On-site first aid and care training
Practical first aid & care training at your workplace. Skills your staff will actually use.
Why choose
Training designed to build confidence, not just tick a box.
We believe first aid training should be practical, engaging and empowering. Our courses are built around real situations, real skills and real confidence.
Hands-on training focused on real-world situations and skills learners can actually use.
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Real skills.
Real situations.
Interactive, approachable training that keeps learners involved from start to finish.
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Real participation.
Real impact.
Helping learners develop the knowledge and confidence to act when it matters.
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Real confidence.
Real difference.
Prepare
Staff who have rehearsed the emergency, not just read about it.
Protect
Safer handling, sound safeguarding, and decisions that stand up to scrutiny.
Perform
Care that people notice, on the shift after the training as much as on the day.
From first aid and life-saving skills to health and care training, we provide practical courses designed around your team.
Tailored and blended options combine relevant subjects into one programme that works for your service.
Explore our courses
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Courses and prices
Every standard course is £450 for the group, runs three hours, takes up to eight learners, and happens on your premises.
Safer movement techniques, hoists, slide sheets and standing aids, plus risk assessment staff will use on shift.
£450 per group, 3 hours, up to 8
See what a session looks likeCollapse, choking, bleeding, seizures and CPR practice: the emergencies care staff meet most.
£450 per group, 3 hours, up to 8
How this differs from First Aid at WorkSpotting abuse and neglect, recording concerns accurately, and escalating them to the right person.
£450 per group, 3 hours, up to 8
Enquire about this courseThe five statutory principles, capacity assessments, best interests decisions, and when a DoLS applies.
£450 per group, 3 hours, up to 8
Enquire about this courseHydration and nutrition risks, safer eating and drinking, thickened fluids and IDDSI flow testing, hands-on.
£450 per group, 3 hours, up to 8
Enquire about this courseTwo or three subjects sequenced into a half or full day around your rota, so you cover more staff in fewer sessions.
On enquiry quoted in one working day
Discuss your training needsFirst aid awareness is a three hour session for confident first response. It is not the regulated First Aid at Work qualification. If that is what you need, say so and Paul will point you to the right provider.
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Inside a session
Every course follows the same shape. This is the one most services book first.
You provideRoom, equipment, eight staff
Learners receiveCertificate, 12 months
Lead timeUsually two weeks
Enquire about this courseClient feedback
"The team practised on our own hoists, in our own lounge. Two weeks later they used exactly what he taught them."
Sample: Registered Manager, care home
"Booked on the Monday, trained on the Thursday. No fuss, and the certificates were with us the same week."
Sample: Operations Lead, supported living
"Our inspectors asked about mental capacity training. We had the evidence, and staff who could talk about it."
Sample: Quality Manager, domiciliary care
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About Paul
Pressure Training is one experienced trainer, not an agency. When you book, Paul Hamer is the person who arrives, sets up, and answers your staff's awkward questions.
Eleven years in frontline adult social care, first as a support worker and then as a senior in a nursing home, before moving into training in 2008.
He set up Pressure Training after watching staff sit through generic, off-site courses that did not match their building or their residents.
The approach has not changed since: train the team together, in their own setting, on the situations they actually meet.
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Questions
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Yes. £450 covers the whole session for up to eight learners, so the cost per person falls the fuller the group is. No per learner charge, and no travel surcharge inside the service area.
No, and it is worth being clear. Awareness is a three hour session that builds confident first response. It is not the regulated First Aid at Work qualification. If your risk assessment requires that, Paul will point you to a provider who offers it.
Certificated courses come with a named certificate valid for twelve months, plus a session record for your training matrix. Awareness sessions come with an attendance record.
Dates are usually available within two weeks, and can be moved free of charge with seven days' notice. Invoiced after the session, payable within 30 days.
Eight is the cap per session, because everyone needs hands-on time. For larger teams, book two sessions in one day, which is usually the cheapest way to cover a whole service.
No. Paul delivers every session himself. Nothing is subcontracted, which is also why dates are finite and worth booking early.
Service area
Paul travels to you. No travel charge anywhere within about ninety minutes of Devon, and further afield is usually still workable, so it is worth asking.
Outside these towns? Ask anyway. Longer journeys often work, especially for a full day.
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Contact
Call, text, email or book a callback. Every enquiry gets a reply the same working day, Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm.
Tell Paul what you need and roughly when. He will come back with dates and a written quote.
You will always deal directly with Paul, your trainer, never a call centre. If he does not answer he is likely mid-session, so leave a message or send a text and he will come back to you the same working day, usually within three hours.
Text is often quickest. Paul can read a message between sessions, when he cannot return a call.
Pick a window that suits you, including early morning and after five. Paul rings you then, so nobody plays phone tag.
