Health and Safety
Emergency First Aid at Work is a competence-based workplace first aid programme designed to provide learners with the practical skills, underpinning knowledge and operational confidence required to respond appropriately to emergency first aid incidents within a workplace or community environment. The standard has been developed to support employers, organisations, volunteers and designated first aid personnel in meeting their responsibilities for immediate emergency response, casualty care and escalation procedures following workplace incidents or sudden illness.
The course reflects the need for proportionate workplace first aid provision across a range of industries and operational environments where employees or responsible persons may be required to preserve life, minimise deterioration and support casualty welfare prior to the arrival of emergency medical services.
This Course Standard has been developed as a UKRS-accredited competence-based training and assessment standard designed to support workplace emergency first aid provision and operational competence. It is not an Ofqual-regulated qualification and does not constitute an RQF Level 3 Award, SCQF qualification or regulated first aid qualification.
Unlike regulated qualifications overseen by Ofqual (England), Qualifications Wales or SQA Accreditation (Scotland), this UKRS Course Standard operates as an industry-aligned accredited training standard. UKRS operates as an independent accreditation and course standardisation body for non-regulated industry training standards.
Training providers delivering this standard remain responsible for ensuring that delivery, assessment, instructor competence and quality assurance arrangements remain appropriate, current and aligned with relevant workplace first aid legislation, guidance and operational requirements.
Some workplace first aid training providers may additionally operate under industry approval schemes or associations such as the First Aid Industry Body (FAIB) or the Federation of First Aid Training Organisations (FOFATO). Unless specifically stated by the individual provider, delivery of this UKRS Course Standard should not be interpreted as approval, regulation or endorsement by those organisations.
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