First Aid Training for South African Workplaces

Workplace First Aid That Matches Your Risk

Not sure how many employees need first aid training?

Altra Medical can help you review your employee numbers, shifts and workplace risks so you can identify how many trained first aiders you need and what level of competence is appropriate.

This helps you avoid both under-training and unnecessary training costs.

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Review My First Aid Requirements
First aid Training

General Safety Regulation 3 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act requires employers with more than 10 employees at a workplace to ensure that a person with a valid first-aid certificate is readily available during normal working hours.

The general minimum ratio is:

  • 1 trained first aider for every group of up to 50 employees in a general workplace.
  • 1 trained first aider for every group of up to 100 employees in a shop or office.

Employers should also consider shift coverage, workplace layout and actual risk, because the legal minimum does not always guarantee adequate practical coverage.

General Safety Regulation 3 does not assign a specific First Aid Level 1, 2 or 3 to each type of workplace.

The appropriate first-aid competence should be selected by considering the hazards present, the injuries that could reasonably occur, the number of employees, shift coverage and how quickly professional medical assistance can reach the workplace.

A lower-risk workplace may be adequately served by foundational first-aid training, while a higher-risk or more remote workplace may justify broader first-aid competence.

First Aid Level 1

First Aid Level 1 is designed for employees who may need to assess an emergency, provide basic life support and give immediate first aid until professional emergency services take over.

Learning Outcomes

Learners should be able to:

  • manage an emergency scene safely
  • understand basic anatomy and physiology
  • assess an emergency situation
  • provide basic life support
  • apply first-aid procedures to life-threatening conditions
  • treat common workplace injuries

Contents

  1. Principals of emergency care
  2. Elementary anatomy and physiology
  3. First approach and emergency scene management
  4. Cardio pulmonary resuscitation and artificial respirations
  5. Airway obstruction.
  6. Shock, unconsciousness and fainting
  7. Wounds and bleeding
  8. Burns
  9. Fractures, sprains and strains
  10. Head and spinal injuries

First Aid Level 2 Training 

First Aid Level 2 builds on foundational first-aid competence and is aimed at employees who may need to provide primary emergency care in response to occupational injuries or medical emergencies in the workplace.

Learning Outcomes

Learners credited with this unit standard are able to:

  • Demonstrate the principles of primary emergency care
  • Assess and control a single injury emergency scene in the workplace
  • Demonstrate primary emergency life support for adults, children and infants
  • Explain and manage shock
  • Carry out secondary assessment of the sick or injured person and provide appropriate primary emergency care at the scene

Course Contents

  1. Principals of emergency care
  2. Elementary anatomy and physiology
  3. First approach and emergency scene management
  4. Cardio pulmonary resuscitation and artificial respirations
  5. Airway obstructions.
  6. Shock, unconsciousness and fainting
  7. Wounds and bleeding
  8. Burns
  9. Fractures, sprains and strains
  10. Head and spinal injuries

First Aid Level 3 Training

First Aid Level 3 provides more comprehensive workplace first-aid competence for environments where the risk profile, likely injuries or emergency-response conditions justify broader training.

Learning Outcomes

Learners credited with this unit standard are able to:

  • Know and understand HIV/AIDS and its effect on the human immune system
  • Know and understand how HIV/AIDS is transmitted
  • Know what behavior is safe and what behavior carries the risk of HIV transmission
  • Know what guidelines and assistance are available to support workers with HIV/AIDS
  • Know and understand the implications of the HIV/AIDS pandemic on a workplace and society

Course Contents

  1. Principals of emergency care
  2. Elementary anatomy and physiology
  3. First approach and emergency scene management
  4. Cardio pulmonary resuscitation and artificial respirations
  5. Airway obstruction
  6. Shock, unconsciousness and fainting
  7. Wounds and bleeding
  8. Burns
  9. Fractures, sprains and strains
  10. Head and spinal injuries
  11. Chest pain and paralysis
  12. Chest injuries
  13. Pelvic and abdominal injuries
  14. Medical emergencies
  15. Environmental illness and injuries
  16. Poisonings, bites and stings
  17. Multiple injury management
  18. Sample Patient Report Form
  19. Behavioral emergencies
  20. Water related emergencies

Skills Programs

EMERGENCY TEAM MEMBER – HW/SP/1609123
  1. SAQA Us: 119567 – Perform basic life support and first aid procedures – First Aid Level 1
  2. SAQA Us: 13961 – Demonstrate knowledge and use of hand operated firefighting equipment
FIRST AID TEAM MEMBER 1 – HW/SP/1601157
  1. SAQA Us: 259597 – Explain emergency preparedness and response procedures – Evacuation Warden
  2. SAQA Us: 119567 Perform basic life support and first aid procedures – First Aid Level 1
FIRST AID LEVEL 1 & 2 COMBINED – HW/SP/1601158
  1. SAQA Us: 119567 – Perform basic life support and first aid procedures – First Aid Level 1
  2. SAQA Us: 120496 – Provide risk based primary care and first aid procedures in a workplace – First Aid Level 2
FIRST AID TEAM MEMBER 2 – HW/SP/1601043
  1. SAQA Us: 119567 Perform basic life support and first aid procedures – First Aid Level 1
  2. SAQA Us: 259622 Describe the functions of workplace health and safety representatives – SHE Representative
FIRST AIDER – HW/SP/1202005
  1. SAQA Us: 119567 – Perform basic life support and first aid procedures – First Aid Level 1
  2. SAQA Us: 120496 – Provide risk based primary care and first aid procedures in a workplace – First Aid Level 2
  3. SAQA Us: 13915 – Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of HIV/AIDS in a workplace. – HIV
SUPERVISORS SAFETY TRAINING PROGRAM – HW/SP/1511228
  1. SAQA Us: 259617 – Conduct an investigation into workplace health safety and environmental incidents – Incident Investigation
  2. SAQA Us: 259639 – Explain basic health and safety principals in and around a workplace SHE Principles
  3. SAQA Us: 259597 – Explain emergency preparedness and response procedures – Evacuation Warden
  4. SAQA Us: 120496 – Provide risk based primary care and first aid procedures in a workplace First Aid Level 2
  5. SAQA Us: 259622 – Describe the functions of workplace health and safety representatives SHE Representative
  6. SAQA Us: 120330 – Conduct a continuous risk assessment in a workplace – Risk Assessment (HIRA)
  7. SAQA Us: 13961 – Demonstrate knowledge and use of hand operated firefighting equipment Fire Fighting Level 1
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