The publisher
Who Needs Training is published by SKLD Training, which delivers nationally recognised first aid, CPR, resuscitation and rescue training, primarily on site at the customer's own premises, for groups of five or more. Training and assessment is delivered on behalf of Allens Training Pty Ltd, RTO 90909.
The site is organised in sections. Community First Aid Duties is the first and currently the only one, covering first aid obligations for clubs, committees and not-for-profits. Other areas SKLD trains in, including low voltage rescue and oxygen therapy, are not covered here yet and will only be added once the governing instruments have actually been read. The sources page lists what is deliberately absent.
SKLD Training is based on the Gold Coast in Queensland and delivers across South East Queensland, in Melbourne, and elsewhere by arrangement. Contact: hello@skldtraining.com.au, or skldtraining.com.au.
The commercial interest, stated plainly
What we gain from this site
We make money when an organisation books training with us. Some readers of this site will do that, and that is the reason it was worth building. Nothing on it is gated, no email address is required to read anything, and there is no form standing between you and an answer.
The awkward part of that arrangement is that a training provider has an incentive to tell you that you need training. Several pages here do the opposite. The volunteer association exclusion tells a large number of clubs that work health and safety law does not reach them. The aged care and NDIS entries tell providers that no standard names first aid. The resuscitation guideline on the currency page argues that the annual refresher we sell is, on its own, probably not enough to keep skills sharp.
Those are all here because they are what the instruments say. A reference that only contained the convenient half would not be worth publishing and would not be worth citing.
Editorial commitments
- Status labels are not decorative. A recommendation is labelled as a recommendation, in the same sentence as the number, every time
- Absence gets reported. Where a widely assumed requirement is not in the instrument, that is written down
- Nothing is gated. No registration, no download wall, no email capture in front of an answer
- Unverified means excluded. If an instrument could not be read, no claim is made about it. The sources page lists what is deliberately absent
- Corrections are made, not argued with. See reporting an error
- We are not the only provider. training.gov.au lists every registered training organisation in Australia. Choosing another one is entirely reasonable
Why the certificate will not say SKLD Training
This is a worked example of something that confuses a lot of buyers, and since it applies to the publisher of this site, it may as well be explained here.
How nationally recognised training is issued
Nationally recognised training in Australia can only be issued by a registered training organisation, an RTO, and only for the specific units on that RTO's scope of registration. When you complete a unit such as HLTAID011 Provide First Aid, the document you receive is a statement of attainment, and the RTO named on it is the organisation legally responsible for the training and assessment.
What a third party arrangement is
An RTO is permitted to arrange for another organisation to deliver training and assessment services on its behalf, under a written agreement. The delivering organisation is often a small local trainer. The responsibility for compliance stays with the RTO, whatever the arrangement says. This is a normal and widespread structure in first aid training. Some of the largest and most familiar names in Australian first aid operate the same way, with state bodies delivering under a national entity's registration.
What that means when you book with us
The practical version
You book with SKLD Training. An SKLD trainer runs the session. The statement of attainment you receive names Allens Training Pty Ltd, RTO 90909, because that is the registered training organisation responsible for the qualification. Both facts are true at once and neither is a problem.
How to check any provider, including this one
- Ask which RTO the training is delivered on behalf of. A legitimate provider will tell you immediately, and will usually publish it
- Look that RTO up on training.gov.au. Confirm it is currently registered and that the unit you are booking is on its scope
- After the course, an individual can see their own nationally recognised training record at usi.gov.au using their Unique Student Identifier
If a provider is vague about which RTO issues the certificate, that is the moment to ask again in writing. The answer is a matter of public record either way.
What this site does not do
- No legal advice. It describes public instruments. It cannot tell you how they apply to your organisation's facts, and where a question turns on that, the pages say so and stop
- No clinical guidance. Nothing here explains how to treat anybody. ANZCOR publishes that free of charge and it is the authority
- No tracking of your answers. There is nothing here to fill in. It is a set of pages, not an application
If you want training after reading this
SKLD Training delivers first aid and CPR courses at your own site for groups of five or more, which suits clubs, community services and small organisations that cannot send people away for a day. Enquiries go to hello@skldtraining.com.au, and course and pricing detail is at skldtraining.com.au.
If you read this site and concluded that nothing requires you to train anybody, that is a legitimate outcome and it is the one the site was built to make possible.
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This page last reviewed 9 September 2026.