This course is designed to enable the successful candidate to train and assess Health and Safety Executive (HSE) approved First Aid courses and Automated External Defibrillation courses. The course is run over five days and covers two essential areas:

- In-depth first aid knowledge-designed to give students the extra knowledge to enable them to train first aid effectively.
- Teaching and training practice.

Over the week students will complete the three-day First Aid at Work (FAW) course. You will be assessed and if you pass certified for FAW.

In addition students will receive training and advice in delivering and assessing First Aid courses. Students will also deliver one training session each in the course of the week. This will be assessed, and feedback given to the potential instructor, by a senior member of Aid Training.

On successful completion students will be qualified to train and assess First Aid courses for HSE Registered companies. In addition they will be able to run courses such as AED and Appointed Person - that don’t require HSE approval without any external help. It is important to understand that it is the “company” and not the “individual” that holds HSE approval-there is no such thing as a “HSE Approved First Aid Instructor”.

The instructor qualification may not be a suitable option for everybody, it is well worth contacting us for a no nonsense chat about it before committing yourself to this or any other instructor course. It may in certain cases be that you already meet the criteria to train HSE approved courses and the course may therefore be unnecessary.

Under current HSE guidance those training First Aid at Work must meet, as a minimum, the following criteria:

- Current, in-date FAW certificate-unless a Registered General Nurse, Doctor or State Registered Paramedic
- Training qualification and/or experience
- Background in first aid within the workplace

Full details can be obtained from the HSE www.hse.gov.uk

Cost
The cost of this course when attending an “open” course is £425 + VAT per student. This covers certification, manuals and tea/coffee. In addition all students receive an Emergency First Aid Instructors pack that includes all that is needed to train one-day courses.

The cost of this course is £3250 + VAT for up to 10 students when run at your venue. Additional students are charged at £200 + VAT per person. This includes certification and comprehensive manuals for each student.

Companies with 5-249 staff maybe able to access funding for this training via Train to Gain

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