Essex Medical Training runs regulated first aid courses for Brentwood employers, schools, nurseries, care providers and individual learners. Our training centre in Battlesbridge is about 16 miles east of Brentwood, usually around 30 minutes via the A127 and A130, and we also deliver courses at workplaces anywhere in the borough, from Shenfield, Hutton and Warley to Pilgrims Hatch, Ingatestone and West Horndon.
Every course is taught by a healthcare professional from a frontline ambulance or emergency department background. Learners spend most of the day practising on manikins and each other, with scenarios built around the kind of workplace they come from.
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First Aid Courses For Brentwood Learners
Scheduled courses run at our Battlesbridge centre. Prices are per person and exclude VAT. Course books, certificates and refreshments are included.
First Aid Cover For Brentwood Workplaces
Brentwood’s employers are mostly lower-hazard: offices and professional services around the town centre, Shenfield and Warley, retail and hospitality on the High Street, schools and colleges, GP and dental practices, and care homes across the borough. The exceptions are the construction, groundworks and logistics businesses working along the A12 and A127 corridors, which HSE treats as higher hazard.
For a lower-hazard workplace, HSE’s suggested starting point is an appointed person where you have fewer than 25 employees, at least one first aider trained in Emergency First Aid at Work from 25 to 50, and at least one first aider with the full First Aid at Work qualification for every 100 employees once you have more than 50. For higher-hazard work the thresholds fall: at least one first aider from five employees, and one First Aid at Work first aider for every 50 above that.
Those are starting points, not the answer. Split sites, lone workers, staff who travel, visitors and customers on the premises, and holiday and sickness cover all push the number up. Schools must also allow for pupils, and early years settings have their own paediatric first aid requirement.
Our free first aid needs assessment calculator turns your staff numbers, hazard level and working pattern into a written result you can file with your risk assessments.
Getting To Us From Brentwood
Essex Medical Training
Unit 3, Mayphil Industrial Estate, Hawk Hill, Battlesbridge, Essex SS11 7RJ
From Brentwood town centre the centre is about 16 miles by road, usually around 30 minutes: take the A127 east to the A130, then north to Battlesbridge. From Ingatestone and Mountnessing the A12 and A130 via Howe Green is about the same. Parking on site is free.
By train, travel from Brentwood or Shenfield to Wickford and change for the Crouch Valley line; Battlesbridge is the first stop.
First aid courses run from 09:00 to 16:00, with tea and coffee provided.
Training At Your Brentwood Premises
Brentwood is at the far end of our patch, so for a group it almost always makes more sense for the course to come to you. Nobody travels, the scenarios can be built around your own building and risks, and you choose the dates. Schools often use an INSET day; offices often split a team across two one-day courses so the business keeps running.
We bring the trainer, manikins, defibrillator trainers and all other equipment. You provide a room. The price is one fixed fee for up to 12 learners, with no travel charge anywhere in the Brentwood borough, including Shenfield, Hutton, Warley, Pilgrims Hatch, Ingatestone, Mountnessing, Herongate and West Horndon.
For Emergency First Aid at Work, on-site training costs less than individual places once you have seven or more people to train. For the three-day First Aid at Work course, the figure is eight.
Why Brentwood Organisations Use Us
Trainers Who Have Done It
Our team comes from frontline emergency ambulance and busy emergency department work. They have treated the cardiac arrests, bleeds and seizures they teach.
Local, Not National
We are an Essex company, not a national franchise. You deal with the same small team from enquiry to certificate.
Prices You Can See
Per-person and group prices are published, with books, certificates and travel included. We are not the cheapest and we do not try to be.
Hands-On From The Start
Learners spend most of the course practising on manikins and each other, with scenarios drawn from their own kind of workplace.
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Brentwood First Aid Training Questions
Do You Deliver First Aid Training In Brentwood?
Yes. We deliver courses at workplaces, schools and care settings across the Brentwood borough for one fixed fee with no travel charge, and individuals can book a place on a scheduled course at our Battlesbridge training centre, about 30 minutes away.
Which First Aid Course Does A Brentwood Office Need?
It depends on your first aid needs assessment. For a lower-hazard workplace such as an office, HSE suggests an appointed person below 25 staff, at least one Emergency First Aid at Work first aider from 25 to 50, and at least one First Aid at Work first aider per 100 staff above that, with cover for absence and split sites.
How Much Does Group First Aid Training Cost In Brentwood?
On-site group training starts at £750 + VAT for a one-day Emergency First Aid at Work course for up to 12 learners, including the trainer, equipment, books and certificates. The three-day First Aid at Work course is £1,895 + VAT for up to 12.
How Much Is A Single Place?
On a scheduled course at Battlesbridge, Emergency First Aid at Work is £125 + VAT per person, First Aid at Work is £265 + VAT and the two-day requalification is £195 + VAT. Individuals can book and pay online.
How Long Does A First Aid Certificate Last?
First Aid at Work, Emergency First Aid at Work and Paediatric First Aid certificates all last three years. HSE strongly recommends annual refresher training in between.
What Do We Need To Provide For An On-Site Course?
A room with enough floor space for learners to practise CPR on manikins, and somewhere for the trainer to park. We bring everything else.
Arrange First Aid Training In Brentwood
Tell us the course, the number of people and the dates you have in mind, and we will reply with availability and a price.
Call us: 0800 820 3692
