First Aid at Work   Level 3 Award

This comprehensive 3 day course covers a wide range of First Aid emergencies, enabling you to deal with emergency situations with confidence in a prompt, safe and effective way. In addition this course will include protocol changes that may have arisen since your last First Aid training course.

This course will give you a qualification to the highest level of First Aid, meeting the statutory requirements of the Health & Safe (First Aid) Regulation 1981.

Duration

A minimum of 18 hours spread over at least three days. Ideally, the course should be run over three consecutive days, but can be spread over a longer time period if you so desire, providing it is completed within 10 weeks of starting the course and the training sessions last for a minimum of two hours.

Syllabus

A range of subjects are covered including:

• Legalities, responsibilities and reporting
• Resuscitation and AED awareness
•  Assessment of the situation
• Dealing with an unresponsive casualty
• Bandaging
• Shock (including Anaphylaxis)
•  Fractures and spinal injuries
• Heart attacks
• Choking
• Control of bleeding
• Head injuries
• Eye injuries
• Poisoning
• Chest injuries
• Sprains & strains
• Burns
• Asthma
• Diabetes
• Epilepsy
• Stroke

Certification

Successful qualification is based on passing practical & theoretical assessments & a written paper conducted throughout the course. 

A three year Level 3 Award in First Aid at Work  will be issued to you, subject to successful assessment.

Numbers

A maximum of 12 students are allowed and must be a minimum of 14 years of age and a certificate can be offered to all, subject to assessment.

A student cannot assume a responsibility in the workplace until they reach the age of 16, and then it is the employer’s responsibility to ensure that the student is suitable for that role.

The certificate will expire as dated on the certificate, irrespective of age.