HLTAID009 – Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation – unit of competency
Gain life-saving emergency medical response skills. Complete your mandatory workplace compliance certifications—including HLTAID011 (Provide First Aid), HLTAID009 (Provide CPR), and HLTAID012 (Childcare First Aid)—via flexible blended learning models at our Unanderra facility or on-site at your workplace.
Real Rescue Muscle Memory: The AOTA First Responder Framework
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Flexible Blended Delivery Options: Save premium production time. Your workers complete their foundational knowledge modules via our self-paced online theory portal, ensuring face-to-face practical hours are strictly focused on physical rescue maneuvers.
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Interactive, Real-World Scenarios: Skip the unengaging textbook configurations. Learn to confidently manage real crisis situations including arterial bleeding control, epipen administration for anaphylaxis, asthma inhaler delivery, spinal immobilisation, and heatstroke dynamics.
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Full Compliance with ARC Guidelines: All training matrices and assessment benchmarks are strictly mapped to the latest Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC) regulations, providing legal peace of mind for corporate liability structures.
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Mobile Group Training – We Come to Your Venue: Need to organize compliance tracks for a school, factory shift, construction fleet, or corporate office? Our certified trainers handle complete mobile dispatches across NSW, setting up fields at your workplace to keep your teams running smoothly.
Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation course description:
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in line with the Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC) Guidelines.
This unit applies to all workers who may be required to provide CPR, in a range of situations, including community and workplace settings.
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4 hour face-to-face training
Physical Requirements:
It is important to note that this CPR course requires a level of physical ability to complete practical assessments. All students are required to perform 2 minutes of CPR on an adult manikin and baby manikin on the floor. If your health or fitness will not allow you to demonstrate this, you won’t be awarded a nationally accredited certificate for HLTAID009 Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation, however we can issue a non accredited certificate of attendance for CPR.
Language Skills:
- All students must pass a language, literacy & numeracy assessment (LLN)
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in line with the Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC) guidelines.
This unit applies to all persons who may be required to provide CPR, in a range of situations, including community and workplace settings.
Specific licensing/regulatory requirements relating to this competency, including requirements for refresher training should be obtained from the relevant national/state/territory Work Health and Safety Regulatory Authorities.
We can provide in house training at your own premises Training/assessment can be conducted at AOTA Training Facility – 275a Princess Highway, Unanderra NSW
All equipment
All courseware and handouts
Please refer to the AOTA Student Handbook through the Student Info Menu , as well as:
HLTAID011 Provide First Aid Full or Refresher – unit of competency
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to provide a first aid response to a casualty in line with first aid guidelines determined by the Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC) and other Australian national peak clinical bodies.
The unit applies to all persons who may be required to provide a first aid response in a range of situations, including community and workplace settings.
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Approximately 7 hour face-to-face training session
Physical Requirements:
It is important to note that this CPR course requires a level of physical ability to complete practical assessments. All students are required to perform 2 minutes of CPR on an adult manikin and baby manikin on the floor. If your health or fitness will not allow you to demonstrate this, you won’t be awarded a nationally accredited certificate for HLTAID009 Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation, however we can issue a non accredited certificate of attendance for CPR.
Language Skills:
- All students must pass a language, literacy & numeracy assessment (LLN)
The content of this course covers the following certificates:
- HLTAID009 – Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- HLTAID011 – Provide first aid
We can provide in house training at your own premises Training/assessment can be conducted at AOTA Training Facility – 275a Princess Highway, Unanderra NSW
All equipment
All courseware and handouts
Please refer to the AOTA Student Handbook on the Student Resources Page, as well as:
Q: How long are Australian First Aid and CPR certificates legally valid before expiring?
A: In accordance with the SafeWork Australia model Code of Practice and Australian Resuscitation Council standards, a Provide First Aid (HLTAID011) certificate is legally valid for 3 years from the date of completion. However, because cardiopulmonary resuscitation requires highly reactive precision skills, the Provide CPR (HLTAID009) component must be formally refreshed every 12 months to maintain regulatory site compliance.
Q: What is the specific first aid qualification mandated for early childhood education and care settings?
A: Anyone employed within the childcare, preschool, family daycare, or school-age education sectors must complete HLTAID012 (Provide First Aid in an education and care setting). This specialised qualification has been formally endorsed by the Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA) as it satisfies all mandatory framework criteria for first aid, emergency asthma management, and anaphylaxis autoinjector training.
Q: Are there any demanding physical requirements to successfully pass the practical assessment?
A: Yes. To pass a nationally accredited first aid or CPR competency profile, the national training package strictly mandates that all candidates must demonstrate unassisted, continuous cardiopulmonary resuscitation on an adult manikin placed flat on the floor for a minimum of 2 minutes. If you possess temporary mobility constraints, contact our Unanderra administrative team ahead of time to evaluate optimal support options.