OXENFORD NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH: OXENFORD NHW FIRST AID SPONSORSHIP

Neighbourhood Watch groups the world over aim to improve the quality of life within a neighbourhood by minimising preventable crime, improving personal and home safety and promoting closer community ties.

With this in mind, Oxenford Neighbourhood Watch will sponsor 4 residents to attend an 'Apply First Aid' 2-day course. Apply First Aid is the minimum qualification required by Work Health & Safety Legislation for the workplace first aider.

Oxenford Neighbourhood Watch will sponsor four residents to complete the Queensland Ambulance Service ‘Apply First Aid’ course, valued at $141.00 per person, which is conducted at the VMR Southport base between 8.30 and 4.30 on a Saturday and Sunday. There are no pre-requisites required for this course and its validity is 3 yrs for the First Aid element and 1 yr for the CPR component.

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The benefits of this to our community are:

Four more Oxenford residents become qualified First Aiders – to everyone’s benefit in the community
An Oxenford resident improves his chances of getting a job if a job seeker
An Oxenford resident can become his/her workplace's 1st aider

To be considered to attend this fully paid Apply First Aid course you must :

· Be aged 18 or over

· Be an Oxenford resident – and live within the boundary of Oxenford Neighbourhood Watch as per map alongside (click map to enlarge image)

· Be able to attend the course before 31^st December 2012

· Complete the application form available below - click on the image and it will open full size - then print.