Western News: June 14, 2016

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Tuesday June 14 2016
CONTINUING EDUCATION
Horticulture Training for
Christchurch Residents
If you would like to enjoy gardening,
improve your property value, produce fresh
vegetables and fruit or get a job within
the horticulture industry, this flexible
programme can help you gain the necessary
skills.
Skills update Training Institute has
partnered with CPIT Aoraki to offer an
introductory ‘no fees’ horticulture blended
learning course which combines both
classrooms and online learning methods.
Tutorials have been scheduled weekly
during evenings including the occasional
weekend field trips to suit those currently
working full time or part time. our
experienced tutors, Ryan young or Hamish
Kelland, are also available by phone and
STUDY
HORTICULTURE
Enrolment are now open.
Entry to this programme is open to NZ
Citizens and Residents and students
over 18 years of age.
Intake start dates are subject to
student availability.
e-mail outside of classroom hours.
Ryan, the winner of various horticultural
awards and titles, says “as your learning
facilitator, I will assist you throughout the
duration of the programme and provide
guidance for each assessment.”
“I am passionate about sustainable
horticulture and really enjoy working
with students to achieve their study and
educational goals” says Hamish, who has
a wide range of experience across the
industry as well as teaching in the tertiary
sector.
Enrolments are now open for 2016. Call
or email our team today. Study over 40
weeks and earn the sought after National
Certificate in Horticulture Level 3.
No
Fees!
Hamish
Kelland
Ryan
Young
021 222 9678
ryan@skillsupdate.co.nz
Ensuring a safe work place
LEARNINg fIRST aid is not only a part
of ensuring a safe work place, but also
an integral part of our engagement with
the wider community. We all learn the
necessary skills to ensure that in times of
emergency we are able to assist our work
colleagues, but are we able to take these
skills home, into the community or on to the
sports field?
Not all work places are the same and
the injury risk for each place can be wide
and variable. The office attended by
administrators does not carry the same
risk as those people working with heavy
machinery, or perhaps at some distance from
a regular ambulance service. It is therefore
essential that you pick the right first aid
course to suit all of your activities – both
professional
and social.
Take, for example, an office worker who
does not have a high risk work environment
and whose concern might be to ensure that
they can deal with minor cuts and superficial
injuries, or the ability to perform effective
CPR. These skills can be achieved on a
course of eight hours duration and would
generally fit into low to medium risk area.
But take this same person on to a sports field
either as a spectator or player when a higher
level injury occurs. The eight hour course
covering unit standards 6402 and 6401 (or
26551 and 26552) does not cover head neck
and spinal injuries, eye injuries, hypothermia
and poisonings.
The majority of injuries occur outside of
the work place, in fact one in three injuries
occurs in the home, making it the most
common place for injuries to happen.
WESTERN NEWS
New Zealand children are twice as likely
to die through injury as children who live
in Australia. They mostly die as a result of
motor vehicles accidents or falls in the home.
fatalities from leisure and sport are not far
behind those in the workplace.
The wider 12 hour course teaches the
additional unit standard 6400 and provides
a wide knowledge base for medium to high
risk environments. This course covers many
of the skills required to deal with the most
common injuries, such as falls (which can
result in head neck and spinal injuries) and
dealing with complex scenes such as motor
vehicle accidents.
If you are not sure on the course best
suited to your needs, ask your accredited
first aid training provider. They can explain
the course content and give you options that
will best suit your needs. Look beyond the
workplace and consider your family and
your location. Check that you have a good
quality first aid kit that is up-to-date with
replenished items, and that everyone knows
where it is located.
NEW ZEALAND RED CROSS
GLOBAL LEADERS IN FIRST AID TRAINING
Christchurch Course Dates 2016
Venue: 32 Birmingham Drive, Middleton
First Aid Revalidation Course (6 hours)
Cost $120.00 per person (certificates must not
have expired for more than 3 months)
Time: 8.30am – 3.15pm
Monday
20 June
27 June
11 July
Friday
24 June
8 July
15 July
Tuesday
19 July
9 August
13 September
Sunday
19 June
26 June
7 August
For bookings please call 0800 REDCROSS or 339-7111
Book online at www.redcross.org.nz
Wednesday
6 July
20 July
17 August
USE THE RED CROSS ADVANTAGE - COMPREHENSIVE FIRST AID, ESSENTIAL FIRST AID,
REVALIDATION OR TAILORED TRAINING TO SUIT yOU AT yOUR PLACE OR OURS.
NEW ZEALAND RED CROSS - GLOBAL LEADERS IN FIRST AID TRAINING
CHRISTCHURCH COURSE DATES 2016 • VENUE: 32 BIRMINGHAM DRIVE, MIDDLETON
Comprehensive First Aid PLUS Course (16hrs or 4hr upgrade) Comprehensive First Aid Course (12hrs)
Unit Standard 6402, 6401, 6400 and 25411 or 26552, 26551, 6400 and
25411 Cost $265.00 per person incl FA Manual & GST for 16 hours or
$80.00 per person for upgrade following completion of CFA
Time: Day One 8.30am – 5.30pm Day Two 8.30am – 5pm
Unit Standard 6402, 6401, 6400 or 26552, 26551, 6400
Cost $210.00 per person incl FA Manual & GST
Time: Day One & Day Two 8.30am - 3.15pm
16 Hours Thursday/Friday
23 & 24 June
21 & 22 July
18 & 19 August
4 Hours Friday 1.15pm-5pm
24 June
22 July
19 August
2 x Tuesdays
5 & 12 July
26 July & 2 August
16 & 23 August
2 x Wednesdays
22 & 29 June
13 & 20 July
3 & 10 August
Thursday/Friday
30 June & 1 July
7 & 8 July
14 & 15 July
USE THE RED CROSS ADVANTAGE -
COMPREHENSIVE FIRST AID,
ESSENTIAl FIRST AID, REVAlIDATION
OR TAIlORED TRAINING TO SUIT YOU
AT YOUR PlACE OR OURS.
Essential First Aid Course (8hrs)
Unit Standard 6402, 6401 or 26551, 26552
Cost $150.00 per person Time: 8.30am – 5.30pm
Monday
18 July
29 August
19 September
Tuesday
5 July
16 August
6 September
Wednesday
22 June
13 July
3 August
Thursday
14 July
28 July
11 August
Saturday
18 June
25 June
9 July
Time: Day One 8.30am - 5.30pm
Day Two 8.30am - 12.45pm
2 x Mondays
18 & 25 July
29 August & 5 Sept
19 & 26 Sept
Thursday/Friday
23 & 24 June
21 & 22 July
18 & 19 August
Weekends
18 & 19 June
25 & 26 June
9 & 10 July
FOR BOOKINGS PLEASE CALL 0800 REDCROSS OR 339-7111 • BOOK ONLINE AT WWW.REDCROSS.ORG.NZ