Background

Swindon Borough Council has been providing First Aid and other safety training courses for its own staff who work in a large variety of posts such as Recreation, Security, Building Services, Education, Social Services and Construction since 1991. It is because of this diverse background that we feel able to open up our courses within the local community so that other companies, large or small, can take advantage of experienced, qualified trainers and the background that a large organisation can offer.

Swindon Borough Council are an HSE approved First Aid at Work Training Organization Reg No. 1021/91

There is a statutory requirement to have arrangements for First Aid provision for your employees as laid down by the H.S.E (First Aid) Regulations 1981; but in addition to that company managers & safety officers recognise the benefits to the employees and the work place of providing high quality training at a competitive price.

In structuring our courses we have listened to the comments made by candidates and managers and have tried to programme our courses accordingly.

Which Course?

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has announced the biggest changes to the First Aid at Work regulations for over a quarter of a century. From 1 October 2009 the First Aid at Work course will become a three day course and a new one day Emergency First Aid at Work course will be created. The HSE strongly recommends that first aiders do an annual skills refresher course.
For more information on the HSE review please visit www.hse.gov.uk/firstaid.

First Aid At Work Course (FAAW)

This course now runs over a three day period, candidates who successfully pass the examination will be awarded a certificate which is valid for 3 years.

The course runs from 9.00am-4.30pm on each of the 3 days.

This course is approved by the H.S.E, requires 100% attendance and will involve some home study.

For more information and dates please click onto the link below
First Aid at Work

First Aid At Work Refresher

This is a two day course - the candidate must hold a current FAAW certificate which must be produced on the first morning. The certificate issued after examination is also valid for 3 years.

The course runs from 9.00am-4.30pm on both days.

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First Aid at Work

Emergency First Aid At Work (1 day course)

If you run a small business with a low hazard environment the law may not require you to have a FAAW person; but you must have someone who will take charge in an emergency and it is recommended that some basic First Aid training is given. This may then be the course for you. Candidates should be fit enough to be able to perform Resuscitation, no formal examination takes place, but the instructor will monitor every candidate continually throughout the day to ensure they are safe and competent to carry out basic skills.

This course runs from 9.00am-4.30pm.

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Emergency First Aid At Work

Paediatric Care for Children

This course meets the requirement of SureStart and OfSTED. Swindon Borough Council are currently the provider for all SureStart First Aid for Carers of Childrens courses.
If you are working with babies and children then this course will ensure the techniques you are learning are appropriate to the age of the child. Although many techniques are common to both adults and children some procedures do vary - such as Resuscitation and Choking, with some conditions particular to children, such as croup and infant convulsions.

Ideal for primary school staff, childminders, creche and holiday camp staff.

This course is 2 days in length running from 9.30am-5.00pm.

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Paediatric Care for Children

Basic Skills updates

This is a skills update course for people who have an existing in-date qualification, and it will halp updating your skills and with confidence when dealing with situations, protocols change from time to time, so its important to keep up-to-date with the latest information.

This is not a re-qualification course.

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Basic skills update

All these courses can be run in your work place or as part of our training schedule. Special requirements can be discussed with the Health and Safety Training Officer.

For more information

Please contact Dannie Houlden on 01793 465637.