Skill Set Description

This skill set provides a set of skills to establish, maintain and facilitate the provision of appropriate first aid in a workplace environment, including the skills to provide an emergency first aid response in the event of an emergency.

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Units

HLTAID003 Provide first aid

HLTAID006 Provide advanced first aid

HLTAID007 Provide advanced resuscitation

HLTAID008 Manage first aid services and resources

Pathways Information

These units may provide credit towards a range of qualifications at Certificate IV and Diploma levels.

Licensing/Regulatory Information

Specific licensing requirements relating to this competency, including requirements for refresher training, should be obtained from the relevant State/Territory Work Health and Safety Regulatory Authority.

Location

Public Courses are located at the North East Community House, 27-31 Queensborough Ave, Hillcrest SA 5086 or The ARC Campbelltown 531 Lower North East Road Campbelltown SA 5074. . Courses can be undertaken onsite at your workplace.

Course Fees

Public Course Fee for our blended option is $450pp and for our enhanced option is $250pp. Reduced rates apply for Group Bookings. Please contact Aqualife Training for more infomation.

Payment of course fees must be made prior to the course, unless upon the written discretion from Aqualife Training. If there are any unpaid fees at the time of the start of the course, the trainer may refuse entry to the course. Payment can be made (approved methods outlined within the issued invoice) may include credit card (Eway or MYOB payment merchant), direct transfer to bank account, cheque or cash. Click here for Aqualife Trainings' Patment Terms and Course Fees Policy.

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Entry Requirements

You must apply for a USI (Unique Student Idenifier). Go to www.usi.gov.au to apply or to retrieve. If you already have a USI please bring it to the course.

Target Group

This skill set has been endorsed by industry as appropriate for people who are either employed in, or intending to become employed in, nominated occupational first aider roles.

Suggest words for Statement of Attainment

This skill set meets industry requirements to perform the role and responsibilities required of an Occupational First Aider.

Assessment Requirements

Individuals undertaking this course will be expected to complete both written and practical tasks. These are detailed in the sections following.

Entry Requirements

Participants must have the physical capacity to perform 2 minutes of uninterrupted CPR on the floor.

Assessment Activities

Assessed conducting during face-face training session(s) include:

You will be assessed on performing first aid scenario and task demonstrations for:

-          Infant CPR

-          Adult CPR & defibrillation & use of BVM

-          Administer oxygen for the unconscious

-          Administer oxygen for the conscious

-          Check, maintain and clean equipment ready for future use

-          Anaphylaxis & autoinjector

-          Asthma & medication

-          Choking

-          Turning a casualty on his/her side

-          Bleeding control & shock  

-          PIT for a snake/spider bite

-          Rice for sprain

-          Bandage & sling for fracture

-          Verbal reporting, debriefing and evaluating

-          Manage Infection control requirements

-          Demonstrated safe manual handling techniques

-          Conducted a basic triage for multiple casualty incident

-          Head, neck and spinal injuries (using immobilisation principles)

-          Seizure

-          Located and interpreted workplace policies and procedures

-          Simulated assessment environments must reflect the real-life working environment where these skills and knowledge would be performed, with all the relevant equipment and resources of that working environment.

-          Skills must be demonstrated working individually in an environment that provides realistic in-depth, industry-validated scenarios and simulations to assess students’ skills and knowledge.

-          It’s important that students have knowledge of the content of this course. The assessable practical tasks are listed below, showing what skills will be assessed.

-          Determining workplace first aid requirements

-          Completing workplace risk assessment/response plan

-          Establishing and maintaining workplace first aid facilities

-          Maintaining workplace first aid records

-          Reviewing the provision of the first aid in the workplace

Theory assessment – A written assessment consisting of multiple-choice questions, short answer questions, completion of an incident report form and writing out first aid plans. The student must successfully complete all assessment questions

Initial Course duration:

• Mixed Mode: Completion of pre-course study plus 20 hours practical training
• Face to Face: 24 hours face to face training

Refresher Course duration:

• Mixed Mode: Completion pre-course study plus 12 hours practical training
• Face to Face: 24 hours face to face training

Online Delivery with face to face practical assessment 

Self paced online learning with a minium scheduled 90 minuite face to face practical assessment

Important information regarding course durations:

Course durations, as mentioned above, are reflective of group sizes  of between 4 and 15 participants. If there are less students in a group,  you may find course duration reduced by a maximum of 10%. If a class  size exceeds 15 participants it may therefore also be  necessary to  increase course duration depending on the number of  participants.

 

This course is delivered in partnership withAllen’s Training PTY LTD RTO 90909