We offer four First Aid qualifications that meet HSE requirements for first aid delivery in the workplace.
Adult Basic Life Support and Automated External Defibrillation
Available Courses
What First Aid skills do I need?
Health and Safety law is clear on how many first aiders a company needs at work, and the minimum skill level they need to have.
Depending on the nature of the work and the number of employees you have, you will likely need one or more of the following first aid personnel.
An Appointed Person
This is someone with responsibility for taking care of first aid equipment and calling the emergency services when needed. They are not required to undergo training, but if they do complete one of the first aid courses below, they will learn practical skills that could save lives in an emergency.
An EFAW trained First Aider
This is someone who has completed a 1-day Emergency First Aid at Work qualification. Delegates learn a wide range of skills and techniques for helping someone who becomes injured or unwell.
A FAW trained First Aider
This is someone who has undergone 3-day First Aid at Work training. This is a much more in-depth course and gives individuals a wide range of first aid skills that are particularly valuable in higher-risk workplaces. Upon expiry of the 3 day course, First Aiders can renew their qualification by completing a 2-day First Aid at Work Requalification course.
How many First Aiders do I need?
The minimum number of trained first raiders or appointed persons that you need will depend on whether you have a low-risk or higher-risk work environment.
For low-risk workplaces, you will need one appointed person if you have fewer than 25 employees or one EFAW trained first aider if there are between 25 and 50 people.
If you have over 50 workers, you will need at least one FAW trained person per 100 people (or part thereof).
In higher-risk environments, additional first aiders are required. If there are fewer than five employees you need an appointed person. If you have 5 to 50 workers, you will need either one person trained in EFAW or FAW depending on the types of injuries that might occur in the working environment. When you have over 50 people in the workplace you need one FAW trained individual per 50 people (or part thereof).
Should I stick to the minimum number of first aiders?
We would strongly recommend you have more trained first aiders than you need. If you only require an appointed person, it makes your workplace safer if they are also trained in first aid or basic life support.
If you are a larger employer, the more people you have with EFAW and FAW qualifications, the better – it increases the chance of a trained person being able to handle accidents or illness quickly.
It is also worth remembering that you need the minimum number of first aiders on the premises at all times, including during shifts and night working.
If you only have the bare minimum and one or more of your first aiders is ill, absent, or on holiday, then you may not have enough trained personnel on site.
Remember, it is important for your first aiders to keep their skills fresh and up to date. For example, if you have EFAW or FAW trained personnel, they can undertake annual First Aid Refresher courses, in between formal requalification.
Courses Offered
Adult Basic Life Support and Automated External Defibrillation (RQF)
Duration: 1/2 day (Face-to-face)
The Level 3 Award in Adult Basic Life Support and Automated External Defibrillation is for learners to attain the knowledge and practical competencies required to deal with a casualty who is unresponsive.
Learning Outcomes:
- Be able to assess an emergency situation safely
- Be able to provide first aid to an unresponsive casualty who is not breathing normally
- Be able to provide first aid to an unresponsive casualty who is breathing normally
Emergency First Aid at Work (RQF)
Duration: 1 day (Blended learning)
The Level 3 Award in Emergency First Aid at Work is aimed at learners who wish to become emergency first-aiders in the workplace. This qualification meets the requirements for training emergency first-aiders in those organisations that have identified that staff need to be trained to this level within their first-aid needs assessment.
What does Blended Learning mean?
Blended Learning means learners will study First Aid theory via e-learning, before attending a half-day face-to-face session with the tutor. In this session, they will take both an examination, and be trained and assessed on CPR, the recovery position, and use of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED).
Learning Outcomes:
- Understand the needs and responsibilities of a first aider
- Be able to assess an emergency situation safely
- Be able to provide first aid to an unresponsive casualty
- Be able to provide first aid to a casualty who is choking
- Be able to provide first aid to a casualty with external bleeding
- Know how to provide first aid to a casual who is suffering from shock
- Know how to provide first aid to a casualty with minor injuries
First Aid at Work (RQF)
Duration: 3 day (Blended learning)
The Level 3 Award in First Aid at Work is aimed at learners wishing to become first aiders in their place of work, and covers the vital skills necessary to provide prompt and effective first aid.
The qualification meets the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) requirements for training first aiders in those organisations that have identified that staff need to be trained to this level within their first-aid needs assessment. It will also ensure your first-aiders are approved to deliver first aid for 3 years, after which they will need to retake the course.
What does Blended Learning mean?
One day of the course is replaced with e-learning covering first aid theory, with the remaining two days being in a face-to-face session with the tutor. In this session, they will take both an examination, and be trained and assessed on the practical elements of first aid, e.g. CPR, use of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED), application of bandaging techniques, etc.
Learning Outcomes:
- Understand the needs and responsibilities of a first aider
- Be able to assess an emergency situation safely
- Be able to provide first aid to an unresponsive casualty
- Be able to provide first aid to a casualty who is choking
- Be able to provide first aid to a casualty with external bleeding
- Know how to provide first aid to a casual who is suffering from shock
- Know how to provide first aid to a casualty with minor injuries
- Be able to conduct a secondary survey
- Be able to provide first aid to a casualty with suspected injuries to bones, muscles and joints
- Be able to provide fist aid to a casualty with suspected head and spinal injuries
- Know how to provide first aid to a casualty with suspected chest injuries
- Know how to provide first aid to a casualty with burns and scalds
- Know how to provide first aid to a casualty with an eye injury
- Know how to provide firs aid to a casualty with suspected poisoning
- Be able to provide first aid to a casualty with anaphylaxis
- Know how to provide first aid to a casualty with a suspected major illness
First Aid at Work (RQF) - Re-Certification
Duration: 1 and 1/2 days
The FAW Re-Certification Course is for any learner who holds a current First Aid at Work (FAW) certificate, or who’s certificate has expired within 3 months of the course start date) and allows them to re-take the qualification with just one and a half days study.
It covers all of the material in the full First at at Work course, but is delivered in an accelerated fashion.
NOTE You must be able to provide evidence before the course begins that learns hold either a current FAW certificate, or that their FAW certificate has expired no more than 3 months before the course start date. Failure to supply this information by the ten days before the course begins means you won’t be allowed to participate in the course, and you will still be charged for the place on the course.