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:
• Create a personal bush survival kit and demonstrate bush survival skills.
• Explain search and rescue procedures.
• Recognise a Civil Defence emergency and prepare for survival during a Civil Defence emergency.
• Communicate in the outdoors using two-way radio.
• Provide basic life support and first aid.
• Manage first aid in an emergency situation.
• Demonstrate knowledge of navigation tools and navigate in the outdoors in good visibility.
• Demonstrate knowledge of general purpose lines.
• Use general purpose knots and lines in an emergency situation.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the role and functions of Civil.
• Defence general rescue at group 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 specified area at ground level.
•  Move casualties to safe locations.

• Level 3 – Civil Defence Emergency Response – Learning outcomes:
• Demonstrate an understanding of the uses and care of rock climbing and abseiling gear.
• Demonstrate skills and understanding of knots and harnesses.
• Demonstrate the setting up and operation of anchors and belays.
• Construct an abseil system and abseil on single pitches.
• Demonstrate abseil rescue techniques.
• Contribute within a team or group which has an objective.
• Demonstrate knowledge of river dynamics and hazards.
• Cross rivers safely.
• 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.

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