Course overview
Forestry First Aid + F Certificate and Emergency First Aid at Work Certificate.
We will ensure you can respond to an emergency and are safe by assessing your First Aid knowledge. We use multiple-choice question papers and practical assessments of your First Aid skills.
Qualification
This is a regulated qualification overseen by Ofqual and meets the requirements of the First Aid at Work Regulations 1981.
This qualification is valid for 3 years and to requalify learners will need to complete the full course again.The course is covered by the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) and meets the requirements for working on Forestry Commission land.
Sometimes this course might be referred to as an EFAW F course. This stands for emergency first aid at work forestry.
Who is it for?
The Forestry First Aid training courses are for those who work in or on any of the following:
- Forestry Commission-owned land
- Those working in the forestry industry
- Those who work in remote locations
- Tree surgeons
- Farmers
- Forestry workers
- Persons needing to meet the Forestry Commission First Aid requirements.
The course could also be useful to anyone working outdoors with heavy machinery or dangerous loads to improve industry safety. Further examples would be building contractors or civil engineering contractors.
This training for people to respond to a range of emergencies in the outdoor working environment.
This also includes snake bites to control of life-threatening bleeding. See below for more information on Blood Loss in the Workplace
Course cost
Please contact us for up-to-date costs as these may vary depending on the number of participants and where in the UK your organisation is based.
The following are guide prices for our Forestry course:
- £765.60 per group F Module only (Maximum of 12 students per course)
- 2-6 Students including Emergency First Aid at Work Course (EFAW) plus F Module £952.80
- 7-12 Students including Emergency First Aid at Work Course (EFAW) plus F Module £1905.60
- Based on 12 staff = £158.80 per person.
Course content
The First Aid+ F can be taught as a 2-hour course standalone module or as part of either a one-day emergency first aid course or First Aid at Work course.
The course includes:
- The roles and responsibilities of an emergency first aider
- Assessing an incident Managing an unresponsive casualty
- CPR and defibrillation
- Recovery Position
- Choking
- Seizures Shock
- Wounds and bleeding Minor injuries
- Cuts, grazes, and bruises
- Minor burns and scalds
- Extreme cold
- Extreme heat
- Treatment of Adder snake bites
- Catastrophic bleeding including direct pressure, tourniquets, haemostatic agents
- Crush injuries
- Lyme disease.
Consider blood loss in the workplace
- The HSE recommend where blood loss or uncontrolled bleeding is a possible risk in the workplace.
- For example, when working with machinery, specialist training is provided.
- Including training for the use of catastrophic haemorrhage control devices and blood loss control products.
- Catastrophic haemorrhage training can be provided on all Regulated First Aid courses.
- Including Emergency First Aid at Work and First Aid at Work courses. This will be annotated directly onto the First Aid Certificate.
Blended Learning
Blended course delivery will still meet the legal requirements for the health & Safety First Aid Act.
Blended courses offers more flexibility for our courses. Take part of your training online, reducing your time in the classroom. This also means that less time is lost to travel. This allows you to study first aid theory at your own pace. The practical modules are then delivered in the classroom, face-to-face with one of our trainers.
Happy Clients
Keeping your workplace safe
Here are some testimonials from recent clients. These customers represent a broad range of our courses. We also work very hard to make sure we have repeat business with our customers by providing the right courses with the best service. We will make sure you are equipped should an emergency situation arise.
They enjoyed the course and said they had learnt a lot of information which they would find useful in the future. So well done Barry and Hannah
I’ve learnt a lot and feel much more confident that I could be of help in many different emergency scenarios.
