Emergency & Response

Paramedics, Police, Fire Services, Search and Rescue and Civil Defence – these uniformed services all offer varied and exciting career opportunities.

You will have the opportunity to experience a simulated search and rescue exercise, gain bush survival skills and find out what it is really like to be a paramedic, police officer, or a firefighter. Learning is practical, active and engaging – this is a fun way to take a big step towards achieving NCEA Level 2 or 3 while gaining your basic first aid certificate and also refining your career path.

On completion of this course you will be able to:

Level 2 – Uniformed Services – Learning outcomes:

• Provide basic life support and first aid.
• Manage first aid in an emergency situation.
• Demonstrate knowledge of general purpose knots and lines.
• Use general purpose knots and lines in an emergency situation.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the role and functions of Civil Defence general rescue at ground level.
• Identify safety equipment, safety precautions and hazards in general rescue situations at ground level.
• Plan and carry out searches to locate simulated casualties within a specified area at ground level.
• Move casualties to safe locations.
• Demonstrate knowledge of formal interviews
• Be interviewed in a formal interview
• Plan, conduct and review an informal interview
• Communicate in the outdoors using two-way radio
• Communicate in a team or group which has an objective

Level 3 – Civil Defence Emergency Response – Learning outcomes:

• Create a personal bush survival kit and demonstrate bush survival skills.
• Explain search and rescue procedures.
• Explain long-term management requirements for an emergency care situation in an outdoor recreation environment.
• Assess and manage a patient’s condition long-term in an outdoor recreation environment.
• Plan and engage in an activity intended to benefit the community.

Note: If circumstances change there could be mixed models of delivery e.g online, face to face one day per week or block options.