First Aid First Aid at Work (Requalification)

First Aid at Work (Requalification)

Level 3 Award

To requalify for the First Aid at Work qualification, learners can attend a shortened 12 hour 2-day requalification course but must meet the conditions stated below.

A maximum of 12 learners can be accommodated on this course.

The qualification is available to learners aged 14 or over but a learner is unable to act as a First Aider in the workplace until they reach the age of 16.

To be eligible for the 2-day requalification course learners will need to evidence to the training provider that they are suitably experienced. Experience can be evidenced by having held multiple FAW qualifications, attending annual refresher training, being an active First Aider, etc. Evidence should include a letter from their employer if relevant. The Centre must retain evidence.

The HSE guidance states that on expiry of their qualification a First Aider is no longer considered competent to act as a First Aider in the workplace. It is advisable to arrange requalification before expiry to ensure that a workplace is not left with a shortfall of qualified First Aiders.

A range of subjects is covered including:

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 first 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 first aid to a casualty with sudden poisoning.
Know how to provide first aid to a casualty with anaphylaxis.
Know how to provide first aid to a casualty with suspected major illness.

Head to toe survey – must be conducted on a casualty with a continually monitored or protected airway e.g. a responsive casualty or a casualty placed in the recovery position.

Recognise – to include signs and/or symptoms of the condition and/or where appropriate, mechanism of injury.

Administer first aid – provide appropriate help to a casualty, manage the situation and seek appropriate assistance when necessary.

Head injury – includes concussion, compression and skull fracture. The learner is not expected to differentiate between these conditions.

Asthma attack – may include assisting a casualty to use a spacer device and to take their own inhaler.

Diabetic emergency – should focus on the condition of hypoglycaemia.

The qualification is assessed through practical demonstration, oral questioning, and written assessment. A learner must successfully pass both the written and practical assessments to achieve the qualification. There is no grading of the assessment; learners pass or are referred.

Upon successful completion of the qualification assessment, learners will be awarded an accredited Level 3 certificate in First Aid at Work. The qualification is valid for three years from the date of achievement. It is strongly recommended by the Health and Safety Executive that the learner attends annual refresher training.

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