WHO WE ARE
Here at The Midlands Training Institute, we are all about teaching you lifesaving skills! We believe training is for everyone! Renewal candidates are always welcome here but if you’re looking to start from scratch, please don’t worry, because we will always start with the basics!
Whether you’re interested in becoming a pool lifeguard and kick starting your career in the leisure industry or looking to join life in the fast lane by taking some of our first aid courses and learning about pre-hospital emergency care or just simply looking to learn a lifesaving skill, we have courses to suit everyone.
WHAT WE DO
We offer classes to individuals, groups and businesses in both the Republic of Ireland as well as Northern Ireland and best of all we will travel to you!
We hope you never have to use our emergency training but if you do, we hope after training with us that you will be able to deliver the lifesaving treatment with confidence until the arrival of the emergency medical services.
Our team is comprised of very friendly, talented, experienced professionals with a passion for the topic their teaching.
Meet Our Founder
Lorraine Prenderville
Lorraine Prenderville is the founder and CEO of The Midlands Training Institute. Prior to founding The Midlands Training Institute in 2019, Lorraine had a seven-year long career working in the leisure industry as both a lifeguard and as a RLSS NPLQ Trainer/Assessor.
In an effort to fulfill her ultimate goal of working in emergency care, she moved away from full time work in the leisure industry in 2013 and went on to work as a health care assistant in The Bons Care Village after securing her qualification in Community and Health Services.
She continued progressing, gaining qualifications in Emergency Medical Technology and gaining employment with The National Ambulance Service as an Intermediate Care Operative.
After five years on the road as an Intermediate Care Operative she decided it was time to up-skill once more and gained her next qualification, a diploma in Emergency Medical Science which allowed her to register as a Paramedic with the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council. Since then, she has been gaining experience working front line with The National Ambulance Service responding to 999 calls daily and continually making attempts to further her education.
Over the past few years, she has developed a true passion for training and education and in an effort to pursue this avenue of interest, has gone on to obtain the following qualifications:
- Cardiac First Response Advanced Instructor (2021)
- Quality and Qualifications Ireland – Level 6 in Training Delivery and Evaluation (2020)
- First Aid Response Instructor (2019)
- Cardiac First Responder Community Instructor (2019)
- Quality and Qualifications Ireland Level 5 in Medical Terminology and Administration (2018)
- Diploma in Anatomy and Physiology (2018)
- Diploma in Sports and Exercise Nutrition (2018)
- Diploma in Emergency Medical Science (2017/2018) at Paramedic level.
- National Ambulance Service College / University College Dublin
- Intermediate Care Operative (2013)
- National Ambulance Service College, Ballinasloe.
- National Qualification in Emergency Medical Technology
- Irish Ambulance Training Institute. (2012)
- Higher Certificate in Recreation and Leisure Management. (2009-2011)
- Cork Institute of Technology
- FETAC Level 5 Certificate in Community and Health Services. (2008-2009)
- Cork College of Commerce.
“Thank you for choosing to train with us and we hope you enjoy your course”.