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Certified Healthcare Transporter Instructor

Your facility’s credentialing authority.

The CHTI is the instructor credential in the national healthcare transport program. A CHTI delivers the CHT curriculum, assesses competency, signs off on credential issuance, and is the person surveyors ask about when they want to know how your transporters were trained.

Delivers CHT-1/2/3Competency assessmentCredentialing authorityNAHTM memberAccreditation-ready

What a CHTI does

  • Delivers the CHT-1, CHT-2 & CHT-3 curricula
  • Assesses competency against published items
  • Runs capstone validation
  • Manages the learner remediation pathway
  • Submits credential packages to ITC
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580+ instructors trained Across 189+ hospitals Owner of the CHT credential NAHTM-endorsed program ITC-issued & maintained CHTI-2 certified leadership

Figures reflect instructors trained across the program to date, not a current active count.

Without competent instructors, a credential is just paper

The CHTI is the credential’s transmission mechanism. It is how a national standard actually reaches your floor, and how you prove it.

The basics

What is a CHTI?

The Certified Healthcare Transporter Instructor (CHTI) is the instructor credential in the National Healthcare Transport Credentialing Program. A CHTI teaches the CHT credentials, conducts competency assessments, signs off on credential issuance, and serves as the facility’s credentialing authority for healthcare transport.

It is the bridge between practice and program: a current or former healthcare transporter trained to deliver the curriculum to others and assess their competency.

ITC trains CHTIs, issues the credential, and maintains the credential record. NAHTM membership is required at the CHTI level.

The role

What a CHTI actually does

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Delivers the curriculum

Teaches CHT-1, CHT-2, and CHT-3 in classroom, hospital-floor, or hybrid mode using official ITC decks, guides, books, and forms.

Assesses competency

Rates each learner Below Basic, Basic, Proficient, or Advanced against the published competency items per topic.

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Calibrates self-assessment

Works each learner through the Self-Assessment Tracker, comparing pre and post.

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Runs capstone validation

Critical Scenarios, the 18-checkpoint Final Validation observation, and the Culminating Performance Assessment.

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Manages remediation

When a learner does not yet pass, the CHTI runs reteach, reassess, and re-validate.

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Submits to ITC

Sends completed credential packages to ITC for review and issuance, on behalf of completing learners.

Accreditation

The name a surveyor asks for

If a surveyor asks a transporter, “Who trained you, and how do you know what to do?” the answer is your CHTI, and the documented CHT credential behind them.

A CHTI gives you standardized competencies, documented assessment forms, and a credentialing authority of record, not an informal, one-facility training story.

The difference

CHTI vs. a workplace trainer

A workplace trainer

Shows new staff how to do the job at one facility. Helpful, but informal, local, and undocumented.

A CHTI

Delivers a nationally credentialed program with standardized competencies, documented assessment forms, and submission accountability to ITC.

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The path

How to become a CHTI

Five requirements, one focused training program.

  • Active CHT credential (CHT-1, CHT-2, and CHT-3 complete)
  • Documented experience in healthcare transport
  • Completion of ITC’s CHTI Training program
  • Active NAHTM membership (required at the CHTI level)
  • $1,500 all-in, including materials

Applicants should already hold CHT-1, CHT-2, and CHT-3, or complete them before CHTI approval.

CHTI training covers facilitation craft, the Five-Stage Instructional Method (Introduction, Direct Instruction, Guided Practice, Applied Practice, Closure), competency assessment discipline, the remediation pathway, and the credential submission workflow.

Best fit

  • Active CHT holders ready to teach and assess
  • Experienced transporters who already train others
  • Facility training leads and educators

Not for

  • Transporters without CHT-1, CHT-2, and CHT-3 (complete those first)
  • One-off workplace trainers with no credentialing role
  • Anyone seeking the frontline credential (that is CHT)
Continuing competency

Maintaining the credential

5-year
renewal cycle
30
CE hours required across the cycle
$200
renewal fee

CE is earned through ImpactTrainingOnline.com modules, ITC and NAHTM credential development, and NAHTM conferences. Third-party CE is not accepted; certificates are issued through Certifier.io.

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Become your facility’s credentialing authority for healthcare transport. Training is delivered as a two-day virtual program, $1,500 all-in including materials.

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You will be able to

  • Deliver the national CHT curriculum
  • Assess and validate competency
  • Submit completed credential packages to ITC for review and issuance
  • Stand as your credentialing authority of record
  • Sustain the program year after year
The bigger picture

Part of a growing credential system

CHT is the foundation, from frontline transporters to leadership. The CHTI delivers it inside your organization, and a management credential, CPTMP, is in development. Credential submissions route to ITC at credentialing@impacttrainingcompany.com.

Who leads it

Led by the people behind the credential

Donald Sipp Jr. owns and advances the Certified Healthcare Transporter (CHT) credential and has spent more than two decades in patient transport and healthcare support operations.

He is CHTI-2 certified, and the CHT program is endorsed by NAHTM, with the credential record maintained by Impact Training Company. About Donald →

MBAPMPCHESPRESECHTI-2CMIP CHT Credential OwnerNational SpeakerHealthcare Author
For the facility

What your facility gains

  • Standardized onboarding for every transporter
  • Documented competency on file
  • Repeatable validation, the same standard every time
  • Stronger survey readiness
  • A credentialing authority of record
  • A program you can sustain in-house
FAQ

Common questions

What is a CHTI?
The instructor credential in the national healthcare transport credentialing program. A CHTI delivers the CHT curriculum, conducts competency assessments, signs off on credential issuance, and serves as the facility’s credentialing authority for healthcare transport.
How do you become a CHTI?
You need an active CHT credential (CHT-1, CHT-2, and CHT-3 complete), documented healthcare transport experience, completion of ITC’s CHTI Training program, and active NAHTM membership. Training is $1,500 all-in, including materials.
What does CHTI training cover?
Facilitation craft, the Five-Stage Instructional Method, competency assessment discipline, the learner remediation pathway, and the credential submission and credentialing workflow.
What does a CHTI do day to day?
Delivers the CHT-1, CHT-2, and CHT-3 curricula, assesses each learner against published competencies, runs capstone validation, manages remediation when a learner does not yet pass, and submits completed credential packages to ITC.
Why does a CHTI matter for accreditation?
If a surveyor asks a transporter who trained them and how they know what to do, the answer is the CHTI and the documented CHT credential. The CHTI is the facility’s credentialing authority of record.
How is a CHTI different from a workplace trainer?
A workplace trainer shows new staff the job at one facility. A CHTI delivers a nationally credentialed program with standardized competencies, documented assessment forms, and submission accountability to ITC.
How is the CHTI credential renewed?
On a five-year cycle, with 30 CE hours and a $200 renewal fee. CE is earned through ImpactTrainingOnline.com, ITC, and NAHTM channels; third-party CE is not accepted.
Is NAHTM membership required?
Yes. Active NAHTM membership is required at the CHTI level. It is optional for frontline CHT holders.
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