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Akona offer a full range of health and safety training courses and we pride ourselves on delivering a high-quality service that places customer satisfaction at the forefront of what we do. Not only are our results unsurpassed, we also remain committed to our belief that learning should be a fun and enjoyable experience for learners.

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Health & Safety Courses

Training For Tomorrow

01. Highfield Level 3 Certificate Health and Safety in the Workplace (RQF)

Overview of the Course

Persons gaining this qualification will know that supervisors, managers and team leaders have legal and moral obligations to ensure health and safety within a business, and that this includes obligations to employees, contractors, visitors and suppliers. Its syllabus areas are regarded by the Health and Safety Executive as being important to developing and maintaining safe working procedures in the workplace. Learners will be required to attend classroom sessions over 30 guided learning hours (4 days)

Overview of the topics covered:
  • Health, safety and welfare in the workplace
  • Safety management system
  • Principles of risk assessment
  • Risks and control methods for common workplace hazards
  • Manage the effects of accidents and incidents
  • Workplace disciplines include:
  • o Working at Heights
    o Harness maintenance
    o Manual handling
    o Fire awareness

02. Qualsafe Level 2 Award in Citizen AID (RQF)

Overview of the Course

Akona delivers the Qualsafe Level 2 Award in Citizen AID (RQF) this is a regulated qualification designed to teach members of the public life-saving skills for use in the event of a deliberate multiple casualty incident. Based on the Citizen AID Pocket Guide and Phone App, this 3 hour qualification will teach learners how to react safely, pass on effective messages to the emergency services, prioritise the injured and give life-saving first aid in these extreme situations.

Overview of the topics covered:

Be able to use the citizen AID app/pocket guide in an emergency situation.

Be able to provide first aid to a casualty with severe external bleeding

Use the citizen AID app/pocket guide to determine appropriate actions to take in the event of:
  • Active shooter or knife attacker
  • Suspect bomb
  • Exploded bomb

Use the citizenAID app/pocket guide to:
  • Communicate an incident report to the emergency services
  • Triage multiple casualties
  • Provide a casualty handover to the emergency services

Be able to provide immediate first aid to an unresponsive casualty who is breathing
  • Open a casualty’s airway and check breathing
  • Place a casualty into the recovery position

Demonstrate packing and pressure into a wound using:
  • Improvised dressings
  • Manufactured dressings

Demonstrate the application of:
  • An improvised tourniquet
  • A manufactured tourniquet
03. Qualsafe Level 3 Award in First Aid at Work (RQF)

Overview of the Course

The Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981 require all employers to make arrangements to ensure their employees receive immediate attention if they are injured or taken ill at work. This includes carrying out a risk assessment, appointing a suitable amount of first aiders and providing appropriate first aid training. Over a 3-day period, learners will develop the skills and knowledge needed to deal with a range of first aid situations, including: assessing an incident, managing an unresponsive casualty, CPR, heart attacks, choking, head and spinal injuries, fractures, anaphylaxis and more.

Overview of the topics covered:
  • Understand the role and responsibilities of a first aider
  • Be able to assess an incident
  • Be able to provide first aid to an unresponsive casualty
  • Be able to provide first aid to a casualty who is choking
  • Be able to provide first aid to a casualty with external bleeding
  • Know how to provide first aid to a casualty who is in shock
  • Know how to provide first aid to a casualty with minor injuries
04. Qualsafe Level 3 Award in Emergency First Aid at Work (RQF)

Overview of the Course

The Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981 require all employers to make arrangements to ensure their employees receive immediate attention if they are injured or taken ill at work. This includes carrying out a risk assessment, appointing a suitable amount of first aiders and providing appropriate first aid training. During this 1-day course, learners will develop the skills and knowledge needed to deal with a range of emergency first aid situations, including: managing an unresponsive casualty, CPR, choking, shock, wounds and bleeding and minor injuries.

Overview of the topics covered:
  • Understand the role and responsibilities of a first aider
  • Be able to assess an incident
  • Be able to provide first aid to an unresponsive casualty
  • Be able to provide first aid to a casualty who is choking
  • Know how to provide first aid to a casualty with external bleeding
  • Know how provide first aid to a casualty who is in shock
  • Know how provide first aid to a casualty who is in shock
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