This comprehensive PHECC accreddited two day programme is particularly suited to staff who intend to fulfil a position of First Aider within the workplace and have previously obtained PHECC first aid certification.
Participants will re-certify their skills in dealing with all injury emergencies at work and giving effective life support to casualties.
Blended Delivery
This course is delivered via live instructor led webinar with the practical taking place in the classroom
The course will provide the learner with:
Knowledge and practical skills to give effective life support
Guidance on how to diagnose and treat injuries or illness
Real world examples of how to maintain care and comfort of casualty.
Knowledge required to co-ordinate and implement First Aid in the workplace
Practical instruction on the use of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillator (AED) equipment.
Note: This course contains a significant practical element
The course is delivered in a classroom environment, by a PHECC approved instructor.
Participants that successfully complete the course will receive a PHECC certificate that is valid for 2 x years.
The duration of this course is 2 x days.
Please note that this does not necessarily have to take place on consecutive days.
The maximum number of participants permitted to attend a single course is 8.
Unemployed
If you are unemployed and seeking work, you may be eligible for funding from the Department of Social Protection to cover all, or some of the costs of your training. (means depending, you may be entitled to up to €1000).
Candidates who wish to avail of this must make an appointment with a case officer in their local Intreo office, discuss their case & apply for funding. The candidate will receive a funding application form which they must sign & bring/post to us. Upon completion, we will send this back to the case officer who will then review the funding application.
Upon receiving funding approval in the post from the Department of Social Protection, candidates must then call us to reserve a place on our course. We cannot confirm a place on our course until funding approval is gained.
Employed
If employed within the private sector or are a sole trader, there may also be funding assistance available through Skillnet funding. Skillnet may fund a percentage of your training, if eligible. For more details on this, please contact us on 074 91 27786.