Choosing a First Aid Training Package for Your Workplace

Choosing a workplace first aid training package starts with understanding your business. The work people do, the risks they face and the way your shifts operate all influence the training and equipment you need.

A useful package brings together appropriate first aider training, practical arrangements for providing cover and a plan for keeping skills current. ProTrainings can help you explore the options and arrange training around your organisation.

Looking for training for your team? Explore our business training solutions or request a workplace training quote.

Start with Your First Aid Needs Assessment

Your first aid needs assessment should guide the level of training, the number of first aiders and the equipment you provide. Consider workplace hazards, employee numbers, working patterns, previous incidents and how quickly emergency services could reach you.

Include arrangements for holidays, sickness, lone workers and different locations. Consider visitors and members of the public, too.

For example, a business with several shifts needs to think about who is available on each shift. Training several people who all work the same hours may leave gaps elsewhere.

Emergency First Aid at Work or First Aid at Work?

Two common options are Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW) and First Aid at Work (FAW).

• EFAW: prepares first aiders to respond to workplace emergencies involving injury or sudden illness.
• FAW: includes emergency first aid and covers a wider range of specific injuries and illnesses.

Select the course that matches your assessment. Employee numbers alone do not determine which course is appropriate.

View our workplace first aid courses and ask our team about the available qualification and delivery options.

Choose a Delivery Method That Works for Your Team

Think about how employees will attend training without leaving your workplace short of cover.

Training at Your Workplace

On-site training can be convenient when several employees need a course. It also creates opportunities to discuss your emergency arrangements and practise scenarios relevant to your working environment. You will need a suitable training space and time for learners to participate fully.

Places on Local Courses

Booking employees onto scheduled courses can work well when you have a small number of learners or need to stagger attendance.

Blended Learning

Where available, blended courses combine online learning with face-to-face practical training and assessment. EFAW and FAW cannot be completed entirely online. Confirm all parts of the course when booking.

ProTrainings offers classroom and blended training options. Visit our business training page to discuss arrangements for your organisation.

Consider Additional Training for Specific Risks

Your assessment may identify a need for additional skills. Discuss these requirements when requesting a quote so the proposed training reflects the situations your first aiders could encounter.

For workplaces where severe bleeding is a relevant risk, explore our haemorrhage control training. If you have an AED, consider how staff will become familiar with its location and operation.

Additional training should support the first aid arrangements identified for your workplace.

Match Your Equipment to Your Training

Review your equipment alongside your course bookings. Check that supplies are appropriate, accessible and maintained, and that employees know where to find them.

The ProTrainings store includes first aid supplies, AEDs and bleed control equipment. You can also explore the HeartHero Elliot AED range.

When requesting equipment advice, explain your workplace risks, existing provision and who will use the products. Ask about training, storage, consumables and ongoing maintenance as part of the buying decision.

Plan for Refresher Training and Renewal

HSE strongly recommends annual refresher training during the three-year EFAW and FAW certification period. Include refresher sessions and qualification renewal dates in your training plan.

Keep a clear record of who is trained, their qualification expiry dates and the shifts or locations they cover. Review the plan when staffing, equipment or workplace risks change.

What Should You Include in a Training Enquiry?

To help us prepare a useful quotation, tell us:

• Your business activities and main workplace risks.
• The number of employees and proposed learners.
• Your locations, shifts and existing first aid cover.
• The findings of your first aid needs assessment.
• Your preferred dates and delivery method.
• Any additional training or equipment requirements.

Discuss Your Workplace First Aid Training with ProTrainings

Whether you need places for individual employees or training for a larger team, we can help you explore suitable courses and delivery options.

Build your training plan around the people, risks and working patterns in your business.

Request a workplace first aid training quote or call our business sales team on 01206 807587.