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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is making changes to the First Aid at Work (FAW) training regime to make it more flexible – saving businesses time and money without compromising health and safety.
The new guidance will see the mandatory four-day FAW training courses reduced to three days and there will also be an option for a one-day course for smaller businesses. All FAW qualified first aiders will still have to attend a two-day requalification course every three years.
The changes have been made following feedback from businesses across Great Britain. Employers recognised the need for first aid training but were concerned about releasing employees for four days.
The new guidance also suggests that refresher training taken annually would be beneficial to first aiders and their employers, with staff feeling better placed to deal with an incident in their workplace.
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