First Aid at Work (3 days)

What is special about this course?

The Health & Safety (First Aid) regulations 1981, place a responsibility on all employers to provide adequate and appropriate first aid provision for their employees. This course is ideal for higher hazard environments. The certificate is valid for 3 years. HSE highly recommends that annual ½ day refresher training takes place yearly during the 3 years of the valid certification.

Entry requirements

There are no entry requirements.

On completion of training, successful candidates should be able to:

• understand the role of the first-aider, including reference to: the importance of preventing cross-infection
• the need for recording incidents and actions
• use of available equipment
• assess the situation and circumstances in order to act safely, promptly and effectively in an emergency
• administer first aid to a casualty who is unconscious (including seizure)
• administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation
• administer first aid to a casualty who is choking
• administer first aid to a casualty who is wounded and bleeding
• administer first aid to a casualty who is suffering from shock
• provide appropriate first aid for minor injuries (including small cuts, grazes and bruises, minor burns and scalds, small splinters)
• administer first aid to a casualty with injuries to bones, muscles and joints, including suspected spinal injuries
• administer first aid to a casualty with chest injuries, burns and scalds, eye injuries, sudden poisoning and anaphylactic shock
• recognise the presence of major illness and provide appropriate first aid (including heart attack stroke, epilepsy, asthma, diabetes)

Fees

The course costs £265 which includes assessment and certification.

Funding

A Fee Waiver or funding of up to £200 could be available to help with payment of course fees, depending on your personal circumstances.

This support will be available for people who are 16 or over, living in Scotland and either in low paid work or actively seeking work. To be eligible, you must have income of £22,000 a year or less, or be on certain benefits.

You will also not be undertaking any secondary, further or higher education, SDS funded training or participating on the Community Jobs Scotland programme.

Please contact your local college centre for more information about eligibility, or call us on 01397 874000.