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First aid training for teachers and school support staff
We provide a range of first aid training courses designed specifically for teachers, from a few hours to four days. Training is either focussed in-school (e.g. Lifesaver First Aid, Sports Injuries) or out-of-school for outdoor education activities, science field trips or DofE and overseas expeditions.
Location: School.
Duration: 6 hours to 4 days.
Often delivered with: Incident management and crisis team training.

First aid training for students
These lively, practical courses are designed for 11-18 year olds. Training not only gives students first aid skills, but also develops teamwork and leadership abilities. Courses vary from introductory level through to skills designed for DofE and overseas expedition members.
Location: School.
Duration: 4 to 16 hours.
Often delivered with: Travelwise.

Travelwise
This is an itinerary-specific health awareness course for students participating in an overseas expedition. Training centres around the theme of problem prevention, and includes hygiene-related illness, animal bites and stings, heat illness, fitness issues, psychological issues, malaria, altitude illness and incident management. The students work in small groups to devise problem prevention strategies, culminating in their ten golden rules for a healthy trip.
Location: School
Duration: Usually 6 hours.
Often delivered with: First aid training.

Incident management training
This course is designed for school staff, both on school premises and on off-site trips with students. Training ensures that the staff and school's responses to an incident is effective and in line with best practice and LEA regulations. Training is centred on the school's policies and systems both for immediate management on the ground and liaison with next of kin, media, the LEA and other interested parties.
Location: School
Duration: Usually 1-2 days.
Often delivered with: Crisis team training.

Crisis Team training
This is training for the team tasked to deal with off-site incidents, often in an outdoor or adventurous activity context. Training incudes teamwork, leadership and communication elements and is ideal for teachers organising offsite trips and the senior management team wtihin the school.
Location: School
Duration: Usually 1 day.
Often delivered with: Incident management training.

Risk assessment training
Formal LEA-approved risk assessment qualifications for teachers organising offsite visits.
Off Site Safety Management: This is a 2-day training course culminating in a written exam.
Educational Visits Co-ordinator training: This is a 1-day training course.
Location: School
Duration: As above.
Often delivered with: Incident management and first aid training.

Outdoor qualifications
BELA, WGL and Mountain Leader awards; BCU kayak and canoe 'star' and coaching qualifications; Single Pitch Award; Indoor wall and low ropes course supervisor training; Personal Leadership Task facilitator training and other outdoor training courses are available.
Location: School-based or at other appropriate locations
Duration: 1-5 days.
Often delivered with: Risk assessment training.

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