You will need this licence if you intend to establish / operate commercial first aid services that will provide first aid in Victoria.
The licensing of first aid services provides minimum standards in the provision of first aid across a wide range of service delivery areas including but not limited to public events, sporting events, construction and industrial sites, film, and television.
Please note, commercial first aid services do not include:
- a volunteer first aid association
- Life Saving Victoria and lifesaving clubs
- an individual who is employed by an organisation to provide first aid to persons employed or engaged by that organisation in the course of the business carried on by the organisation
- an individual who provides first aid in the course of their work at a hospital, medical clinic or allied health service
- a medical clinic or allied health service
- someone who encounters by chance a circumstance that appears to require the provision of first aid and who provides that first aid.
