QCF Level 3 Award in First Aid at Work (SCQF Level 6 Award in Scotland)
- Unit 1 Title: Emergency First Aid in the Workplace.
- Unit 2 Title: Recognition and Management of Illness and Injury in the Workplace
Description
It is a requirement of the Health & Safety law that employers should provide a safe and healthy environment for their employees.
If the assessment of First Aid needs highlights the need for qualified First Aider’s, then this Level 3 qualification (Level 6 in Scotland) will provide you with suitable, highly trained personnel.
This comprehensive three-day course covers a wide range of First Aid emergencies, enabling all participants to deal with an emergency situation with confidence in a prompt, safe and effective way.
This course will give the participants a qualification to the highest level.
Duration
A minimum of 18 hours spread over at least three days.
Ideally, the course should be run over three consecutive days, but we have the flexibility to accommodate your specific needs if you so desire providing it is completed within 10 weeks of starting the course.
Level 3 First Aid at Work Syllabus
A range of subjects is covered including:
- Legalities, responsibilities and reporting
- Dealing with an unresponsive casualty
- Fractures and spinal injuries
- Control of bleeding
- Poisoning
- Burns
- Epilepsy
- Assessment of the situation
- Shock (including Anaphylaxis)
- Heart attacks
- Head injuries
- Chest injuries
- Asthma
- Stroke
- Resuscitation
- Bandaging
- Choking
- Eye injuries
- Sprains and strains
- Diabetes
Certification
Assessment is ongoing by the instructor along with a question paper on each day. A three year Level 3 Award in First Aid at Work (Level 6 in Scotland) will be issued to the learner, subject to successful assessment. No external assessors are required.
Numbers
A maximum of 12 students can be accommodated on this course and all learners must be a minimum of 16 years of age.
Next Available Public Course
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Sirius Code: FAW3