BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Australia/Sydney X-WR-TIMEZONE:Australia/Sydney BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3564@unswoc.org DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE:20250516 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE:20250519 DTSTAMP:20250429T010237Z URL:https://unswoc.org/wordpress/events/may-2025-remote-area-first-aid/ SUMMARY:May 2025 Remote Area First Aid DESCRIPTION:UNSWOC has organised for Wilderness First Aid Australia (WFAA) to provide our members with a 3-day Remote Area First Aid (RAFA) course fr om Friday 16th - Sunday 18th of May.\n\n\nWhat will the course involve: Y ou will do online pre-learning before the course then undertake a number o f scenarios across the 3 days interspersed with teaching sessions. It will be an intense 3 days but rewarding and equip you with a nationally recogn ized qualification for your back country adventures. Check some of the pho tos and details from past courses here and above is a lovely fake injury f rom the course I did recently.\n\n \;\n\nWhere: The Grange Outdoor Edu cation Facility in Mt Victoria (2hrs west of Sydney)\n\nTiming: Friday 16t h - Sunday 18th of May. This is immediately following the UNSW exam block so hopefully is an ideal time for everyone keen. The course runs from 8 am through 5:30 pm each day. There will be time to eat food however there is not likely to be time to buy food\, so come prepared.\n\nAccommodation: P rivate house/dormitory shared kitchen\, BBQ facilities and toilets will be included for all. You can stay onsite in a bed with ($105 for the 3 night s)\, this is recommended to get the most out of the course plus you get to spend more time with friends\, details in the image at the end.\n\nTransp ort: Train from central to Mt Victoria (10 min walk) or car-pool.\n\nCost: $491 + $105 for Accom\n\n For trip leaders (and TLIT) this will be subsi dised. You pay up front and are reimbursed per trip you run at a rate of $ 100 per trip you run in the calendar year up too $500 (exact fee arrangeme nt subject to change).\n Non trip leaders will not be subsidised.\n If y ou are experiencing financial complication\, please let myself (Oliver) or Caity Donovan know and arrangements can be made.\n\nWhy we subsidise: UNS WOC will fund the training for active trip leaders as a thank you for thei r hard work and future trip leaders to equip them to lead trips.\n\n \ ;\n\nPre-work requirement: Pre-work is essential (there will be an online handbook sent out). There are not prior first aid qualifications needed to start or sign up for this course.\n\nQualifications: Upon completion you will have from the RTO:\n\n \nHLTAID009 Provide cardiopulmonary resuscita tion\n \nHLTAID011 Provide First Aid\n \nHLTAID013 Provide First Aid in remote or isolated site\n\n \;\n\nSign-ups: 16 places available. Paym ent will be required upon acceptance to the trip. Failure to pay within 3 days of acceptance will result in the loss of your place on the course.\n\ nPlease comment below the last time you did a RAFA/WFA course\, if you wou ld like to stay onsite\, how many trips you have run so far this year and how many you intend to run.\n\n \;\n\nWhat to bring (minimum):\n\n fo od (all meals and food to be self-catered)\n if staying onsite: Doona/sle eping bag (sheet + pillowcase provided)\n\nTo ensure ALL students get the most out of their learning participants should bring ALL their own persona l equipment (not limited to the list below) to gain a stronger understandi ng and familiarity with how to respond in an emergency situation.\n\n War m/appropriate clothing to be outside. Please DO NOT wear your best outdoo r clothing as you will be outside on the ground and stage makeup will be u sed which can stain if no washed.\n Old Sleeping bag WHICH CAN GET VERY D IRTY\n Foam mat/Old Thermarest - (insulation)\n Wet weather gear\n Smal l tarp / tent fly / hootchi - (some sort of shelter protection)\n Sun pro tection – 30+SPF/Zinc\, Hat\, etc\n Water bottle\n Backpack\n Pen\, p aper\n Watch with second hand/stopwatch function\n 2 x spare jumpers and t-shirts for padding for splints (will get dirty)\n Walking poles\, padd les - gear you would normally have with you outdoors that you can use to i mprovise splints.\n\n \;\n\nAny questions\, comments\, concerns contac t me - Oliver Nicholls \n\n \;\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://unswoc.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/ 2023/06/20230617_130120-scaled.jpg CATEGORIES:Training LOCATION:https://maps.app.goo.gl/juJGhjYvuyHMv6cw7 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Australia/Sydney X-LIC-LOCATION:Australia/Sydney BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20250406T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR