First Aid at Work (FAW) - Regulated Blended Learning
Full HSE Syllabus plus additions in a practical or blended format See Scheduled DatesBooking for a Group or Need help?Levely, Our Level 3, First Aid at Work (FAW) courses are fully regulated through Qualsafe Awards, Ofqual and the RQF framework. Our course uniquely covers Adult and Child First Aid in addition to the full HSE syllabus. Any of our group courses (and our scheduled FAW) can be offered as fully regulated blended learning – with one third of the course as online pre-learning, combined with a tailored practical course.
First Aid for Life is an Award Winning, fully regulated First Aid Training provider. Our trainers are highly experienced medical and emergency services professionals who will tailor the training to your needs and ensure it is relevant for the industry in which you work.
All of our FAW courses involve practical and multiple choice assessments and you will receive an externally awarded Level 3, Ofqual Certificate, valid for 3 years.
This course is suitable for all workplaces and recommended for larger businesses and those with more complex risks. Learn more about the HSE Requirements for your workplace.
In line with the HSE bulletin (June 2016) we are able to offer this as a blended course fully regulated through Qualsafe Awards.
Blended FAW – 6 hours flexible pre-learning online + 2 days practical course at our venue or yours – offering you enhanced training whilst saving you time and money.
Our award winning, interactive e-learning can be easily completed in short bursts on any computer or mobile device.
This means that 3 day First Aiders and 2 day re-qualifications can now undertake their training on the same 2 days which will save you time and money and mean more of your staff can undergo group learning at the same time. Once your team has completed the 6 hours pre-learning online, we can come to your workplace and run the 2 practical days, or alternatively you can send individuals to join one of our scheduled courses.
- People responsible for First Aid cover for larger organisations and businesses or those with more complex risk assessments and first aid requirements.
- Smaller organisations looking for more comprehensive first aid training and to cover more topics in greater depth.
- Anyone requiring a regulated First Aid training qualification
- Sports Professionals and Personal Trainers (including Football Association, Rugby, Sailing, Hockey)
- Charities & Local Authorities
- Children & Youth organisations
- Builders & Construction
- Beauty, Retail & Hospitality
- Home Carers, Care Home staff & Foster Carers needing a regulated qualification
- Heath professionals
Every course is tailored to the needs of those attending – please let us know if there are particular areas you need us to cover.
By the end of the course you will have learnt:
- Prioritising injuries and action in an emergency.
- How to provide immediate medical care in an emergency.
- How to assess if someone is unconscious, whether or not they are breathing and how and when to put them into the recovery position or start CPR.
- We will cover common accidents and injuries relevant to your industry and empower you with the skills and confidence to provide an immediate and appropriate first aid response.
- We will include baby and child first aid and we will always tailor the course to the requirements of your work.
- This course covers more topics and goes into considerably more depth and detail than the shorter EFAW course.
- Managing an incident
- Priorities of First Aid
- Treatment of an unconscious adult, baby and child who is breathing – recovery position
- Treatment of an unconscious adult, baby and child who is not breathing – CPR
- Importance of a defibrillator and how to use an AED
- Heart Attack and Angina
- Stroke
- Choking
- Shock
- Bleeding – grazes, splinters, embedded objects, amputated parts, knocked out teeth, mouth injury, eye injury, bruising, nose bleeds, objects in eyes, ears, nose…
- Burns and scalds
- Head injuries, concussion, compression & skull fracture
- Spinal injuries
- Breaks, soft tissue injuries & dislocations
- Anaphylactic shock and acute allergic reaction
- Fitting and seizures
- Asthma
- Complex chest injuries and breathing problems
- First Aid Kits
- The aftermath, accident forms…
If you have an in-date FAW qualification you can do a 2 day re-qualification (for groups this can be completed with 6 hours of online pre-learning and 6 hours in the classroom).
For all other attendees, you can undertake 6 hours of pre-learning online and 2 days in the classroom. We run these courses as open training in London, or can arrange group courses thruoghout the UK.
Continuous assessment by trainer, practical assessments to cover wound management, care of an unconscious casualty, CPR, choking and anaphylaxis and 3 short multiple choice papers.
Ofqual Approved Level 3 Certification through Qualsafe Awards is valid for 3 years.
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Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW)
If the FAW course is more than you need, we also offer a shorter Emergency First Aid at Work course that is ideal for anyone needing a fully regulated 1 day First Aid qualification who would like to know how to help in a variety of medical emergencies.
Group Courses
For group courses: we would be delighted to come and run the 3-day Blended First Aid at Work (FAW), 2-day FAW re-qualification, or 1 day EFAW courses tailored to your specific needs at a time or place to suit you. We can run any of these as fully regulated blended learning through Qualsafe Awards.
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Health and Safety Executive latest guidance on First Aid Training can be viewed on the links below:
- First Aid at Work – Employers legal requirements
- Page 33 of the Health and Safety Guidance has a helpful flow chart advising how many FAW and EFAW trained personnel are recommended
- HSE First Aid Guidance – First Aid training providers
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