HIS aim is simple. He wants to make sure every student leaves the school with some form of first aid training.

Now Vic Moore has been nominated for the Everyday Heroes awards for his commitment to teaching people first aid.

The 53-year-old student development manager and first aider at Carterton Community College has been shortlisted in the Top of the Class category in the St John Ambulance awards.

He said: “I am honoured to be nominated for this award and thank the school for the nomination, but the main thing is that the school is being recognised.”

Father-of-three Mr Moore has worked at the community college for the past three years but has been teaching first aid for the past six, since he left the military.

He was a physical training instructor in the RAF for 25 years and learned first aid as part of his career. He worked in education for five years after leaving the RAF before joining the college.

Now he delivers about 60 courses every year with the help of his wife Patsy, 51.

He said: “The students gain some life skills and it looks good on their CV but, more importantly, it gives them the chance to be part of the community and, if something happens, they can deal with an emergency.

“I try to make the sessions fun and interactive too.”

Mr Moore has also headed a campaign to secure an Automatic External Defibrillator [AED] for the school, which he encouraged students to fundraise for.

It is the first AED in the town and the community also has access.

He added: “We tried for about a year to raise money by running an emergency response course for families.

“My view on having the defibrillator is that it’s not just important for the students, but also for others.

“We get a lot of visitors who are in the age bracket who could have a heart attack.

“We get grandparents, parents at sports days and parents’ evenings. Having this means we are ready and we can support the community.”

Mr Moore is the only Oxfordshire finalist in the category. The other three are: Mountbatten School in Hampshire, Darlington College and Highfield School.

The awards evening will be held at the Lancaster London hotel on July 1 and hosted by Sky Sports presenter Kirsty Gallacher, who nearly lost her father – golfer Bernard Gallacher – to a cardiac arrest.

Mr Moore said he’ll be taking his wife Patsy along to the ceremony.