How is it different from HLTAID011?

HLTAID011 Provide First Aid is the fuller workplace unit. HLTAID010 covers life-threatening emergencies - resuscitation, anaphylaxis, asthma, bleeding - without the full incident-management scope. Employers name the code they want.

How is it different from CPR alone?

HLTAID009 is CPR and defibrillation only. HLTAID010 adds anaphylaxis, asthma and wound management, and the assessment kit reflects that.

How often should I refresh it?

The unit does not expire. Safe Work Australia's model Code of Practice recommends first aid training be refreshed every three years and the CPR component every twelve months. Your regulator or employer may differ.

Not entirely. Manikin work to ARC guidelines is mandatory, so there is always a practical component.

Which one does my job need?

Ask your employer or WHS regulator by code. The register directs licensing and refresher questions to the relevant state or territory authority.

HLTAID010 Provide basic emergency life support

About this qualification

HLTAID010 sits between CPR and the full first aid certificate. The register describes “the skills and knowledge required to recognise and respond to life-threatening emergencies” in line with Australian Resuscitation Council guidelines.

222,762 enrolments in Queensland in 2025 — third biggest single training product in the state, behind only CPR and Provide First Aid.

It carries more than CPR: alongside compression and ventilation on adult and infant manikins, assessment requires an adrenaline auto-injector training device, AED training devices, a placebo bronchodilator and spacer, wound dressings and a workplace first aid kit. Anaphylaxis and asthma are in scope; they are not in HLTAID009.

What it does not carry is the full incident-management scope of HLTAID011. If your workplace names a code, use that code — these three are not interchangeable.

Roles it maps to

What the unit covers, per the national register.

Emergency Response CPR Anaphylaxis Asthma

Commonly held together

First aid is a family of five units. Which one you need is set by your workplace or regulator, not by preference — and the CPR component is refreshed more often than the rest.

Single unit · CPR onlyHLTAID009 Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Single unit · you are hereHLTAID010 Provide basic emergency life support
Single unit · the workplace standardHLTAID011 Provide First Aid
Single unit · childcare and schoolsHLTAID012 Provide First Aid in an education and care setting
Single unit · advancedHLTAID015 Provide advanced resuscitation and oxygen therapy
Single unit · construction sitesCPCWHS1001 White Card — site entry

What it covers

4Core Elements

0Elective Electives

A single unit of competency with no prerequisites and no AQF level. Compression and ventilation must be demonstrated on adult and infant resuscitation manikins to Australian Resuscitation Council guidelines. Assessment also requires access to an adrenaline auto-injector training device, AED training devices, a placebo bronchodilator and spacer device, wound dressings and a workplace first aid kit.

The four elements of the unit.

Element 1 Respond to an emergency situation
Element 2 Apply appropriate first aid procedures
Element 3 Communicate details of the incident
Element 4 Review the incident

For a full list of elective units, visit training.gov.au →

Frequently asked questions

How is it different from HLTAID011?: HLTAID011 Provide First Aid is the fuller workplace unit. HLTAID010 covers life-threatening emergencies — resuscitation, anaphylaxis, asthma, bleeding — without the full incident-management scope. Employers name the code they want.
How is it different from CPR alone?: HLTAID009 is CPR and defibrillation only. HLTAID010 adds anaphylaxis, asthma and wound management, and the assessment kit reflects that.
How often should I refresh it?: The unit does not expire. Safe Work Australia's model Code of Practice recommends first aid training be refreshed every three years and the CPR component every twelve months. Your regulator or employer may differ.
Can I do it online?: Not entirely. Manikin work to ARC guidelines is mandatory, so there is always a practical component.
Which one does my job need?: Ask your employer or WHS regulator by code. The register directs licensing and refresher questions to the relevant state or territory authority.

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