HSE Approved First Aid at Work
Length: 3 days
A full Health and Safety Executive (HSE) approved First Aid at Work course, in accordance with the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981.
First Aid at Work certificate certificate holders can be utilised as First Aiders in their workplace in accordance with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. This course can be adapted to suit a particular audience, for example, clerical or building staff. The First Aid at Work course is run over three days and includes both theory and practical sessions. By arrangement the course can be run on non-consecutive days, for example - one day a week over three weeks. All candidates are independently examined on the final afternoon of the course. Upon successful completion certification is valid for three years*
The First Aid at Work Syllabus Includes:
- First Aid Priorities
- Managing Incidents
- Basic Life Support
- Examination of a Casualty
- Unconsciousness
- Control of Bleeding
- Fractures
- Burns and Scalds
- Common Illnesses
- Heart Attacks
- Eye Injuries
- Dressings
- Recording and Reporting
- Regulations
- First Aid Kits
Cost
The cost of the three-day course is £1150, when run at your venue. This is for a group of up to 12 candidates and includes certification and a manual. There are no additional costs.
Please contact me directly for prices if you have smaller groups of less than 12 candidates, or for prices for individual clients.
*Under the current guidelines the Health and Safety Executive "strongly recommend” that first aid trained staff attend a half-day update every twelve months – before completing full re-qualification training at the three year point.
