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Forestry workers first aid course - Emergency First Aid Work + F 

Sign up for a forestry workers first aid at work course with Calne based Wiltshire First Aid Training called Emergency First Aid at Work +F. 

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Do you work in a forestry environment? 

Calne based Wiltshire First Aid Training has a course for anyone who works in a forestry environment. Our forestry workers first aid course, Emergency First Aid Work + F, is suitable for those who work in a forestry environment and meets the requirements for the Forestry Commission. 

It covers the same subjects as the Emergency First Aid at Work course but has extra subjects to meet the potential injuries a person may come across in forestry environments. 

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Certification

Successful candidates will receive an approved First Aid Industry Body (FAIB) Emergency First Aid at Work + F certificate issued by Wiltshire First Aid Training. This qualification is compliant with the Forestry Commission and is valid for three years. 

Course content:

  • Role of the first-aider

  • Equipment

  • Recording incidents and actions

  • Preventing cross infection

  • To act safe, prompt and effectively in an emergency

  • To deal with an unconscious casualty (including seizures)

  • To perform Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

  • Automated External Defibrillator (AED) awareness 

  • Wounds and bleeding

  • Shock

  • Choking

  • Minor injuries (including small cuts, grazes, minor burns and splinters)

  • Haemostatic dressings and tourniquets

  • Bites and stings

  • Lyme disease

  • Poisoning

  • Anaphylactic shock

  • Hypothermia

  • Crush injuries

  • Suspension trauma

Who should attend?

  • Tree surgeons

  • Land surveyors

  • Estate workers

  • Fencing contractors

  • Farmers

  • Rangers

  • Ecologists

  • Those undertaking site visits in remote areas of Forestry Commission/Forestry England property

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Certification, assessment and maximum course numbers

  • Successful candidates will receive an approved First Aid Industry Body (FAIB) Emergency First Aid at Work + F certificate issued by Wiltshire First Aid Training. This qualification is compliant with the Forestry Commission and is valid for three years.

  • The trainer will assess learners' competence on a practical informal basis as well as a written multiple choice test paper.

  • In-house courses, a minimum of 5-candidates and a maximum of 24 candidates (provided there is enough room). 2-trainers will be provided for larger numbers.

The cost:

  • Public open course - £90 per person + VAT

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  • In-house course

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  • Minimum charge for 5 people at £90 per person + VAT

  • SET FEE £540 + VAT for up to 12 delegates

  • 13-or more delegates - Contact us for a quote

These prices are applicable to the First Aid Industry Body (FAIB) approved and accredited Emergency First Aid at Work course.

Course reviews

"Very information course. This is my second time being trained by Emma and it is always useful, precise but delivered with a sense of humour and sensitivity, which I think is very important.."

Katie Harflett

Book your forestry workers first aid course online with Calne based Wiltshire First Aid Training, or for course queries, call us directly on 01249 569690.
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