First Aid Requirements

The First Aid at Work Guidelines for Employers from the Health and Safety Executive are effective from 1st October 2009. The new type of first aid needs assessment will identify what type of first aid training your first-aiders will need, how many first-aiders you need and where they should be located.

The HSE First Aid at Work guidance can be viewed by following this link: First aid at work

A First Aid Needs Assessment should consider the following topics:

- The nature of the workforce
- The nature of the work, the hazards and the risks
- The organisation’s history of accidents and illness
- The needs of travelling, remote and lone workers
- Work patterns such as shift work
- The distribution of the workforce
- The remoteness of the site from emergency medical services
- Employees working on shared or multi-occupied sites
- Annual leave and other absences of first-aiders
- First aid provision for non-employees
- The size of the organisation

One reason for this exercise is to ensure that you provide the correct type of first-aider(s). There are now two levels of workplace first-aider:

- Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW) – Maximum 6 hour course
- First Aid at Work (FAW) – Maximum 18 hour course.

You should ensure that your first-aiders are trained to deal with the injuries and illness that could occur.

First Aid - Employers’ legal responsibility

Our Emergency First Aid at Work course is compliant with the current Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981. We recommend that all employers should visit the First Aid section of the Health and Safety Executive’s website at: http://www.hse.gov.uk/firstaid/

While we issue indicative guidance as part of the course detail information, this must not be relied upon by the employer, rather they have a legal duty to check that the first aid course they place their staff on is the correct course for their particular work place environment.

If you are in doubt as to whether this is a suitable course for your employees, we are always pleased to provide further guidance [free of charge] on how to carry out a First Aid Needs Assessment.

First aid needs assessment

RT Training are willing to provide free telephone advice for companies wishing to carry out a first aid needs assessment; we also offer free on-site visits to companies with 150+ employees.

If you would like any further advice, RT Training is to provide free telephone advice to companies wishing to carry out a first aid needs assessment; we also offer free on-site visits to companies with 150+ employees.

If you wish to receive advice or an on-site visit please fill out our form below or call 03333 44 2176

See First Aid Needs Assessment Form

Your first and surname:*
Name of company | organisation | institution:*
Address of company | organisation | institution*
Street Address Address Line 2 Town or City Postcode
Your email address:*
Your contact phone number
Approximately, how many employees does your company | organisation | institution have?
To enable us to conduct an initial appraisal of the likely First Aid at Work needs (using the dropdown above) please let us know very approximately how many employees your company, organisation or institution has?
Additional comments about your company | organisation | intuition.
To enable us to help you with your First Aid at Work Needs Assessment, please provide us with a brief outline of the type of work your organisation performs.
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