FETAC Occupational First Aid Courses Help To Maintain Safety Standards At The Work Place

There are so many health and welfare at work courses being offered by qualified trainers that surely comes very much handy for the organisations and their employees at handle any workplace hazards. The FETAC occupational first aid courses offer the delegates with the skills to administer the appropriate first aid before medial help arrives. By joining this course the learners shall have an awareness about the possible accidents at the work place, how to identify an accident that requires first aid treatment, to apply their skills with first aid techniques, use AED if required and enhance the performance and health conditions at the work place. The course covers topics like first aid in the workplace, assessing patient, how to handle respiratory emergencies, cardiac first response, treat wounds and bleeding, handle altered levels of consciousness, musculoskeletal injuries, burns and scalds, poison, electric shock and chemical effects at the work place before professional medical help arrives.

The patient handling instructor course is for those who would like to become instructors to equip them with the knowledge and skills on how to effectively design and delivery the course content to their students. The course consists of patient handling risk assessment, patient handling principles and techniques, planning and designing the people handling training courses, delivery people handing training. By completing this patient handling instructor course the learners shall be in a position to explain the risk assessment process in patient handling, how to use a range of controls to avoid the risk of injury associated during patient handling, main principles of manual handling associated with patient handling tasks, patient handling techniques on transferring, supporting, gliding, rolling, sliding, sitting and standing positions of the patient, develop training courses for patient handling that includes lesson plans and instructions of patient handling techniques.   

The knapsack pesticide training is also very much useful for those who use pesticides for different agriculture purposes. This provides the learners with the knowledge and skills to use pesticides effectively and safely with the handheld sprayer. The course covers topics like why to use pesticides, legislations associated with pesticides, different pest control methods, selecting suitable pesticides, using, storing and destroying pesticides, comprehending health and safety labels, preparation and calibration of knapsack equipment and components, mixing and applying sprays etc to safely use knapsack sprayer.

All the learners of these courses have to undergo an assessment to test their skills and knowledge before they are certified in course.