About Us

Founded over ten years ago by Andria O' Donovan, Safety First Trainig is a well established and respected health and safety training company with a wealth of experience - having worked for both small and large organisations in both the private and public sector. We provide training in the areas of manual handling training, patient moving and handling  training, occupational first aid, CPR training, DSE (VDU) workstation assessments and management of violence and aggression.

Our aim is to develop a long term relationship with you by ensuring that there is always an expert on the end of the phone to help you with your queries and to provide your organisation with training that is professionally run, enjoyable for the participants and based on current best practice.

Andria O' Donovan is the founder & director of Safety First Training. Andria qualified from Trinity College Dublin as a Chartered Physiotherapist. She gained considerable experience working in Ireland and the UK both in the hospital setting and in private practice. In 1995 she completed an instructor-C29-€™s course in manual handling and patient handling with the National Ambulance Training School before going on to complete a diploma in Health & Safety in UCD in 1997. Andria also holds a certificate in training and development from the Irish Institute of training and development. Andria is a member of the Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists, of Back Exchange in the UK and of the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH).

Andria has a team of associate trainers (see our trainers) working with her. All of these trainers have healthcare qualifications and have been personally trained by Andria . They bring their years of relevant 'hands on' experience to the training they deliver

Please feel free to contact us regarding queries you may have, where you will be guaranteed a prompt response.