Due to the ongoing expansion of our First Aid at Work training provision we have vacancies for trainers throughout the United Kingdom. Our trainers work with a diverse range of clients, Doctors, Dentists, Nurses, Builders, Joiners, Office workers, Therapists, School leavers, Ex offenders, Park Rangers, Teachers, Fitness Instructors, Power Workers, Steel Workers to name but a few.
If you have the ability to successfully train and assess the candidates on our courses and would like to join a dedicated team of professional trainers then we would like to hear from you. Please read through the information provided below from the HSE about the qualifications and skills that they expect trainers to have,
Qualifications and experience of trainers
Each trainer should have a personal portfolio that contains:
■ a current and valid FAW certificate (unless exempt)
■ a formal training/teaching qualification (see Table 1); and either
■ a detailed, chronological list of evidence to show the trainer has regularly provided FAW training during the previous three years. If this is limited, evidence of other firstaid training that demonstrates all the elements of the FAW syllabus are covered by the trainer’s experience; or
■ evidence to show the trainer has conducted at least two practical and two theoretical firstaid training sessions under the supervision of a qualified assessor, in the last three years.
Formal training/teaching and assessing qualifications
HSE accepts the qualifications shown in below. However, the list is not definitive and is only a guide.
Examples of training/teaching and assessing qualifications
Qualifications are suitable for both training and assessing unless specified
Further and Adult Education Teachers Certificate
Cert Ed/PGCE/B Ed/M Ed
CTLLS/DTLLS
NVQ level 3 in Training and Development
NVQ level 4 in Training and Development
IHCD Instructional Methods
IHCD Instructor Certificate
First Aid at Work Trainer/Assessor Qualification
English National Board 998
Training Group A22, B22, C21, C23, C24 (training only)
PTLLS (training only)
A1 (D32/33) (assessing only)
A2 (D32) (assessing only)
No formal qualification
If the trainer/assessor has no formal qualification, then significant experience in undertaking these roles may be considered. The portfolio should include details of knowledge and experience gained and the time period over which they were applied, and any contributing training undertaken and the learning outcomes achieved. There should be evidence that the individual has conducted at least two practical and two theoretical firstaid training/assessing sessions under the supervision of a qualified assessor.
Exemptions from the requirement to hold an FAW certificate
All trainer assessors should have a valid FAW certificate. The following are exempt from this requirement:
■ doctors registered with the General Medical Council (GMC);
■ nurses registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC);
■ paramedics registered with the Health Professions Council (HPC).
For these exemptions to apply, the trainer/assessor should demonstrate current experience (within the previous three years) of firstaid skills by producing sufficient evidence in their portfolio. First Aid Focus will need to see a current GMC, NMC or HPC certificate.
Register Your Interest
If you are still reading this and you know that you have the skills and ablities to provide an enjoyable learning experience for our candidates creating first aiders that can perform when they need to then please send us an initial email, tell us a little bit about yourself, which area of the country you can cover and where possible please attach your cv/portfollio. please click on the link below to send your email
For your information we train and assess using the guidelines laid down by the UK RESUS Council and the information provided in the current revised edition of The First Aid Manual as provided by the Voluntry Aid Services.
