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A Statement of Attainment has no legal expiry date. Australian workplace first aid guidance commonly recommends refreshing CPR every 12 months and first aid every 3 years. Employer, industry or registration body requirements take priority. Use the calculator below to work out your dates from your last completion date.
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People talk about a first aid certificate "expiring". It is simpler, and more useful, to separate three different things.
Your Statement of Attainment records that you were assessed as competent on a given date. It does not carry a legal expiry date and it stays on your USI transcript permanently. How certification works.
Australian workplace first aid guidance commonly recommends refreshing CPR every 12 months and first aid every 3 years. Skills fade without practice, and guidelines change, which is why the refresh matters more than the piece of paper.
Employers, industry bodies and registration bodies can set their own timeframes, and often do. Their requirement takes priority over the general guidance, so check what your role needs.
Where the timeframes come from. WorkSafe WA's guidance for first aiders says CPR refresher training should be completed annually and first aid certifications renewed every 3 years, with more frequent training where workplace risks call for it. WorkSafe WA: Training a first aider.
| Situation | What to book | Why |
|---|---|---|
| CPR is due, first aid is not | HLTAID009 Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation | A short session that keeps your CPR current between full first aid renewals. |
| First aid is due (3 years since HLTAID011) | HLTAID011 Provide First Aid, blended refresher format | Reissues HLTAID009, 010 and 011 together, so CPR and first aid reset on the same date. |
| You work in education and care | HLTAID012 | Keeps first aid, anaphylaxis and asthma current in one unit. Check your service's requirements, which may be stricter. |
| You work an hour or more from help | HLTAID013 | Reissues the remote unit together with HLTAID009, 010 and 011. |
| You coordinate first aid for a site or event | HLTAID014 | Reissues the advanced unit together with HLTAID009, 010 and 011. |
| Your certificate is well past three years | The full unit you need, as a new enrolment | There is no penalty for being overdue. You simply complete the unit again. If it has been a long time, the full day format for HLTAID011 gives more practice time. |
Compare the units in detail, or check upcoming session dates.
Session dates and bookings for CPR and first aid refreshers are on reachau.com.au. Book a few weeks ahead so you stay continuously current.
Training and Assessment is delivered by Britt at Regional Education and Career Help Australia on behalf of ABC First Aid RTO 3399.
A Statement of Attainment has no legal expiry date. What changes over time is whether your skills are current and whether your employer or regulator accepts the certificate. Australian workplace first aid guidance commonly recommends refreshing CPR every 12 months and first aid every 3 years, and employer, industry or registration body requirements take priority.
Australian workplace first aid guidance commonly recommends refreshing CPR every 12 months. WorkSafe WA states CPR refresher training should be completed annually. HLTAID009 is the short unit used for the annual refresh.
Australian workplace first aid guidance commonly recommends refreshing first aid every 3 years. Renewing HLTAID011 reissues HLTAID009 and HLTAID010 as well, so your CPR date resets at the same time.
Not straight away. HLTAID011 includes CPR, so your CPR date resets on the day you complete it. Twelve months later, a standalone HLTAID009 keeps CPR current until your next full first aid renewal.
There is no penalty and no re-sitting of old content. You simply complete the unit you need again. If it has been several years, the full day HLTAID011 format gives you more practice time.
Yes, if that is their policy. Employer, industry or registration body requirements take priority over the general guidance, and some set shorter periods based on their risk assessment. Follow the stricter requirement.
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