Provide First Aid in an Education and Care Setting
HLTAID012
Nationally accredited qualification
9 hours
Online learning
+ practical workshop
Flexible delivery locations
Designed for teachers, early childhood and after school care workers, the Provide First Aid in an Education and Care Setting HLTAID012 course provides training in general first aid, with an in-depth focus on asthma and anaphylaxis management.
This nationally accredited course covers how to:
- manage common medical emergencies, such as vomiting, diarrhoea, fever, febrile seizures, strokes and diabetic emergencies
- perform back blows and chest thrusts for a choking infant and child
- understand medical action plans for allergies, anaphylaxis and asthma
- administer (placebo) auto-injectors of the Epipen and Anapen for anaphylactic reactions and Ventolin with a spacer for asthma attacks
- understand your legal duty of care and specific workplace requirements.
How you'll learn
We use the latest equipment from industry to empower you to be confident in saving lives. Our friendly and professional trainers will assist you and ensure you have the skills to pass.Blended delivery mode:
- 5 hours of self-paced online study
- face-to-face practical workshop
Varied delivery modes, such as face-to-face workshops or assessment only, are available for high schools and other stakeholder organisations. Contact us for details.
Assessment
You must complete the online course work and pass the quizzes at least 72 hours prior to the practical workshop.
Practical training dates
This program can be run at locations around Australia on request. Contact us for details. Locations require minimum numbers to go ahead.
A nationally accredited training course endorsed by the Australian Skills Quality authority.
The techniques you will learn are in line with the Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC) Guidelines.
This course meets the nominated workplace first aider requirements under the Safe Work Australia First Aid Code of Practice.
The Code of Practice recommends you undertake refresher training in CPR annually and first aid qualifications every 3 years.
A UQ campus. If you’re from outside UQ, contact us to arrange an alternative location.
Entry requirements
You must have the physical capacity to perform 2 minutes of uninterrupted CPR on the floor.
We recommend being at least 16 years of age to participate in this course.
Create your USI
You must provide a Unique Student Identifier (USI) before we can accept your enrolment.
Resources
2024 UQ Skills Student Handbook (PDF, 2.7 MB) (includes student support and policy information)
- Full fee: $120
- UQ staff fee: $110
Contact us to enquire about discounts for group bookings.
Disclaimer
Details are correct at the time of upload and are subject to change. UQ Skills reserves the right to change programs, subjects or costs or to cancel a program based on consideration of student numbers and resource allocation. Ensure that you understand the program, subjects, associated costs and fee liability prior to signing an enrolment form.
