01/09/2011
First Aid Training Becomes More Flexible
First aid is changing with the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) amending the first aid at work (FAW) training regime to make it more flexible.
This is aimed at saving businesses time and money without compromising health and safety.
The new guidance will see the mandatory four-day FAW training courses reduced to three days and there will also be an option for a one-day course for smaller low risk businesses.
Those who have completed the three-day course can maintain their certificate by attending a two-day re-qualification course every three years.
These changes bring HSENI in line with the Health and Safety Executive in Great Britain.
Dr Bryan Monson, Deputy Chief Executive of HSENI, said: "First aid at work can help to save lives and prevent minor injuries becoming major ones.
"The revised guidance will help employers to get first aid training that suits their business needs and saves them both time and money.
"First aid skills learnt at work are also useful in many other areas of life," he said.
The new guidance also suggests that refresher training taken annually would be beneficial to first aiders and their employers, with staff feeling better placed to deal with an incident in their workplace.
Organisations who provide first aid at work training must be approved by HSENI and there is a current approval list totalling around 50 companies.
The new guidance is available at First Aid
(BMcC/GK)
This is aimed at saving businesses time and money without compromising health and safety.
The new guidance will see the mandatory four-day FAW training courses reduced to three days and there will also be an option for a one-day course for smaller low risk businesses.
Those who have completed the three-day course can maintain their certificate by attending a two-day re-qualification course every three years.
These changes bring HSENI in line with the Health and Safety Executive in Great Britain.
Dr Bryan Monson, Deputy Chief Executive of HSENI, said: "First aid at work can help to save lives and prevent minor injuries becoming major ones.
"The revised guidance will help employers to get first aid training that suits their business needs and saves them both time and money.
"First aid skills learnt at work are also useful in many other areas of life," he said.
The new guidance also suggests that refresher training taken annually would be beneficial to first aiders and their employers, with staff feeling better placed to deal with an incident in their workplace.
Organisations who provide first aid at work training must be approved by HSENI and there is a current approval list totalling around 50 companies.
The new guidance is available at First Aid
(BMcC/GK)
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