YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

Legislation

Health and Safety provision is a legal duty of every Employer or Self-Employed person. The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (HASWA) stipulates that it is the duty of every employer to ensure the health, safety and welfare at work of all their employees so far as is reasonably practical.

As an employer YOU have a legal obligation under the Health & Safety (First- Aid) Regulations 1981 and the Approved Code of Practice and Guidance (ACOP L74) to make adequate and appropriate First Aid provision for your workforce.

We Can Help You

• Identify your needs to meet your legal obligation
• Minimise the consequences of accidents on your business
• Demonstrate your commitment to the safety of employees
• Reduce the risk of injury litigation
• Lower the post accident return to work time
• Improve staff working relations and morale
• Save money
  

First Aid For Every Workplace

Every workplace is different. We've structured our courses so that we can tackle the issues relevant to each and every student. There's plenty of emphasis on the practical skills that are needed back at work, so the student returns confident to cope with a First Aid emergency

First Aid is a skill that should be open to all. Our courses make the most of educational resources to accommodate each individual's preferred learning style. Their learning is more effective and the courses are also more accessible to the one in five British adults with a literacy problem, and those for whom English is a second language.

Risk Assessments

Each employer should carry out their own risk assessment to establish the level of First Aid cover required at each location.

You will need to consider factors, such as the size of the workplace and the number of hazards or risks it contains. You should consider shift patterns if appropriate. Don't forget that you will need enough First Aiders to cover for each other's annual leave and, from time to time, sick leave.

The HSE Recommends That First Aiders Should

• Possess an aptitude to absorb new knowledge and skills.
• Be able to cope with stressful and physically demanding emergency procedures.
• Have duties that do not prevent them from going immediately to assisst at an incident.