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OUR DIFFERENCE
IN DELIVERING TRAINING...
Our purpose is to empower individuals and organisations to operate safely, confidently, and competently through targeted, meaningful training. We believe that when your people thrive through knowledge, skills, and confidence - your business thrives too.
Specialists in industry-relevant training, we deliver nationally recognised courses across aquatic risk and safety, first aid and emergency response, food safety, facilities and high-risk operations, fire and emergency management. We proudly support the recreation, leisure, aquatic, and amusement sectors with training that reflects the realities of your workplace, not just regulatory requirements.
Whether you prefer self-paced online, public or private courses at your facility, we offer flexible delivery designed around your operational needs. Our difference lies in our real-world industry experience, our customised approach, and our commitment to helping people learn with purpose and apply with confidence. We take a practical, no-nonsense approach to training that is clear, efficient and outcomes-focused.
EXPLORE OUR RANGE OF COURSES
Delivering nationally accredited training for lifeguards across coastal, inland and pool environments. Delivering purposeful training with a client centric approach.
Providing specialist support in high-risk leisure and amusement industries. Public and private courses available.
Delivering nationally accredited training across various workplaces and applications. Ranging from basic life support to advanced first aid training. Our courses are designed for a wide range of individuals, including first aiders, emergency workers, lifeguards, and others in safety-critical roles.
Delivering nationally accredited food safety training specific to the hospitality sector. From grab-and-go cafes to full-service restaurants, our courses are designed for workers involved in preparing, handling, and transporting food. We also deliver other key health and safety courses relevant to food-related roles.
Delivering nationally accredited training across high risk construction, plant and facilities. Providing solutions to meet legislative requirements for works requiring permits such as confined spaces, gas testing, working at heights, manual handling, permit issuer and more.
Delivering nationally accredited training specific to fire safety, emergency preparation and management. Our courses are designed for those who hold a duty of care or involved in emergency planning in the workplace such as management teams, supervisors and others in safety critical roles.
AQUATIC RISK AND SAFETY COURSES
Aquatic Park Lifeguard Program
The Aquatic Park Lifeguard Training Program (APLTP) offers further training modules specific to aquatic based theme/amusement parks. The program is designed to equip participants with the essential skills and knowledge needed to ensure the safety and well-being of visitors to aquatic parks featuring wave pools, water slides, lazy rivers, wave machines, inflatable obstacles, and other water-based amusements. Learning content includes supervision methods, aquatic rescue techniques, preventive measures, emergency response, first aid and amusement/ride operations.
Open Water Lifeguard Program
The Open Water Lifeguard Training Program (OWLTP) offers further training modules specific to outdoor open water environments such as lakes, lagoons, dams, flat-water or slow moving rivers without rapids and non-surf beaches. The program is designed to equip participants with the essential skills and knowledge needed to ensure the safety and well-being of users engaging in recreational aquatic environments where various activities may be undertaken such as swimming, wading, inflatable obstacles, and other aquatic sports. Learning content includes types of recreational water environments, supervision methods, aquatic rescue
Aquatic Attraction Program
The Inland Open Water Lifeguard course, conducted over two days with an additional day for Provide First Aid, is designed for lifeguards or recreation leaders working in open water environments like wave pools, surf parks, rivers, and natural waterways. Available in both face-to-face and online formats, it covers advanced skills in surveillance, scanning, rescue techniques, and emergency care.
CHCPRT025
Identify and Report Children and Young People at Risk
This course provides the skills and knowledge required to identify children and young people who are at risk and report in line with legislative requirements. This work occurs within legislative and policy frameworks and carries a duty of care responsibility. This unit applies to workers in a range of job roles providing services to children and young people including in community services and health contexts.
FIRST AID AND HEALTH COURSES
HLTAID009
Provide Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
The CPR course teaches essential skills for cardiac emergencies, including CPR, AED use, and handling complications like regurgitation. Conducted within half a day, it follows Australian Resuscitation Council guidelines and covers incident reporting, psychological impacts, and personal skill improvement.
HLTAID010
Provide Basic Emergency Life Support
This course provides essential skills for responding to medical emergencies in the workplace or community. This course covers key techniques such as performing CPR, managing choking, and assisting with unconscious or breathing individuals until emergency services arrives.
HLTAID011
Provide First Aid
The First Aid course, available face-to-face and online, teaches essential skills for emergencies, including CPR, defibrillator use, and managing conditions like anaphylaxis and choking. It covers assessing casualties, ensuring safety, and basic anatomy, with a focus on incident reporting, improving skills, and addressing psychological impacts.
HLTAID012
Provide First Aid in an Education and Care Setting
Provide First Aid in an Education Care Setting course trains education and care workers to respond to first aid emergencies. It covers identifying and treating illness or injury, CPR, defibrillation, and administering medications like autoinjectors and asthma medication. Participants learn about basic anatomy, age-specific CPR, incident documentation, debriefing, and addressing psychological impacts.
HLTAID014
Provide Advanced First Aid
The Advanced First Aid course, offered face-to-face and online, includes advanced components beyond HLTAID011. Delivered in one day with online learning. It covers managing complex emergencies, such as hypothermia and spinal injuries, using tourniquets, and provides practical scenarios, casualty documentation, and debriefing on improvements and psychological impacts.
HLTAID015
Provide Advanced Resuscitation and Oxygen Therapy
The Advanced Resuscitation and Oxygen Therapy course, following Australian Resuscitation Council guidelines, trains participants in complex situations across community and workplace settings. It covers CPR, advanced airway management, use of tourniquets and various dressings, and administering medical-grade oxygen.
HLTAID016
Manage First Aid Services
The Manage First Aid Services and Resources is targeted for first aid or management roles, teaches risk assessment, resource allocation, and compliance with safety regulations. Students will inspect first aid kits, manage stock, develop action plans, and conduct incident debriefings to improve workplace first aid services and address individual needs.
HLTSS00068
Occupational First Aid Skill Set
The Occupational First Aid course, building on HLTAID011, is designed for current or aspiring occupational first aiders. It covers advanced first aid, oxygen therapy, and resuscitation, aligned with Australian guidelines and Work Health and Safety requirements.Delivered in one day with online learning. It includes practical scenarios, ongoing care, and equipment management.
PUAEME007
Provide Emergency Care for Suspected Spinal Injury
The Provide Emergency Care for Suspected Spinal Injury provides the confidence to provide emergency care for suspected spinal injuries. Delivered in half a day with online learning. You’ll learn to recognise and manage spinal injuries, immobilise the cervical spine, evaluate the need to move the casualty, and prepare them for transport. The course includes practical training on CPR, severe bleeding, and casualty handover to minimise risk and improve response readiness.
PUAEME008
Provide Pain Management
Provide Pain Management equips personnel from emergency services, volunteer groups, or medically supervised first aid organisations with the skills to administer analgesics for pain management. It covers identifying the need for analgesia, administering medications like aspirin, ibuprofen, paracetamol, methoxyflurane, and Entonox, and includes casualty handovers and maintaining a Drug Register.
FACILITIES AND HIGH RISK COURSES
SISSS00133
Pool Lifeguard
Our full Pool Lifeguard Course is a comprehensive training program designed to equip participants with the essential skills to effectively manage pool safety and respond to emergencies. Over multiple sessions, this course covers pool surveillance, rescue techniques, CPR, oxygen resuscitation, and first aid. Participants will also learn to recognize potential hazards, perform water rescues, and handle medical emergencies with confidence.
SISSS00133
Pool Lifeguard Update
The annual Pool Lifeguard Update/Refresher course is a thorough program conducted within one day. Available in both face-to-face and online formats, this course updates lifeguards on essential skills such as pool surveillance, scanning techniques, rescue methods, oxygen resuscitation, industry changes and emergency care.
SISSS00134
Open Water Lifeguard
The Inland Open Water Lifeguard course, conducted over two days with an additional day for Provide First Aid, is designed for lifeguards or recreation leaders working in open water environments like wave pools, surf parks, rivers, and natural waterways. Available in both face-to-face and online formats, it covers advanced skills in surveillance, scanning, rescue techniques, and emergency care.
SISSS00134
Open Water Lifeguard Update
The annual Inland Open Water Lifeguard Update/Refresher course is conducted within one day. Designed for lifeguards and recreation leaders working in open water environments like wave pools, surf parks, rivers, and natural waterways. Available in both face-to-face and online formats, it covers advanced skills in surveillance, scanning, rescue techniques, and emergency care.
Surf Park Lifeguard Training Program
The Surf Park Lifeguard Training Program (SPLTP) offers specialised training modules specific to surf parks and wave machines. The program is designed to equip participants with the essential skills and knowledge needed to ensure the safety and well-being of users consisting of surfers, swimmers and other watercraft users. Learning content includes surf awareness skills, wave controls, supervision methods, aquatic rescue techniques, preventive measures, emergency response, first aid, logistics and operations.
RIIWHS202E
Enter and Work in Confined Spaces
This course is for personnel working in confined spaces under a permit. It covers key terminology, regulations, hazard identification, risk assessment, and control measures. Participants will learn to safely enter and exit confined spaces, use safety equipment, and perform routine checks, ensuring compliance with permit requirements and safety protocols.
MSMPER200
Work in Accordance with a Permit
This course is essential for individuals or teams required to work under an issued permit. Designed for maintenance staff, contractors, and those performing non-process work, it provides the skills and knowledge needed to comply with permit requirements. Participants will learn to understand the permit system, its limitations, and ensure full compliance with permit conditions.
MSMWHS217
Gas Test Atmospheres
Gas Test Atmospheres course equips individuals with the skills to recognize conditions needing gas testing, use electronic test equipment, and interpret results to ensure workspace safety. Essential for confined space work, it prepares participants to test atmospheres before and during activities in hazardous or unpredictable environments, on land or water.
MSMWHS216
Operate Breathing Apparatus
Operate Breathing Apparatus trains individuals to use, maintain, and manage breathing apparatus in hazardous or confined spaces. The course covers pre-donning checks, operation, maintenance, and proper closure of equipment, in line with AS/NZS 1715:2009 standards. Ideal for those working in unsafe atmospheres or with hazardous substances.
HLTWHS005
Conduct Manual Tasks Safety
This coursewill provide you with the skills, knowledge, and confidence to identify potentially hazardous manual tasks, recognise sources of risk, and apply controls to perform tasks safely. You’ll learn about body mechanics, the importance of posture and positioning, use various mechanical aids common in the health and community sectors and how to identify and report injury symptoms.
MSMWHS201
Conduct Hazard Analysis
This course will teach participants the skills and knowledge needed to complete a hazard analysis, specify risk controls to bring risks to ALARP, identify relevant personnel, complete appropriate hazard analysis forms (paper or electronic), monitor and review effectiveness of risk controls.
FIRE AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COURSES
PUAFER001
Identify, Prevent and Report Emergencies
This course provides the skills and knowledge required for staff who manage and control various emergencies in the workplace. Participants will learn how to identify common risks and hazards within a facility, such as fire risks, structural hazards, or unsafe equipment. The training covers methods for preventing these risks from escalating into emergencies, as well as the procedures for reporting potential hazards to ensure timely intervention.
PUAFER002
Ensure Facility Emergency Prevention
This course provides the skills and knowledge required for staff who manage and control various emergencies in the workplace. This course equips individuals with the skills and knowledge required to oversee and ensure the effective implementation of emergency prevention procedures within a facility. You'll learn how to implement and monitor emergency prevention systems, such as fire alarms, evacuation plans, and hazard control measures
PUAFER003
Manage and Monitor Emergency Procedures and Resources
This course provides the skills and knowledge required for staff who manage and control various emergencies in the workplace. You'll learn to manage and monitor facility emergency prevention and control structures for a complex facility or defined group of facilities such as a building, structure or workplace, as specified in Australian Standard (AS) 3745 and AS 4083.
PUAFER004
Respond to Facility Emergencies
This course provides the skills and knowledge required for staff who manage and control various emergencies in the workplace. You'll learn to recognise emergencies in a facility, to report emergencies and to take appropriate action during facility emergency situations. It includes preparing for emergency situations, reporting emergencies, responding to emergency warnings and advice, choosing the most appropriate course of action and evacuating from a danger area.
PUAFER005
Operate as Part of an Emergency Control Organisation
This course provides the skills and knowledge required for staff who manage and control various emergencies in the workplace. You'll learn to implement the emergency response specified in the workplace emergency procedures or specified by a person at a higher level in the emergency control organisation. This unit has been developed to cover the broad range of emergencies and workplaces as considered in Australian Standard 3745 and 4083.
PUAFER006
Lead an Emergency Control Organisation
This course provides the skills and knowledge required for staff who manage and control various emergencies in the workplace. You'll learn to recognise emergencies in a facility, to report emergencies and to take appropriate action during facility emergency situations. It includes preparing for emergency situations, reporting emergencies, responding to emergency warnings and advice, choosing the most appropriate course of action and evacuating from a danger area.
PUAFER007
Manage an Emergency Control Organisation
This course provides the skills and knowledge required for staff who manage and control various emergencies in the workplace. You'll assist in the emergency planning phase to ensure an appropriate Emergency Response Plan is prepared for response to the various emergency situations that could impact your facility. This includes an in-depth understanding of what managing an Emergency Planning Committee entails, and most importantly the skills required to undertake your role as a member of the EPC.
PUAFER008
Confine Small Emergencies in a Facility
This course provides the skills and knowledge required for staff who manage and control various emergencies in the workplace. You'll identify, assess, and safely manage workplace emergency situations. Course participants will learn how to safely and effectively use firefighting equipment such as fire extinguishers, fire hose reels, and fire blankets.
Fire Safety Advisor
This course provides the skills and knowledge required for staff who manage and control various emergencies in the workplace. You'll learn to recognise emergencies in a facility, to report emergencies and to take appropriate action during facility emergency situations. It includes preparing for emergency situations, reporting
HOSPITALITY AND FOOD SAFETY COURSES
SITXFSA005
Use Hygienic Practices for Food Safety
Use Hygienic Practices for Food Safety equips food handlers with essential skills to prevent contamination and food-borne illnesses. Covering personal hygiene, food safety procedures, critical temperatures, waste management, and cleaning techniques, this course is ideal for those in hospitality, transportation, and distribution sectors, including cooks, chefs, and kitchen staff.
SIXFSA006
Participate in Safe Food Handling Pictures
This course outlines key steps in the food safety process, focusing on how to control food hazards at critical control points such as receiving, storage, preparation, cooking, display, packaging, transport, and disposal. Participants must demonstrate practical food safety skills through a third-party observation, conducted in real food handling environments like commercial kitchens or catering facilities.
SITSS00069
Food Safety Supervision Skillset
This Skill Set, often known as the Food Safety Supervisor (Level 1 & 2 combined) course, is essential for the hospitality, transport, and distribution sectors. It covers personal hygiene, critical temperatures, cleaning procedures, and safe food handling from receipt to service. Students will learn to manage food hazards at key control points, monitor and record hazards, understand food safety programs, and minimise contamination risks.
HLTFE001
Follow Basic Food Safety Practices
Participants are required to demonstrate their practical food safety skills and knowledge through a third-party observation form. These assessments can take place in any food handling environment such as commercial kitchens, catering production lines, or food preparation areas that are equipped with standard industry facilities.
HLTFE007
Oversee the Day-to-Day Implementation of Food Safety in the Workplace
This course is for individuals who supervise food safety practices across an organisation, food process, or handling area. It’s especially relevant to those overseeing meal preparation for vulnerable groups—including the elderly, children, pregnant women, and those with medical conditions or allergies. kitchen or catering facility.
ONLINE COURSES
SITXFSA005
Use Hygienic Practices for Food Safety
This course is designed for individuals in the hospitality, transport, and distribution sectors, focusing on personal hygiene and basic food safety to prevent contamination and food-borne illness. Participants must demonstrate practical food safety skills via a third-party observation, conducted in a real or simulated food handling environment—such as a commercial kitchen, catering line, or food prep area.
$75.00
SIXFSA006
Participate in Safe Food Handling Pictures
This course outlines key steps in the food safety process, focusing on how to control food hazards at critical control points such as receiving, storage, preparation, cooking, display, packaging, transport, and disposal. Participants must demonstrate practical food safety skills through a third-party observation, conducted in real food handling environments like commercial kitchens or catering facilities.
$75.00
SITSS00069
Food Safety Supervisor Skill Set
This Food Safety Supervisor Skill Set (Levels 1 & 2) is designed for the hospitality, transport, and distribution sectors, covering the full scope of food safety responsibilities and procedures to ensure safe food handling. Participants must demonstrate practical skills via a third-party observation, completed in a suitable food handling setting - such as a commercial kitchen, catering line, or food prep area with industry-standard equipment.
$160.00
HLTFE001
Follow Basic Food Safety Practices
Participants are required to demonstrate their practical food safety skills and knowledge through a third-party observation form. These assessments can take place in any food handling environment such as commercial kitchens, catering production lines, or food preparation areas that are equipped with standard industry facilities.
$120.00
HLTFE007
Oversee the Day-to-Day Implementation of Food Safety in the Workplace
This course is for individuals who supervise food safety practices across an organisation, food process, or handling area. It’s especially relevant to those overseeing meal preparation for vulnerable groups—including the elderly, children, pregnant women, and those with medical conditions or allergies. kitchen or catering facility.
$80.00
HLTFSE005
Apply and monitor food safety requirements
This course is for individuals responsible for monitoring and managing food safety hazards, especially in the health and community sectors. It’s ideal for those handling food for vulnerable groups—including the elderly, children, pregnant women, and people with medical conditions or allergies. Participants must demonstrate practical food safety skills via a third-party observation, completed in a professional food handling setting such as a commercial kitchen or catering facility.
$80.00
HLTWHS006
Manage Personal Stressors in the Work Environment
This course is ideal for those in high-stress roles such as emergency services, healthcare, and other shift-based industries. Students explore causes of workplace stress, identify personal triggers, and develop a tailored stress management plan. The course also emphasises the importance of seeking support and building resilience. It covers the legal and ethical WHS responsibilities of employers and employees, and outlines communication and reporting requirements to help reduce stress-related risks and foster a safe, supportive workplace.
$225.00
HLTAAP001
Recognise Healthy Body Systems
This fully online course teaches the basics of human anatomy and physiology, focusing on how to support and maintain healthy body function. Students learn about body systems, infection prevention, and the role of physical activity in overall health. Ideal for anyone who needs to understand or interpret anatomical information in client care settings.
$225.00
HLTOUT010
Communicate In Complex Situations To Support Health Care
This course provides you with the knowledge and skills to address significant challenges in the context of providing a health care service. You will learn how to communicate with patients, colleagues, health providers and ambulance service callers in in a range of situations, using both verbal and non-verbal interactions.
$225.00
BSBMED301
Interpret and apply medical terminology appropriately
This course applies to individuals who apply a broad range of competencies in various medical administration contexts. The unit provides students with skills and knowledge necessary to confidently interpret and use medical terminology in both written and oral communication. Students will learn the fundamental structure of medical terms, ensuring they can accurately understand and convey medical information.
$225.00
CPCCWHS2001
Apply WHS Requirements, Policies and Procedures in the Construction Industry
This course applies to workers in the construction industry. It covers fundamental WHS requirements necessary to undertake work tasks within any sector in the construction industry. Through video evidence, students are required to demonstrate the performance of work in a safe manner through awareness of risks and work requirements, and the planning and performance of safe work practices with concern for personal safety and the safety of others.
$225.00
CHCDIV001
Work with Diverse People
This course builds cultural competence for those in healthcare and community services, focusing on respectful communication with people from diverse backgrounds. It supports safe, inclusive, and non-judgmental care, while encouraging students to reflect on their own cultural perspectives and biases. By completing this unit, workers learn to recognise and respond to cultural differences in a way that promotes inclusive, professional practice.
$240.00
CHCPRT025
Identify and Report Children and Young People at Risk
This course provides the skills and knowledge required to identify children and young people who are at risk and report in line with legislative requirements. This work occurs within legislative and policy frameworks and carries a duty of care responsibility. This unit applies to workers in a range of job roles providing services to children and young people including in community services and health contexts.
$160.00
SISSSCO05
Prepare Participants For Sport Competition
This full online course is intended to provide individuals, particularly those in community-based coaching roles in the Australian sports industry, with the necessary skills and knowledge to aid participants in preparing for sports competitions. This includes researching and selecting suitable competition opportunities, devising competition strategies, supplying pre-competition information, and accessing support staff and resources. This unit is suitable for both volunteers and professionals who work in sports clubs and organisations.
$160.00
FREE ONLINE COURSES
Non Accredited
Concussion Management in Sport
This free online course on Concussion Management provides participants with essential knowledge and skills to recognise, manage, and prevent concussions in sporting environments. With thorough instruction, the course highlights the critical need for early detection and proper management to safeguard athletes' health and safety.
FREE
Non Accredited
Mental Health Awareness Course For First Responders
This free online non-accredited course on Mental Health Awareness is designed to raise awareness about the unique psychological challenges faced by those on the front lines, including both professional first responders and individuals who unexpectedly find themselves in such a role.
FREE
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For Australia-wide risk, safety training or other service information, please call our head office on (03) 7068 0098. For international or other enquiries, please email general@aquaticriskservices.com.au
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