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certification

BLS / CPR Certification

American Heart Association

$70
exam fee · checked 2026-08
5 hrs
5 hours — about a week at 10 hrs/wk
2 yr
renewal cycle — this is a recurring cost

American Heart Association — official page →

Where it is actually asked for

Where it barely came up

It appeared in these samples, but rarely. If one of these is the job you want, this credential is probably not the thing standing between you and it.

These percentages describe the samples we read, listed above with their sizes and dates. They are not a statement about the whole labour market, and absence from this page means we have no evidence either way — not that the credential is worthless. How we know →