Start your lifesaving journey with clarity and confidence.
New Student Orientation Question/Answer and Mentoring Session helps Hawaii professionals and students understand local certification requirements, understand how the distribution works and how the advertising companies and internet pushes the classes, navigate the maze of providers, understand what one is buying when it comes to compliance and work required training and choose the right course for their role. Participants receive a $20 credit toward a future class.
New to the islands? Culture shock? The Local Uncle concept. How things work so much better if the Uncle explains it first.
Understanding Hawaii’s job market, understanding the various work cultures in Hawaii and aligning with what employers truly value is the key to your success. Tips on getting work done, productivity in groups and career management in Hawaii that improves lives and reduces wasted time.
We’ll cover Hawaii-specific workplace standards, how each industry has a different requirement or multiple requirements, renewal timelines, and how Fast CPR™ classes accommodate busy professionals with focused, efficient, hands-on training.
New Student Orientation — Key Points
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Welcome & Aloha Introduction
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Overview of Fast CPR’s mission, values, and community impact
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What is it like being involved in the actual teaching part of the industry over three decades and how we can help you
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What exactly went through our minds every single time our loved ones needed to receive CPR from someone and why
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Some general ideas on classroom statistics and demographics
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Why we teach fun classes
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Expectations & Professional Conduct
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Punctuality — classes start exactly on time (no grace periods)
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Active participation — learning by doing, not just watching
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Teamwork and mutual respect — every student supports the group’s learning pace
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Understanding the Education & Training Distribution
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How Fast CPR provides training through community programs, employer partnerships, and professional-level courses
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The difference between required compliance training and voluntary community programs
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How each type of course contributes to the overall community safety mission
- How we work with curriculum providers and educational product distributors
- How our mission to bring training to public, our labor, our resources and our life's work helps other organizations
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Understanding eLearning/Skills Testing and Classroom Instruction
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Explanation of blended learning: completing eLearning modules before hands-on sessions
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Classroom Course Expectations — teamwork, physical skills practice, and immediate feedback from instructors
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How eLearning and classroom learning complement each other
- How to decide which learning route to take
- Blended learning or Full Classroom course. Why you are the most important component in the choice and not the product or the service
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Understanding the Schedule
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Check-in time and classroom access rules
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Basic situational awareness, and rescheduling processes. Classroom case studies and real life examples.
- Basic tips on managing professional training appointments
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Compliance & Certification
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Course requirements for AHA or equivalent certifications
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eCard issuance timelines and verification
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How to maintain your certification and renewal reminders
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Kamaʻāina & Professional Values
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How kamaʻāina values relate to reliability and responsibility
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Understanding local professional expectations vs. “myths” (e.g., “island time,” “Aloha Friday,” "Normal Late.")
- Understanding what happens in some cases when someone else pays for the training.
- Understanding what happens in some cases when the course is required by the employer — on a day off and it's time to do the laundry.
- Changing jobs, careers, majors at the speed of light after signing up and how to change course types
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Classroom Etiquette
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No phone use, texting, or outside distractions during training
- Amazing true stories about texting we heard during a support calls, that we can not un-hear
- Productivity hacks: How texting done by others increases the amount of work you do to get it done.
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Respecting others’ time and focus
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Safety & Emergency Preparedness
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Feedback & Continuous Learning
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Closing
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Mahalo for your punctuality, professionalism, and teamwork
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“We paddle together” — your success contributes to community safety
Our approach reflects the standards employers value most: reliability, respect for others’ time, and readiness to act when it matters. Join a learning culture built on commitment, punctuality, teamwork, and active participation—with aloha and respect for everyone’s time.
Our orientation helps you prepare for success, understand the training market, understand expectations, and become part of a learning culture built on aloha, respect, and accountability to fellow participants.
Investment: $20 (credited toward your next class)
Session Length: 30-minute in-person orientation
Format: In-person at our downtown Honolulu training center
- Friday, November 28, 2025 at 3:00 PMVIP Events - Fast CPR 1188 Bishop Street Suite 1110 - Classroom 1
- Friday, December 5, 2025 at 3:00 PMVIP Events - Fast CPR 1188 Bishop Street Suite 1110 - Classroom 1
- Friday, December 12, 2025 at 3:00 PMVIP Events - Fast CPR 1188 Bishop Street Suite 1110 - Classroom 1
- Friday, January 9, 2026 at 3:00 PMVIP Events - Fast CPR 1188 Bishop Street Suite 1110 - Classroom 1
- Friday, January 16, 2026 at 3:00 PMVIP Events - Fast CPR 1188 Bishop Street Suite 1110 - Classroom 1
- Friday, January 23, 2026 at 3:00 PMVIP Events - Fast CPR 1188 Bishop Street Suite 1110 - Classroom 1
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