First Aid

As of the 1st October 2009 the guidelines under the Health & safety (First Aid) regulations have changed.
The main diffrence is the introduction of a new HSE approved one day course called the Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW) with the original First Aid at Work course (FAW) being reduced to 3 days instead of 4.

The risk rating has also been changed for ease of understanding from low, medium and high risk to just low and high risk.

The old guidence is as follows:

How many First Aiders do you need?		Lower risk eg. shops or offices	Medium risk   eg. light engineering/ warehousing	High risk eg. construction
suggested minimum		Number employed at each location
At least 1 appointed person		less than 50	less than 20	less than 5
At least 1 First Aider		50 to 100	20 to 49	5 to 50
At least 2 First Aiders			50 to 100
1 additional First Aider for every 50 employees				more than 50
1additional First Aider for every 100 employees		More than 100	More than 100
All figures are suggested minimums under Health and Safety First Aid at Work Regulations 1981 and should include provision for   holidays and sickness

 The new guidence :

Hazard level  determined by Risk Assessment	Number of Employees	First Aid Provision
Low hazard: e.g. offices, shops, libraries	less than 25 25-50 More than 50	Appointed Person (at least one) First Aider (EFAW) at least one First Aider (FAW) (at least one + one per  100 employees or part therof)
Higher hazard: e.g. workplaces not covered by 'low hazard'	less than 5 5-50 more than 50	Appointed Person (at least one) First Aider ( FAW or EFAW) (Based on hazard level at least one) First Aider (FAW) (at least one per 50 employees or part therof)

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The HSE recommend that members of the public who visit the workplace should be taken into account when determining first aid provision

In practice, a minimum of two appointed persons/ first aiders are required to cover planned / unplanned absences.


First Aid at Work (FAW) training schedule 
3 year cycle

Period	Course	Course duration
Initial course	First Aid at Work (FAW)	3 days
Year 1	Skills refresher	3 hours
Year 2	Skills refresher	3 hours
Year 3	FAW Requalification	2 days

After requalification the cycle starts again with 2 yearly skills refresher courses before a 2 day requalification course.

Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW) training schedule
3 year cycle

 







Training provider requirements

Because of the new EFAW course being approved LTS Turtle Tutoring Ltd will no longer be running Appointed person courses.

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