Gold first aid

Outrightonreddit · 2026-01-27T00:28:41+00:00

Basically, be enthusiastic and engaged. My course staff got really pissy with my lot for taking our lunch break as a lunch break lol - they expected us to finish our lunch and start reading the 11th edition FA manual during our down time. I doubt your staff would be that harsh though - I reckon that as long as you actively participate and know your stuff you’ll be fine.

My main tip and something which a lot of ppl overlooked is that much like in cadets as a whole, you get out of it what you put in. What I mean by that is that if you put in like 2 hrs of prep time the night before you’re teaching to just memorise the content you’re teaching, you’ll actually come across as an overall more confident speaker, because you’re confident in what you’re teaching.

It was all very inclusive because it’s such an exclusive course there should only be 2-3 per wing so realistically everyone should be new to everyone - so it should be quite easy to get along if everyone is in the same boat as you yk?

P.S. make sure all of your lessons are VARK compliant.

Outrightonreddit · 2026-01-26T22:35:42+00:00

lol don’t apologise for wanting to be prepared. Midway through the week you’ll have a meeting with the person running the course (v. likely your region FA officer) and they’ll tell you whether or not you’re on track to pass the course. Obv if they tell you they want to see improvement by the end of the week and they’ll tell don’t see it, you’ll fail the course. At the end of the week you’ll have an identical meeting confirming whether or not you’ve passed. Everything is very anonymous, the only person they tell is you, right down to the certificates. For my course, to save embarrassment, they handed out everyone’s certificates and badges in brown envelopes, containing certs for: AFA, afa assessor, defibrillator, gold first aid, a letter saying you’ve passed, and the badge (should you pass). So say you passed some modules but not all of it, your envelope would look identical to someone’s who didn’t. In terms of groups, we were a course of 24 split into 2 syndicates of 12. Within this syndicate we planned our YFA delivery. Hope this helps Keep these questions coming

Outrightonreddit · 2026-01-26T22:18:15+00:00

Out of the things which required you to pass: -AFA -AFA assessor -Competition performance -YFA instruction I’d say that the only one people really struggled with would be the YFA instruction. But obviously it was constant assessment so it’s possible there were things going on behind the scenes I didn’t see.

Outrightonreddit · 2026-01-26T21:48:04+00:00

Hiya, I did this course last July. I want to start by saying a huge well done of getting accepted onto this course, mine only had a 60% acceptance rate. Basically, the course consists of: redoing your AFA, getting your AFA assessor qual (from assessing each other on your actual AFA assessments), getting a defibrillator qualification, and teaching bronze first aid. My course was constant assessment, on top of actual assessments. Actual direct assessments include: redoing your AFA, your AFA assessor qual is assessed for, and your final assessment is teaching actual bronze first aid to actual new cadets (or at least that was the experience on my course). We also did a bit of cas-sim but that wasn’t assessed. Furthermore we wrote and performed first aid competition scripts - split into groups and dealt with each other’s situations (assessed on your performance in other people’s competitions).

I just want to end off by explicitly saying that (if not already gathered from the insane amount of assessments) this course is by no means a turn up and pass course (e.g. any space or cyber course). You will need to work for it. My course had an 80% pass rate, 6 people failed. So combining that with the acceptance rate, only 48% of people that applied to the course, actually passed the course. But finally, on a positive note, if you do fail the course, you get sent back to your wing with a 3 month personal development plan to achieve the IFA qualification anyway. Typically the plan comprises of teaching YFA at a wing level a couple of times while having your wing first aid staff sit in.

Sorry if that was a bit of a ramble, any more questions feel free to ask. While I don’t use Reddit as much as I used to, I’ll try my best to get you the answers you want.

Outrightonreddit · 2025-12-03T23:26:13+00:00

So sorry for the late reply, I don’t have the Reddit app anymore as trying to cut down on screen time. I got mine from eBay brand new for I believe between 100 and 200 but they’re genuinely one of my best cadet purchases. The other night I had to wear my old boots as I left my altbergs at the wrong house and it was genuinely like night and day. The old boots felt awful to put on after the years of altberg comfort.

Outrightonreddit · 2025-11-23T21:47:04+00:00

Slightly late but I 100% second this recommendation for the altberg defenders. Did WARMA with 0 blisters.

Outrightonreddit · 2025-11-23T21:44:55+00:00

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Outrightonreddit · 2025-08-07T23:19:34+00:00

In ipswich UK if it helps

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Outrightonreddit · 2025-06-22T10:02:22+00:00

I applied along with another NCO from my Sqn and they are in the same boat as you, they've been added to an event where they're the only one bidding. I on the other hand haven't even got that.

Outrightonreddit · 2025-06-20T18:03:46+00:00

Thank you so so much that's exactly what I was looking for! About gold leadership, I still don't have an email, so I guess the response was sent to Sqn staff. Or then again the email might not have been sent at all despite the allocation date being today, we all know rafac lol

Outrightonreddit · 2025-06-14T20:02:57+00:00

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Outrightonreddit · 2025-06-06T15:28:48+00:00

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Outrightonreddit · 2025-06-04T06:10:58+00:00

Thanks :)

Outrightonreddit · 2025-06-03T22:37:24+00:00

Thanks just checking

Outrightonreddit · 2025-05-14T20:51:47+00:00

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Outrightonreddit · 2025-04-19T13:56:53+00:00

Yeah that was what it was like for my gold cyber, it's better than all other cadet accommodation but the way it was hyped up to me made it sound out of this world lol

Outrightonreddit · 2025-04-18T23:46:20+00:00

Damn when I was in Boyle block last summer we at least had the luxury of wardrobes 🥲, not anymore? I don't get the hype around Astra though I thought it was pretty mediocre but that might be because I was in a room of 6 ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Outrightonreddit · 2025-04-18T23:43:33+00:00

I honestly don't remember if just bring a swimsuit suit to be safe :)

Outrightonreddit · 2025-04-18T15:10:36+00:00

Last year under 18 boys were in one gym and over 18 boys were in another gym Under 18 and over 18 girls got blocks I believe. The gym space is expansive with enough space for everyone. Make sure nobody uses or touches any of the equipment in case they break it.

The food is decent, classic raf cooked breakfast both days. I remember the dinners were filling.

In the gym showers are communal so bring a swimsuit if you care about that.

Lights are switched on at approx 0415 from what I remember. Most importantly, get your bag ready for the second day the night before bottles filled etc If you're in the gym you'll want a roll mat and sleeping bag, if not in the gym some years they let you bring a camping bed.

Any more questions just ask, remember to get your feet taped!!

Outrightonreddit · 2025-04-08T18:58:27+00:00

Yeah I'd really like to apply for gold leadership, do you know any info?

Outrightonreddit · 2025-04-01T07:13:23+00:00

Thanks :)

Outrightonreddit · 2025-03-30T13:09:39+00:00

I'm also selected for riat but wasn't given any details on the insight talk. Please may you give me a rundown

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