First Aid Training Courses from the First Aid Training Co-operative

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The First Aid Training Co-operative offers public first aid training courses at venues across the UK and private courses at your premises.

We are First Aid Training Experts

The First Aid Training Co-operative is one of the UK’s leading first aid training providers, offering a wide range of high quality courses across the UK. We are a FOFATO, JAUPT and AoFA accredited training provider with ISO 9001 Certification. Our team have years of experience of delivering high quality, practical first aid training across all sectors.

Trusted by organisations from all sectors

Learn from First Aid Experts

Our trainers are specialists in their fields – all our first aid courses are delivered by highly experienced, approachable and professional trainers.

Among our trainers are paramedics, mountain rescue team members, swift water rescue specialists, ex-military and more. They are not just first aid experts, they are also highly experienced in their individual fields as well, whether that be in industry, on the sports field, in the outdoors, working with children, or with horses.

This means that when you join us for a course, your trainer always has practical experience in the field and valuable insights to share.

Highest Standard of First Aid Courses

We are committed to delivering the highest standard of first aid course.

All our courses are continually reviewed and updated. This means your course will always follow the latest in health and safety regulations, European Resuscitation Council Guidelines and industry best practices.

Our range of public and private first aid courses provide training in first aid for a number of specific sectors and specialisms.

All delivered by our highly experienced, approachable and professional trainers, our public courses run in easily accessible venues across Scotland and northern England, while our private courses are tailored to a group’s needs and are run worldwide.

Top Rated

We’re experienced and top-rated at first aid training.

Over 12,000 students have learnt life-saving first aid skills with us, with 95%+ rating us ‘Very Good’ or ‘Excellent’.

Government, industry and organisations across the UK, such as Forestry and Land Scotland, Scottish Golf, Cycling UK, the London Wildlife Trust, and the Scotland Youth Football Association trust us to deliver expert training.

Medi-K Training

We are delighted to announce that Medi-K Training have joined us in the First Aid Training Co-operative and that we will be managing the administration and delivery of their fantastic range of equestrian industry specific first aid courses from 27th July 2020!

Medi-K Training have built up an unrivalled reputation in the equine sector for delivering high quality courses for all types and ages of horse rider, equine vet, and farriers. They are the preferred supplier of first aid training to the majority of equine organisations, with many long standing affiliations, and we are excited to be continuing these relationships and building them in the future.

For more information, a full press release is included in our blog. A very warm welcome to all Medi-K Training clients and trainers!

Book a First Aid Course

While most of our public courses are available across Scotland, we also offer private courses across the UK. This means our expert training comes directly to you at your convenience. To browse our courses, choose an option below or get in touch.

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95% of students rate us as “Very Good” or “Excellent”

It was extremely useful to do some homework from the manual before the course so receiving it in advance was great. It is concise and relevant and the video clips are a great aid to learning and retaining skills.

L. Archbold

Just wanted to email and thank you for the course this weekend. It will make a big different to the things I take in my pack on a day out, and the way I think when out in the hills.
Thanks

A. Fagan, Borders Forest Trust

"Very skilled instructor with excellent communication skills. Adapts to suit knowledge of student. A friendly approach was taken throughout the course."

M. Hutson, Fife Council

Couldn’t praise Ali enough. Delivered at the right level for an experienced group, and challenged us all on the second day with real life simulations. Our prior training was very much ‘casualty lying on the back, standard procedure’.

J. Bond, Perth

The course was absolutely excellent. Impeccably organised and delivered, and Stef was one of the most patient, genuine and excellent first aid facilitators I've worked with so far.

B. Nyznik, Salisbury Centre

Ali was a great, friendly, enthusiastic and honest assessor, he made the course both informative and entertaining. The first aid experiences of the 12 students ranged from very to none and yet this was never an issue and as someone with no experience I didn't at any point feel out of my depth.

K. Miller - Inverness

"I was genuinely impressed by the course, having done a number of "tick the box" courses, it was a pleasure to do a course where you were actually expected to learn something useful, rather than acquire a piece of paper."

S. Mulholland, Pony Axe S

I have done many first aid courses over the years, there is usually something I forget or can't take in. This course was very thorough, on subjects that I expected, but was delivered in a way that made it easier to understand 'why' things do what they do, so therefore a lot easier to remember.

'K' - 09/02/20

I enjoyed the enthusiasm of the trainers and everything was extremely well explained. It gave me confidence that I would be able to react to a range of scenarios and I enjoyed that they showed you how to utilise everyday items rather than specialist equipment.

S. Jessiman, Edinburgh

"From start to finish, this course has been efficiently and helpfully run. We all thought Tom was exceptionally good. Thanks for all your help."

C. McLean, Coupar Angus Cycle Hub

"Having an expert look over our emergency procedures and combine it with a first aid refresher was a great help to staff and the management team at the centre, and gives us some piece of mind that we are demonstrating best practice for the season ahead. Huge thanks for training again, we'll do the same again next year."

Dave Jacobs, Aberdeen Snowsports Centre

“Having completed some basic first aid courses before, I felt Tom's explanation of scenarios and treatment made it much easier to remember. I now feel much more confident and am very clear on how these skills relate to a real life, outdoor setting. Thanks.”

C. Barrow, Stonehaven

We have just completed your Emergency First Aid in the Workplace course! We had a great time and learned so much, you could not have done more to aid our learning experience.
We look forward to your annual refresher.
Thanks for our knowledge and training.

J. McAlley, 2 Pins Company, Pinwherry, South Ayrshire

"Tom was a fantastic tutor. Everything was explained and demonstrated in a clear, simple manner. A fantastic course!"

J. Baillie, SU Scotland

Just wanted to send a quick note to say thank you for the training over the past two days. Although I realise how important it is to know first aid training and unfortunately had to use it a few times, I always dread the training as it always shows people dying/injured and horrific scenes.

For the first time ever, the training you provided did not send me home having nightmares and dreading the following day. Your manner and personality in the class was perfect, and a rare occasion can someone hold attention of a class to the level you did.

I liked the way you broke the day into sections and brought everything back together again at the end. I do feel I have learned some new ‘tools for the box’, I can only hope and pray I will never need to use them.

T. Lang, WSP Management Services

"Cory was a fantastic, fun and enthusiastic instructor who tailored the course to suite the exact needs our guide/instructor team in Kenya required. An extremely comprehensive and in-depth 2 days that made us all feel comfortable in dealing with a first aid situation."

James Savage, Savage Wilderness

I felt the instructors were very confident, knowledgeable and approachable. There was a lot of repetition of key skills which helped make it stick in your head and lots of opportunity for individual problem solving. I really enjoyed the course and found it interesting and helpful.

T. Powell - Edinburgh

The teaching was very good and did not fall into the usual trap of just trying to show off their own knowledge. Both instructors where not only very knowledgeable, but also very personable and easy to learn from!

T. Lamont - RSPB Scotland