Qualsafe Level 3 Award in First Aid at Work (RQF)

This 3-day course provides learners with the skills and knowledge to deal with first aid situations in higher risk workplace environments, or workplaces with an increased number of employees.

This qualification was produced in aid of the Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981 and the Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations (NI) 1982 purposes. 

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Gain the knowledge and practical competencies needed to deal with a range of first aid situations and/or take on the role of the first aider in the workplace.

Objectives

• Outline the role and responsibilities of a first aider

• Identify how to assess an incident

• Outline and demonstrate how to provide first aid to:

• an unresponsive/unconscious casualty

• a casualty who is choking

• a casualty with external bleeding

• a casualty who is in shock

• a casualty with burns/scalds

• a casualty with an eye injury

• a casualty with suspected poisoning

• a casualty with suspected major illnesses

• Outline The Secondary Survey

• Discuss injuries to bones, muscles and joints

• Discuss suspected head and spinal injuries

• Discuss suspected chest injuries

Course certification: Final assessment will be through observation and one MCQ paper.

Upon successful completion of the course delegates will receive a Qualsafe Level 3 Award in First Aid at Work (RQF) approved for the purpose of the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981 and 1982 (NI), which is valid for 3 years. Once the qualification has expired, or is due to expire, the learner is required to undertake a refresher course, or the full course again, in order to maintain the qualification.

At the end of the course delegates should be able to:

• Understand their role as a first aider and their responsibilities to the workforce

• Quickly and accurately assess an incident and prioritise their response

• Identify and demonstrate how to treat an unresponsive casualty and a casualty who is choking

• Demonstrate how to treat external bleeding and a range of major illnesses

• Recognise a casualty who is in shock and demonstrate how you would respond to that situation