Accepted first aid qualifications

If you have already undertaken first aid training, either in the workplace or personally, you may already meet Girlguiding’s current requirements.

All elements of the Girlguiding 1st response syllabus must have been covered, paying particular attention to those that must be demonstrated both in practice, as well as in theory. You can find out more about the requirements via the button below.

Check your course suitability

If you think your course meets Girlguiding requirements follow the steps below to upload your evidence to the learning platform.

If you have attended an external first aid training course, organised through Girlguiding, please do not follow the process below. The county office will be informed of your attendance on the course by either the course organiser or trainer and will add the relevant qualification to your GO record.

Step 1

You must have completed the 1st response e-learning module within the first aid section of the learning platform to unlock step 2.

Step 2

Select the ‘external first aid’ box.

Step 3

Choose 1 of the 3 external first aid options.

For 16-hour outdoor first aid qualifications:

• Select the 16-hour first aid qualification area if you wish to use it for specific outdoor qualifications e.g. walking, climbing.
• If you do not intend to use the 16-hour qualification for outdoor related qualifications, you should choose the relevant external first aid option.
• Any members wishing to use their 16-hour outdoor first aid qualification for both outdoor qualifications and unit level guiding should upload evidence to the 16-hour outdoor first aid qualification area for it to be approved for outdoor use first and then transferred over to verifiers to review against the criteria for unit level use.

Step 4

Click the ‘Enrol’ button to unlock the ‘Upload your evidence’ box at the bottom of the page, and click on the box.

Step 5

Before uploading your course documentation, download and complete the external first aid information form. You will need to upload this to help support the verification of your external first aid qualification.

External first aid information form

Step 6

Click ‘Add submission’ and upload your evidence, which can be a course certificate or image of an attendance record, along with the completed external first aid information form.

Step 7

Once all files are uploaded click ‘Save changes’ and your submission status should change to ‘Submitted’.

Your evidence will be sent to a region first aid verifier to review and you will receive an email to confirm once your uploaded certificate has been approved.