Green Cross Global Reviews

I missed the last day because of illness, but the book was very good and the trainer had great experience but didn't stick to the book missed all the case studies instead talked about his friends and family experience which got to be very off putting and not relevant

Due to unknown or undisclosed reasons, our original trainer couldn't attend the first 2 days. We had a non-Green Cross trainer, who whilst being very good, taught us methods and information which was directly contradicted by the Green Cross trainer on the 3rd day. This left many in the classroom feeling confused. To be clear, both trainers were excellent, but they were teaching slightly different things. In addition, the venue was terrible. Cramped and unheated, wobbly furniture, toilets which hadn't been cleaned or restocked in what looked like weeks, and dirty crockery for teas and coffees. I've been very pleased with all of the Green Cross courses I've attended previously, but if I was paying for this course instead of my employer, I would have been looking for a partial refund.

The 1 day course felt a tad rushed at times as there was lots of information to absorb and learn. The Tesco venue was a too small for 9 people. Overall the trainer was knowledgeable and presented his subject well.

Although I believe the course was to a high standard, as a new employee I do not have anything to compare the course to and therefore my opinion may not be accurate.

Not 100% sure the videos etc were very professional. Eg. children in a manufacturing environment not ideal format

The course was good in many ways. The venue made it difficult to practice physically, although we did. It might be better to try to separate 3 day courses from 1 day courses. The instructor could do more mid-session revision, such as "What is primary survey", "What does AVPU stand for?", etc. Because the room was so small, the instructor chose not to have the projector which heats the room up. Overall, good.

We found that this course was aimed at adult first aid rather than paediatric. We wanted to know more about relevant situations that would occur for us in a nursery setting, such as: impalements, hands on practising with bandaging, eye injuries. Although we covered various aspects it was short & sweet yet we spent a very long time looking at slides & presentations on the workings of the heart etc. For our newer staff this time could have been better spent doing practical learning.

The trainer gave us the wrong information a number of times, the practical's were good but I feel like the slides could have been rehearsed more.

Trainer had really good knowledge but could have delivered the content in a much more compelling way with more practices, games, videos or stories to keep engagement high. Time management on the course was poor and it felt like some areas were rushed through. We didn't stick to the designed slides or time slots for breaks or lunches and this made planning around day job more tricky to manage.

Due to the trainer arriving late for the pm slot of the training. The training was rushed in the time we had left with an unsatisfactory finish.