SCTNI

17/11/2025

📣 Attention Ambulance & Emergency Response Drivers!

Sharpen your skills and boost your confidence with our ERD CPD Day.

🗓 Why attend?
This isn’t a full qualification course — if you’ve already achieved your regulated emergency response driving certification (such as CERAD or legacy IHCD D1/D1), this is your opportunity to:

- Observe and participate in a live CERAD-style course.
- Receive targeted coaching from a qualified assessor.
- Undertake supervised emergency-response driving practice.
- Ask questions, share insights and learn in a peer setting.

📍 Location:
SCTNI Limited, Loughanhill Industrial Estate, Gateside Road, Coleraine, Co Londonderry, BT52 2NR.

🕘 Start time: 09:00 (course runs until approx. 17:00)

🔍 Who’s it for?
– Volunteers or private ambulance service drivers already qualified for emergency response driving.
– Those looking to refresh their knowledge and practice in a safe, structured environment.

– Note: This session is not a re-qualification or conversion course and does not result in a new qualification or certificate.

📌 Requirements (Your need to produce):
– your existing (verifiable) regulated emergency response driving qualification.
– Full UK driving licence + Online Check Code
– Evidence of your current role in an ambulance/emergency response service

🗓 Upcoming dates:
– Saturday, 29 November 2025 (09:00)
– Sunday, 30 November 2025 (09:00)
– Saturday, 13 December 2025 (09:00)

🔗 Ready to secure your spot? Register now via the event page: www.sctni.co.uk/event/erd-cpd-day-4/register

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💬 Spread the word – Share this post with your ambulance service colleagues or anyone in your network who might benefit.

We look forward to having you join us for a focused, practical day of driving skills refreshment and professional coaching!

16/11/2025

We often come across drivers who drive in the outside lane of the motorway, even when they are not overtaking and the inside lane is clear.

You must not drive in the outside lane of a motorway unless you are overtaking.

You should always use the left-hand lane for normal driving and return to it as soon as it is safe to do so, after overtaking. This rule applies to all multi-lane roads, including dual carriageways.

More information can be found at the NI Direct website: https://orlo.uk/3Ivsn

14/11/2025

Absolutely love getting these; the ruler enforcement method must be working 🤣 #999

12/10/2025

Illegal driving lesson intercepted today in Bletchley. Student unaware but paying £37.50 per hour for an unqualified instructor. Insurance invalidated, 6 points for ‘instructor’, criminal investigation commenced and vehicle seized. Paying for professional driving lessons? Is your instructor displaying a green or pink DVSA badge in the windscreen?

10/10/2025

Ya’all need to calm down and stop losing your heads because i explained blue light vehicles don’t have an exemption to overtake on double solids other than what the Highway Code allows.

There is a lot of small picture thinkers commenting with anger and emotion, that blue light drivers should be able to do whatever they want behind the wheel, they can’t, because that INCREASES the RISK that the blue light vehicle won’t reach its destination.

I can explain why the car pulling out was liable AND criticise the driver of the ambulance for their road craft. Both things can be true.

Two ambulance trust driver trainers have already reached out to me to use my video explaining liability in training, the vast majority of verifiable blue light drivers in the comment section are criticising the ambulance driver.

Just like me they recognise the car driver is at fault but that the blue light driver could do better, do you think your opinion holds more weight than theirs? Did that ambulance make it to its intended target?

That is the reason they don’t have unlimited scope for how they drive, and is the picture many in the comments are missing, it’s why they have training and a code of practise to follow, so that the risk of not being able to reach their destination is reduced.

Overtaking, with limited visibility on double solids increases the risk of not reaching the target and causing harm, it holds considerably more risk than waiting behind for a safe overtaking opportunity.

09/10/2025

07/10/2025

🚑 Qualsafe FREC 3 Course – Coleraine 🚑

We’re running a Level 3 Award in First Response Emergency Care (FREC 3) – the essential qualification for those working in emergency, event, or pre-hospital care.

📅 Weekend Course (5 Days)
Saturday & Sunday sessions – perfect for those with a busy schedule.

💷 Course Fee: £480
🔒 Secure your place with just £120 deposit

📍 Location: Coleraine

✅ Industry-recognised qualification
✅ Hands-on, practical training
✅ Ideal step towards FREC 4 and beyond

Spaces are limited – don’t miss out!
👉 Message us today to book your place.

https://www.sctni.co.uk/event/our-next-open-enrollment-frec-3-3/register

24/09/2025

🚨 1 Place Left! 🚨

We’re running a FutureQuals Level 3 Certificate in Emergency Response Ambulance Driving (CERAD) course in Coleraine, commencing 3rd October (weekend delivery).

This is your chance to secure the final spot and gain a nationally recognised qualification in emergency ambulance response driving.

📅 Start Date: 3rd October
📍 Location: Coleraine
🎓 Awarding Body: FutureQuals
🚑 Course Type: Weekend delivery

⚠️ Don’t miss out – once this last place is gone, it’s gone!

👉 Message us today to secure your space.

21/09/2025

Want a free light setup ?

18/09/2025

Little detour to Frontline Fleet to pick up after some upgrades 😍🥰
You’ll hear it before you see it 😆

17/09/2025

Always great to visit our and friends at Future (Awards and Qualifications) Ltd. some really cool and exciting information coming out at on clinical qualifications

10/09/2025

ONE PLACE LEFT ON FutureQuals L3 CERAD
Weekend Course commencing 03/10/25
Online Friday evening; Sat & Sunday driving
(X 5 weekends)