ITC Level 3 Award in First Aid at Work (Re-Qualification)

Topics include:

• Roles & responsibilities
• Dealing with collapse (with and without breathing)
• Choking
• Bleeding
• Shock
• Seizures
• Minor workplace incidents
• Major illnesses
• Common and serious workplace injuries
• Poisoning
• Anaphylactic shock
• Burns treatment
• Eye injuries
• Using first aid kit

Typical delivery methods are predominantly practical and the course is assessed by continual observation of candidate performance. No reading or written assessment.

Qualification training requires:

• Minimum tutor contact time of 18 hours* (excluding breaks).
• 1:12 tutor to candidate ratio.
• Course must be completed within 10 weeks of starting.
• Each delivery session must be a minimum of 2 hours.
• Successful completion will result in candidate gaining ITC Level 3 Award in First Aid at Work with a valid (licence to practice) lifetime of 3 years from date of completion.
• The HSE strongly recommend candidates take an annual 3 hour refresher during the lifetime of the qualification.
• *FAW re-qualification is by taking the full FAW qualification again. Provided the candidates FAW certificate has not expired by more than 1 calendar month the contact time may be reduced to 12 hours over 2 days.
• Calendar month means if the expiry date is 5th of one month then the candidates have until 4th of the next month to enrol.