The comprehensive workplace first aid qualification for higher-risk environments.
First Aid at Work (FAW)
- Course duration
- 3 days (18 hours)
- Awarding body
- Qualsafe
Who is this course suitable for?
- Manufacturing staff
- Warehouse workers
- Construction personnel
- Designated workplace first aiders
What delegates will learn
- Comprehensive casualty assessment
- CPR and AED use
- Fractures and soft tissue injuries
- Medical emergencies
- Managing workplace incidents
When is this course required?
The Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981 require employers to provide adequate first aid provision based upon workplace risks. The three-day First Aid at Work qualification is commonly selected where organisations have:
- Higher workplace hazards
- Larger employee numbers
- Shift working
- Remote working arrangements
- Increased risk of serious injury
Typical sectors
- Manufacturing
- Steel and heavy industry
- Warehousing
- Construction
- Utilities
- Rail
- Renewable energy
Choose this course if…
Your first aid needs assessment identifies significant workplace risks or requires a comprehensive first aider qualification.
Difference from EFAW
EFAW provides emergency first aid skills only, whereas FAW equips delegates to manage a much wider range of injuries, illnesses and workplace incidents.
Enquire about First Aid at Work
Contact HFR Solutions to discuss this course, your delegates and suitable training dates. The email button includes the course name in your enquiry.
