At a glance…
Classroom and practical assessment
Introduction
Be confident in your skills with our First Aid at Work qualification.
Overview in brief
Employers are responsible for making sure employees get immediate attention if they are taken ill or injured at work and this can mean appointing a trained first aider.
If you 're a first aider why not enhance your skills and prospects by having a qualification? Our first aid qualifications also meet the requirements of statutory regulations, so your employer can be confident too.
If you 're a first aider why not enhance your skills and prospects by having a qualification? Our first aid qualifications also meet the requirements of statutory regulations, so your employer can be confident too.
When you complete the qualification, you'll be able to:
- Understand the role and responsibilities of a first aider
- Assess an incident
- Provide first aid to an unresponsive casualty
- Provide first aid to a casualty who is choking
- Provide first aid to a casualty with external bleeding
- Provide first aid to a casualty who is in shock
- Manage a casualty with minor injuries
- Conduct a secondary survey
- Provide first aid to a casualty with suspected injuries to bones, muscles and joints
- Provide first aid to a casualty with suspected head and spinal injuries
- Provide first aid to a casualty with suspected chest injuries
- Provide first aid to a casualty with burns and scalds
- Provide first aid to a casualty with an eye injury
- Provide first aid to a casualty with sudden poisoning
- Provide first aid to a casualty with anaphylaxis
- Provide first aid to a casualty with suspected major illness.
The finer details
Our Level 3 qualification will help you to perform first aid safely, effectively and efficiently in the workplace and will make sure your colleagues are in a safe working environment.
You'll receive both theory and practical training.
There is a single mandatory unit which covers the essentials of emergency first aid. Once you have completed the assessment you will achieve the Level 3 qualification in First Aid at Work.
Our qualification is for you if you're appointed as a first aider in your workplace.
When you complete the qualification, you'll be able to:
- Understand the role and responsibilities of a first aider
- Assess an incident
- Provide first aid to an unresponsive casualty
- Provide first aid to a casualty who is choking
- Provide first aid to a casualty with external bleeding
- Provide first aid to a casualty who is in shock
- Manage a casualty with minor injuries
- Conduct a secondary survey
- Provide first aid to a casualty with suspected injuries to bones, muscles and joints
- Provide first aid to a casualty with suspected head and spinal injuries
- Provide first aid to a casualty with suspected chest injuries
- Provide first aid to a casualty with burns and scalds
- Provide first aid to a casualty with an eye injury
- Provide first aid to a casualty with sudden poisoning
- Provide first aid to a casualty with anaphylaxis
- Provide first aid to a casualty with suspected major illness.