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Book a CPR course in Arncliffe
Seven minutes from our Kogarah room and two stops on the same rail line. Nationally recognised CPR and first aid training for Arncliffe residents, businesses, centres and community groups.
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CPR Plus First Aid
18 Station Street, Kogarah NSW 2217
Phone: 0404 445 717
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CPR and first aid training minutes from Arncliffe
Arncliffe sits where the Princes Highway, Marsh Street and the Cooks River meet, which gives it a mix you do not often find in one small suburb: dense new residential development towards Wolli Creek, an older established residential core, and a working commercial and light-industrial strip along the Highway and towards the airport approaches. Add the parkland along the river and a young, growing population, and the local training demand runs from workplace compliance through to parents wanting infant CPR.
CPR Plus First Aid covers all of it from a training room seven minutes away at 18 Station Street, Kogarah. We run nationally recognised CPR, first aid and education and care first aid courses, and every session is built around practice rather than theory – compressions and rescue breaths on adult and infant manikins, training defibrillator use, the recovery position, choking management, and scenario work drawn from situations that actually happen.
Courses you can book from Arncliffe
CPR – HLTAID009
One session on the manikins, a training defibrillator, and a nationally recognised outcome. Common for Arncliffe renewals. HLTAID009 CPR certificate.
First Aid – HLTAID011
Broader than CPR: wound care, burns, fractures, medical emergencies, and structured assessment. The usual Arncliffe workplace choice. HLTAID011 Provide First Aid.
Education and care – HLTAID012
The unit Arncliffe childcare, OOSH and school staff are asked for. childcare first aid training or the childcare hub.
Asthma and anaphylaxis
Two supplementary units: asthma 22556VIC and anaphylaxis 22578VIC. Both short, both accredited.
Group and onsite training
A trainer attends your Arncliffe premises with everything required and runs the session there. Request a group quote.
Course fees
A CPR-only enrolment (HLTAID009) is $50.00; the full HLTAID011 Provide First Aid course is $100.00 and includes the CPR content; HLTAID012 for childcare and school staff is $110.00. Onsite delivery in Arncliffe is priced on headcount.
A statement of attainment is issued on successful completion of both the theory and the practical assessment. Current dates for each unit are shown on the course pages.
Getting to us from Arncliffe
The training room is at 18 Station Street, Kogarah – about 7 minutes from Arncliffe, straight down the Princes Highway and then a right into Station Street. It is one of the shortest trips of any suburb we cover, and even at peak times it rarely becomes a problem.
The train is just as easy and needs no changes. Arncliffe is on the T4 Illawarra line and so is Kogarah, two stops apart, with a two-minute walk at the other end. Given how tight parking is around Arncliffe station, most participants find the train the simpler option at both ends. If you do drive, there is street parking on Station Street and in the blocks around it plus the public car parks in Kogarah town centre – allow an extra ten minutes because Kogarah is busy from early with St George Hospital traffic.
Who we train in Arncliffe
Arncliffe bookings come from a broad local mix:
- Cafe, restaurant and food retail staff along the Princes Highway and the Wollongong Road strip
- Warehousing, motor trade and light-industrial staff towards Marsh Street and the airport approaches
- Early childhood educators and OOSH staff from the centres serving Arncliffe and Wolli Creek who need HLTAID012
- Building managers, concierge and maintenance staff from the newer residential towers
- Aged care and in-home support workers visiting clients across the area
- School staff, teachers’ aides and canteen volunteers from the local schools
- Parents and grandparents wanting infant and child CPR practice
Apartment living changes how you call for help
Arncliffe has more high-density housing than most of the suburbs we cover, and it introduces a delay that catches people out: an ambulance crew can reach the building quickly and still lose several minutes getting to the door. Every one of those minutes matters, because survival from cardiac arrest falls sharply for each minute without compressions and defibrillation. The practical response is to send someone to meet the crew at the street entrance and hold the lift, give the operator the unit number and building access details straight away, and unlock the door before you go back to the casualty.
The second piece worth sorting out in advance: know whether your building has a defibrillator and where it is kept. Larger residential and commercial buildings increasingly hold one in the foyer or plant room, and a device nobody knows about is worth nothing. Building managers and strata committees around Arncliffe are well placed to fix both problems – signage and a trained cohort of residents or staff – and it costs very little.
Why people in Arncliffe train with us
Classes stay small so everyone gets genuine time on a manikin, including the infant manikin that matters most to families. Trainers are qualified professionals with practical emergency response experience, teaching through demonstration and scenario work.
Training is nationally recognised, delivered on behalf of and in partnership with Allens Training Pty Ltd RTO 90909, with CPR content following current Australian Resuscitation Council guidance. Arncliffe workplaces, centres, strata committees and community groups can also have a trainer attend their own premises.
The team at CPR Plus First Aid were super easy to deal with, concise and clear communication and the teacher was engaging, informative and logistical.Umesh, Security Officer
Nearby suburbs and areas
Neighbouring pages include CPR course Banksia one stop south, CPR training in Wolli Creek one stop north and CPR course Rockdale a few minutes down the Highway. Mascot is close as well.
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Frequently asked questions
Where is the nearest CPR course to Arncliffe?
At 18 Station Street, Kogarah NSW 2217 – about 7 minutes by car, or two stops on the T4 Illawarra line from Arncliffe station with no changes.
Is there a direct train?
Yes. Arncliffe and Kogarah are both on the T4 Illawarra line, so it is a single service and a two-minute walk from Kogarah station to Station Street.
Can you train building or strata staff?
Yes. Building managers, concierge and maintenance teams are a growing part of our bookings around Arncliffe and Wolli Creek. A trainer can attend the building with all the equipment.
What should I tell the ambulance operator if I live in an apartment?
Give the unit number and building access details immediately, send someone to meet the crew at the street entrance, hold the lift and unlock the door. In high-density housing that saves several minutes, and every minute counts in a cardiac arrest.
What do the courses cost?
HLTAID009 Provide CPR is $50.00, HLTAID011 Provide First Aid is $100.00 and HLTAID012 for education and care settings is $110.00. Group and onsite training is quoted on numbers.
How long is the certificate valid?
For HLTAID009 the provider states a 12-month certificate validity period. Check your own employer or regulator requirement, as some industries are stricter than the minimum.
Practise it before you need it
Book a session, work on the manikins, ask the awkward questions. That is the whole point of doing this in Arncliffe rather than reading a leaflet.