Childcare First Aid Course in Orange - HLTAID012
HLTAID012 Provide First Aid in an Education and Care Setting - the first aid course for childcare centres, family day care, preschools, OSHC and schools, run every week at our training centre in the Orange Arcade. Do the theory online at home, then 2 hours hands-on with our trainers. $200, CPR included, valid 3 years, and we never cancel a course due to low enrolments.
Is this the right course? Book the childcare first aid course if you work in an education and care service - a childcare centre, family day care, preschool, OSHC or school - and your service needs the ACECQA-approved first aid, anaphylaxis and asthma training. Valid 3 years. Check with your service or regulator which units your role needs.
Not in education and care? Parents, workplaces and most other people need the first aid course in Orange instead - HLTAID011, $180, valid 3 years. Already hold a current HLTAID012 and just need your yearly CPR? Book the CPR course in Orange, $75. CPR is included in this course, so nobody books both.
No prerequisite - anyone can book. You'll need to be able to kneel on the floor and do CPR on a manikin. See Before you book below.
Childcare first aid course dates in Orange - book online
Every HLTAID012 childcare first aid course we're running in Orange is listed here with the date, price and places left. Pick your date, pay, and you're locked in. Weekly dates, and we never cancel a course due to low enrolments - if it's on the list, it's running.
After the standard first aid course, CPR only, or the calendar view of every course? Use our first aid and CPR booking page. Coming from Bathurst? You're welcome - it's about 50 minutes' drive and there's a date most weeks. See first aid courses for Bathurst.
Which course do you need?
Childcare and education first aid
$200
HLTAID012 First Aid in an Education and Care Setting
Online theory + 2 hrs face to face
Valid 3 years, CPR included. For childcare centres, family day care, preschools, OSHC and schools.
First Aid (includes CPR)
$180
HLTAID011 Provide First Aid
Online theory + 2 hrs face to face
Valid 3 years. For workplaces, parents and everyone outside education and care.
CPR only - your yearly refresh
$75
HLTAID009 Provide CPR
Online theory + 45 minutes face to face
Renew every 12 months. For people whose HLTAID012 or HLTAID011 certificate is still current.
What the childcare first aid course covers
One nationally recognised unit: HLTAID012 Provide First Aid in an Education and Care Setting. It covers everything in the standard first aid course (HLTAID011), including HLTAID009 Provide CPR, plus the extra ground an education and care service needs - asthma, anaphylaxis, and first aid for children and infants. It's the course on ACECQA's approved list for first aid, anaphylaxis management and emergency asthma management.
CPR and the defib - adults, children and infants
How to check someone who's collapsed, call Triple Zero (000), start CPR and use a defibrillator (AED). You'll practise on adult, child and infant manikins until it feels automatic.
Asthma, anaphylaxis and the emergencies you'll see with kids
Recognising an asthma attack and a severe allergic reaction and following the child's action plan, including the reliever puffer with a spacer and the adrenaline autoinjector (trainer devices on the day). Then choking, bleeding, burns, fractures, sprains, bites and stings, head bumps and febrile convulsions.
Taking charge until the ambos arrive
Working through DRSABCD, keeping the other children safe and calm, what to say to Triple Zero (000), handing over to the ambos, letting the family know, and the incident report your service needs afterwards.
It's practical from the minute you walk in. Our trainers have spent years in sport and health and run first aid for childcare centres, preschools and schools across the Central West, so the scenarios are the ones you'll actually face in a room full of kids. Everything follows current Australian Resuscitation Council (ANZCOR) guidelines.
Who does the childcare first aid course in Orange?
Most people in the room are there for one of these reasons:
- Educators and staff at childcare centres and long day care - new starters, and the team keeping their 3-year renewal up to date
- Family day care educators, who usually need the full set of first aid, anaphylaxis and asthma units in their own home
- Preschool, OSHC and vacation care staff
- Teachers, school support staff and anyone else whose service asks for the education and care first aid unit
- Students doing a childcare or teaching course who need HLTAID012 before placement
Not sure which units your role needs? Check with your service or regulator - then book the one they name. Not in education and care at all? You most likely need the first aid course in Orange (HLTAID011, $180) instead.
Before you book
No prerequisite
You don't need any previous training. First-timers and people renewing do the same course together, and plenty of educators in each group have never done first aid before.
You need to be physically up to it
This is a hands-on course. You'll be kneeling on the floor doing 2 minutes of uninterrupted CPR on a manikin, and practising on adult, child and infant manikins. If a knee, back or anything else makes that hard, give Scott a call on 0488 749 013 before you book and we'll talk it through.
Do the online theory first
When you book you'll get a login for the online theory. Work through it at your own pace on a phone, tablet or computer, and finish it before you come in - the face-to-face session is all practical, so there's no catching up on the day.
What to wear and bring
Comfortable clothes you can kneel and move in, and closed shoes. Bring photo ID (driver's licence, passport or student card). You'll also need a Unique Student Identifier (USI) - it's free, takes a few minutes online, and we can't issue your certificate without it. See our booking FAQs for how to get one.
How the childcare first aid course runs
- Book online. Pick a date from the list above, pay, and you're locked in. You'll get an email with your login for the online theory.
- Do the theory at home. Work through it at your own pace before course day. Finish it before you come in.
- 2 hours face to face in Orange. Hands-on practice with our trainers at the Orange Arcade training centre - CPR and the defib, the asthma and anaphylaxis scenarios, then the rest of the first aid you'd use with kids.
- Get assessed. Practical tasks on the day, including CPR on adult, child and infant manikins and a run of first aid scenarios with asthma and anaphylaxis in them, plus a short multiple-choice theory test and a first aid incident report.
- Certificate sorted. Your Statement of Attainment for HLTAID012 is issued by Allens Training once you've completed everything. Give a copy to your service, and put the CPR refresh in your diary - it's due every 12 months.
Booking for a whole centre, preschool or school? See the group section below - we'll come to you.
Childcare first aid training for your centre, preschool or school
Got a team to keep current? We run the HLTAID012 course on demand for childcare centres, family day care schemes, preschools, OSHC services and schools - at your service after hours or on a pupil-free day, or at our Orange training centre, on a date that suits you. Everyone does the online theory beforehand, then we come to you for the practical. One date, one invoice, everyone's certificate sorted together and your first aid register up to date in one go.
See our group and onsite first aid training page for how it works, or our first aid training for schools page if you're a school. Or send us a quick enquiry and we'll find a date.
Childcare first aid course in Orange - your questions
Which first aid course do I need for childcare?
For a childcare centre, family day care, preschool, OSHC or school, it's usually HLTAID012 Provide First Aid in an Education and Care Setting - this course, $200. It's on ACECQA's approved list for first aid, anaphylaxis and asthma. Your service or regulator will tell you exactly which units your role needs, so check with them first, then book the one they name. If they just say "a first aid certificate", HLTAID012 covers you.
What's the difference between HLTAID011 and HLTAID012?
HLTAID011 Provide First Aid is the standard first aid course most workplaces ask for ($180). HLTAID012 covers everything in HLTAID011 plus the education and care side: asthma and anaphylaxis emergencies and following a child's action plan, CPR and first aid for children and infants, and the reporting a service needs. Both are valid 3 years and both include CPR. If you work in education and care, book HLTAID012. If you don't, book the first aid course in Orange (HLTAID011).
How long is the childcare first aid certificate valid for? When do I renew CPR?
Your HLTAID012 certificate is valid for 3 years. The CPR part should be refreshed every 12 months - that's the 45-minute CPR course in Orange, $75. So most educators do the CPR refresh twice in between, then the full HLTAID012 course again when the 3 years is up. CPR is included in this course, so don't book CPR on top of it.
How long does the childcare first aid course take?
Online theory at your own pace at home, then 2 hours face to face at our training centre in the Orange Arcade. The face-to-face session is all hands-on - CPR, the defib, the asthma and anaphylaxis scenarios and the rest of the first aid practice - so finish the theory before you come in.
Does the course cover anaphylaxis and asthma?
Yes. HLTAID012 includes recognising and responding to an asthma emergency and a severe allergic reaction (anaphylaxis), following the child's action plan, and practising with a reliever puffer and spacer and an adrenaline autoinjector trainer. It's the course on ACECQA's approved list for first aid, anaphylaxis management and emergency asthma management - one certificate instead of three separate courses. Check with your service if your role needs anything on top.
Can I do the childcare first aid course online?
The theory, yes - you do it online at home before course day. The practical can't be done online: CPR on the manikins and the asthma and anaphylaxis scenarios have to be assessed in person, and that's the 2 hours with us in Orange. A certificate from a 100% online course isn't nationally recognised for HLTAID012.
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Ready to get your childcare first aid sorted?
HLTAID012 Provide First Aid in an Education and Care Setting, $200, CPR included. Online theory, then 2 hours with us at the Orange Arcade. Weekly dates, and we never cancel a course due to low enrolments.