First Aid Courses
2023/2024 SEASON

The Muriwai Volunteer Lifeguard Service (MVLS) has organised the following First Aid Courses and Refreshers to get its fully paid-up club Lifeguard members qualified and refreshed for the coming 2022/23 season.
IMPORTANT: The subsidy specified in the course descriptions below is exclusively for Muriwai Volunteer Lifeguard Service (MVLS) members who must be fully paid up and active patrolling members of the MVLS at the time of registration for the course(s).
Members of other Surf Lifesaving Clubs may join the courses if the course is not fully subscribed by MVLS club members and must arrange and coordinate payment for the course with their own club management and the Administrator of MVLS.
The courses will be held in the education room at the Muriwai Surf Club.
Registration is by email to:
Administrator@muriwaisurf.org.nz
ATTENTION - YOU MUST INCLUDE ALL OF THE BELOW REQUIRED INFORMATION WITH YOUR EMAIL REGISTRATION REQUEST FOR IT TO BE ACCEPTED
You must include in your email the following:
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Course & course date
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First name
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Last name
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Unique email address
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Mobile phone number
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Name of your Surf Club
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SLS number
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Your Date of Birth
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Your NZQA number (if you want NZQA credits lodged)
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A PDF or digital scan of the relevant Frist Aid Certificate required as a prerequisite for the course
First Aid Courses:
Advanced Surf First Aid Course: Friday 23 September 2022 to Sunday 25 September 2022
This is a two-and-a-half-day course
Course times: Friday afternoon 4:30pm to 9pm, Saturday and Sunday 9am to 5pm
Course taught to SLSNZ First Aid Curriculum
Registrations for this course close Friday 16 September 2022.
Prerequisites:
8 participants minimum required for the course to proceed with a maximum of 12 participants
Pre-requites: Current Surf Life Saving Member plus a current recently expired (no longer than 3 months) SLS level 2 certificate or the new Surf First Aid certificate
Minimum 14 years of age
This course is fully subsidised for all fully paid up active patrolling MVLS club members
Penthrox Pain Relief Course: Saturday 15 October 2022 15:00 to 17:00
Registrations for this course close Friday 7 October 2022.
Prerequisites:
10 participants minimum required for the course to proceed
All participants need to have a current SLS Level 3 or Advanced Surf First Aid certificate.
Minimum 18 years of age
The course is 2 hours long and we require a minimum of 10 participants to run
This course is fully subsidised for all fully paid up active patrolling MVLS club members