First Aid Courses in Southland
Book your course with MediTrain today and arm yourself with the first aid certificate and skills you need.
MediTrain has been teaching people in Southland for 21 years
At MediTrain Southland, we specialise in offering customised first aid courses tailored to your specific industry needs, helping you achieve the required first aid certificate. Our first aid training in Southland is designed to provide comprehensive, accessible, and up-to-date knowledge and skills.
Margaret Laughton leads MediTrain Southland, bringing over 30 years of first aid training experience. Her background in nursing and occupational health ensures that the training you receive is rooted in real-world applications, tailored to enhance your emergency response capabilities.
Ready to take charge of emergency situations? Book your first aid course with MediTrain Southland today! Contact us at 027 747 7695 for more information or to arrange onsite training.
First Aid Courses Available in Southland
Comprehensive Workplace First Aid
Recommended for most workplaces. Covers CPR, choking, bleeding, shock, a wide range of injuries and illnesses, and managing multiple casualties.
Basic Workplace First Aid
The minimum required for low-risk workplaces. Covers CPR, choking, bleeding, shock and common injuries and illnesses.
First Aid Refresher
For anyone with a current certificate due for renewal. Recertify with us regardless of your previous provider.
Comprehensive Childcare First Aid
For early childhood teachers and workers. Meets the first aid requirements of the ECE licensing criteria.
CPR / Basic Life Support
A great introduction to basic first aid. Focuses on high-quality CPR and using an AED.
Why Southland teams choose MediTrain
We're a family business that has been delivering first aid training for over 30 years. As an NZQA Category 1 education provider, we base everything we teach on New Zealand Resuscitation Council guidelines, and we design all our course materials right here in New Zealand.
Learning that sticks
Our courses mix video, props, hands-on practice and real scenarios, because in an emergency you don't want to remember a boring class. You want to remember what to do.
Flexible by design
Complete your theory online whenever it suits you, then attend a single day in class. No full days lost to slides and lectures, and no starting from scratch on course day.
Engaging instructors
Many of our instructors come from paramedic, nursing or healthcare backgrounds, and all of them are skilled at adapting to how each person in the room learns best.
What our students say about us
Onsite First Aid Training for Southland Workplaces
If you have 8 or more people, we'll bring the course to your Southland workplace, school or early childhood centre. You get the same blended format, discounted group pricing, and flexible scheduling including mornings, afternoons, evenings and weekends. One booking, and your whole team's certificates are sorted.
FAQs
Answers to the questions we hear most often from Southland customers.
Most workplace courses run from half a day to a full day in class, plus online self-study you complete beforehand. Refresher and CPR courses are shorter, around 4.5 hours.
No. Our courses suit complete beginners as well as people renewing an existing certificate.
Yes. MediTrain courses are NZQA-approved and aligned with unit standards 6400, 6401, and 6402, and are WorkSafe NZ compliant for workplace first aid.
Yes. For groups of eight or more we can deliver training at your workplace, school, or childcare centre, with optional customisation.
Ready to get certified in Southland?
Pick a date that suits you, or talk to us about training your whole team.
