My First Aid Course has opened a new training venue in Redbank, giving residents across Springfield Lakes, Goodna, Collingwood Park, Riverview, Ipswich and surrounding western corridor suburbs a locally accessible option for CPR and first aid certification without travelling into central Brisbane.
The Redbank venue is one of two new locations the Brisbane-based provider has recently launched, alongside a new venue at 74 Station Road in Indooroopilly.
Together they bring My First Aid Course’s Brisbane network to eight locations, spanning the city’s north, south, east and now its western and inner-western corridors, with the Redbank site sitting closest to the outer south-west growth suburbs.
Easier access for the western growth corridor
My First Aid Course trainer Mal Thompson said convenience is what ultimately determines whether people stay current with their first aid certification. “If people can attend closer to home, they are more likely to stay current and more likely to remember what to do when it counts,” he said.
“The first few minutes of an emergency matter. We want more people to feel confident stepping in, whether that is at work, at a sports field, at home, or in a shopping centre.”
That friction — the time, the parking, the distance — is particularly real for the western corridor. Springfield Lakes alone has grown substantially since its first residential stages opened in the late 1990s, and its residents work across construction, logistics, healthcare, childcare, disability support, aged care and retail, industries where first aid certification is often a mandatory workplace requirement.
The Redbank venue runs bi-weekly first aid and CPR courses, delivering both standard and advanced workplace-ready training, giving the corridor reliable and regular access rather than an occasional offering.
A training model built around flexibility
My First Aid Course uses a blended learning format, with most theory completed online at each student’s own pace, followed by a short practical assessment at the venue. The HLTAID011 Provide First Aid course, the standard requirement for most workplaces, schools and community organisations, requires a two-hour practical session after online pre-reading is complete.
The CPR-only course (HLTAID009) requires a short face-to-face practical session in person.
The practical component covers CPR technique, defibrillator awareness, emergency scenario management and hands-on skills that cannot be developed through online learning alone.
Certificates are issued the same day on weekdays when online prerequisites are completed in advance, making it straightforward for workers who need documentation quickly for a new role or compliance renewal.
The provider has 30 years of professional training experience, and all trainers hold the TAE40122 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment. Courses are delivered through Allens Training Pty Ltd RTO 90909, a nationally registered training organisation, meaning certificates are recognised across Queensland and Australia.
The courses now available in Redbank
The Redbank venue offers CPR (HLTAID009, currently $49), first aid (HLTAID011, $98), childcare first aid (HLTAID012, $123) and advanced first aid, covering the full range of certifications most residents and workplaces in the western corridor are likely to need. Onsite group bookings are also available for workplaces wanting to train multiple staff members without requiring them to travel.
For small businesses, childcare centres, trade teams and community organisations in Springfield Lakes and surrounding suburbs, having a venue this close makes compliance renewals considerably easier to manage.
To book or view upcoming course dates at the Redbank venue, click here.
Published 20-May-2026
