News

January 2010 - "New Partnership"

Pulse Cymru are delighted to be working in partnership with Luis Michael training, delivering child protection and safety and welfare of children throughout the UK. Luis Michael are one of the UK's largest training providers to the active leisure sector, earning a reputation as a leader in their field. They provide a broad range of high quality services to meet a wide range of needs; from training to helping young adults gain initial employment, qualifications to help those already in employment to develop and progress their careers, and vocational courses for those individuals looking for a career change. Luis Michael offer training to anyone aged 16 and over including the following:

• Skills Development – Preparing 16-18-year-olds for entering employment
• Lifelong Learning – Preparing 19+ for employment up skilling the workforce
• Industry Specific – Apprenticeships to prepare people for working within the Sport and Leisure environment.

January 2009 - "New IHCD First Person on Scene courses"

Pulse Cymru are pleased to announce that Edexcel/IHCD have granted accreditation to deliver the IHCD First Person on Scene programme for both Basic and Intermediate courses. This course is designed for those who provide an emergency response prior to the arrival of the emergency services and is ideal for industry, construction, rig and gas workers as well as local community responders.

Training is guaranteed to be delivered by paramedic instructors who have a wealth of experience and who bring a sense of reality to the courses.

Additional courses: -
Medications Awareness
Mental Health Awareness
Protection of Vulnerable Adults

These half day or one day courses are ideally suited to those who work or are looking for a career in the health sector. Specialist Lecturers in Psychiatry and Nursing who have a wealth of practical experience deliver this training.

Students from Cwmllynfell Rugby Club undertaking the 2 day Sports Injury Course at our state of the art training centre

Pulse Cymru had pleasure in working with ex professional footballers Mark Aizlewood and Paul Sugrue in training secondary school students in Emergency First Aid as part of the curriculum run by Mark and Paul on behalf of Welsh Schools.

June 2008 - "Funding for ESF and SME courses"

“Some of our courses are vocationally related qualifications that may attract funding under Section 96 and/or Section 97 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 and are eligible to be used to qualify candidates taking part in ESF and SME funded programmes”

Look out for:

• Level 2 Certificate in Paediatric First Aid
• Level 2 Certificate in Sports First Aid
• Level 2 Certificate in Emergency First Aid for the Workplace

June 2008 - "CIEH Accreditation"

We are now an accredited centre for the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health and are able to offer the following courses:

• CIEH Principles of Manual Handling
• CIEH Level 2 Award in Health and Safety in Health and Social Care
• CIEH Level 2 Award in Conflict Resolution and Personal Safety

May 2008 - "New Accreditations"

We have just been accredited by First Aid Qualifications to deliver the Level 2 Certificate in Paediatric First Aid, which attracts funding under Section 98 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000.

First Aid Qualifications are an awarding body accredited by : -
• Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA)
• Qualifications Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales (ACCAC)
• Council for the Curriculum Examinations and Assessment (CCEA)

May 2008 - "New Partnership"

We are pleased to announce a new partnership arrangement with Educ8 training Ltd who has emerged as a leading provider of training to the Childcare and Health and Social Care sectors within Wales. The business was established in 2004 evolving as a subsidiary of CCA Residential Homes Ltd, a large residential care organisation providing highly specialised support for people with Learning Disabilities and / or Autistic Spectrum Disorder.

We look forward to working with Educ8training

Other recent clients include Neath Port Talbot Local Health Board, Swansea and District Pony Club, Ammanford Pony Club and Cymru Mencap.

In addition we are currently working with Medical Services, training staff in Wales in various aspects of emergency care and manual handling. Medical services are the UKs fastest growing medical transportation company.

August 2007 - "Extra courses due to demand"

Due to demand we are holding an additional 4 Day HSE First Aid at Work Course from 1st Oct - 4th Oct at our training centre. Please contact Pulse Cymru as soon as possible as places are limited.

June 2007 - "Do you have the facilities to be trained at your place of work?"

If not Pulse Cymru has the solution and has opened its first training centre in Swansea. The fully equipped centre enables clients to train in a number of First Aid, Manual Handling and Health and Safety courses in a comfortable environment, delivered by experts in their speciality. This is particularly useful when space and facilities are lacking at your place of work. The official opening of the centre will be in the coming months – date and further information to be confirmed…”

31st May 2007 - Welsh Bushi-Kai Club: one of Wales’ top Karate association

Chief Instructor, Shihan Ritchie Noblett 8th Dan Black was delighted with the first aid course we ran at his club in the Afan Lido Porttalbot.

He said,” it was really enjoyable, he went on to say he could see” how professional and dedicated we were to our profession”

In the year 2000 Ritchie was inducted into the Millennium Hall of Fame alongside sporting legends like Gareth Edwards (rugby) and Tony Lewis (cricket).