing education curriculum for approval in a single application.