First Aid at Work Instructor Training (inc. L3 First Aid at Work)

If you would like to deliver first aid at work courses and already hold a recognised teaching qualification, this first aid at work instructor training course is designed for you.

The course will help you to increase your first aid knowledge and confidence by focusing on first aid as a subject, your friendly and professional tutors will teach you how to deliver and demonstrate first aid subjects in an effective and engaging way, that will ensure that the students you teach, will leave your courses ready to deal with any emergency that may arise.

The course is delivered over 5 days, the first day is completed online, at a time convenient for you. This covers the theory for the Level 3 Award in First aid at Work and provides six hours of video based training, where many of the skills are demonstrated, you complete quizzes on the subjects that you have covered. This can be completed in one sitting or if you prefer you stop and start the training to fit in with your other commitments. You can review the course content and videos as many times as you like and will have access to the course for up to eight months, even after you have passed the course.

• ProTrainings Accreditation booklet for the courses you could teach - disabled> download

The online course must be completed before you attend the classroom session.

When you arrive at the classroom you will be able to practice the skills you have learned online, the tutor will complete the rest of the modules for the first aid at work course and will teach you how to demonstrate the skills that you will be teaching your students. Towards the end of the training, you will prepare a session plan and deliver a presentation based on a first aid subject and partake in other assessing and teaching sessions.

To ensure that you can deliver a range of courses, you will also gain Paediatric First Aid Instructor and AED Instructor, AED use is now part of the Emergency First Aid at Work and First Aid at Work curriculum and is now becoming more popular as a stand-alone course due to the higher number of AEDs that are now used in a number of businesses. The Paediatric and AED modules are covered in your online training and will also be part of your classroom training.

This training course includes all of the following:

• First Aid Instructor
• Paediatric First Aid Instructor
• AED Instructor
• Level 3 First Aid at Work Qualification

Delivering first aid training that is up to date and meets the regulations

When you deliver first aid, you must be sure that the training you provide meets all of the requirements under the HSE and Skills for Health Council, it is now the responsibility of the employer to meet the due diligence requiremens when selecting a first aid training provider. In many cases they look for a qualification that is monitored by either an Awarding Organisation or Trade Organisation.

If you register as a trainer with ProTrainings, they provide the Internal Quality Assurance and unlike all others they also provide you with all of the training materials you need to deliver a wide range of courses. All course materials are updated to reflect any changes in regulations and you can provide all of your students have access to a free digital student manual.

If you are starting a first aid business, you can also market your courses on the Protrainings websites and if you are interested in working as a freelance trainer, there is the day rate option, where you can earn an income from delivering course on behalf of ProTrainings or for other ProTrainings centres.

Equipment you will need to deliver your courses

We can also help you to choose the equipment you will need to deliver your training, during your course you will be using a range of manikins and other first aid supplies, this will help you to select the brand and make of manikin you would like to use to deliver your own courses.

Our First aid at Work Instructor open courses are delivered at our training centre in Colchester, Essex.Individuals and company bookings are welcome, booking is simple and can be completed online.

- Level 3 Award in Education and Training or equivalent