Victoria O’Neill is an associate instructor with Outdoor Learning Service with responsibility for First Aid and Mental Health training. Alongside this she works part time as a primary school teacher and also runs her own training company. Victoria has many years experience in the First Aid sector, having been an instructor and event first aider for British Red Cross and a first responder with Scottish Ambulance Service. In addition to her training and assessing role, she also works as a Qualifications Verifier for the Scottish Qualifications Authority, where she has responsibility for approving and externally verifying first aid training providers.
Victoria continues to support the campaign for compulsory CPR training and runs regular community CPR awareness events for British Heart Foundation. When not washing bandages or pegging out manikin faces, she can be found walking along the beach or frittering about the garden.
Qualifications & Accreditations:
- B Ed (Hons) Art & IT
- Full GTCS Registration
- ISO: 9001 Accreditation
- Ofqual Approved Trainer/Assessor
- SQA Approved Trainer/Assessor
- Nuco Approved Instructor
- Working towards Level 4 Award in External Verification
- Assessing & Internal Quality Assuring First Aid Qualifications
- Celox Academy Catastrophic Bleeding Instructor
- First Aid at Work Instructor/Assessor
- Paediatric First Aid Instructor/Assessor
- Forestry First Aid Instructor
- Outdoor First Aid Instructor
- First Aid for Mental Health Instructor/Assessor
- IHCD Intermediate
- Level 3 Award in First Response Emergency Care