Becoming a First Response Trainer at Scouts

All Scouts First Response trainers must have their role and confirmation of their 16-hour first aid certificate registered in Compass before they may deliver any training. 

To be a First Response trainer at Scouts volunteers must:  

• Hold and maintain a current first aid qualification provided by a regulated body certifying their attendance at a 16-hour (minimum) first aid course.
• Have covered any gaps between their training and the Scouts First Response syllabus (eg, child CPR, sepsis etc).
• Hold a recognised training qualification or have validated both facilitating skills (module 28) and presenting skills (module 29). 

First Response trainers who are not registered on Compass (both role and full first aid certificate) may not deliver the Scouts First Response course.

Preparing to be a First Response Trainer

Potential trainers who have the appropriate first aid qualification but not the training qualification can, whilst working towards module 28 and 29, help with delivery whilst being supervised and supported by an accredited Scouts First Response trainer.

They may not operate independently of an accredited First Response trainer to deliver First Response training. The accredited First Response trainer remains responsible for the delivery and quality of this training and the potential trainer has a maximum period of 6 months to complete accreditation.

Continuing to be a First Response Trainer

First Response trainers are only accredited whilst their first aid qualification remains current. The accreditation will last a maximum of 3 years, when it will need to be renewed on the membership system with updated evidence of the qualifications.

First Response trainers who have professional qualifications which provides their evidence for the first aid part of the accreditation must still remain current and provide evidence of this at renewal of the accreditation.