ITCLevel 3 Award in +F Emergency First Aid at Work 12th June 2025

Employers have to risk assess their workplace first aid requirements and the 1-day +F  Emergency First Aid at Work (+F EFAW) qualification is one of the statutory qualifications for this purpose, with a particular emphasis on +F requirements set out in the Forestry Commission First Aid guidance PPG 59.

There are other "+F" type settings where the risk assessment indicates that employees may be faced with life-threatening incidents where there are additional hazards that need "+F" skills, then the +F EFAW is the qualification that meets this need.  In addition to Forestry, other "+F" type settings include Farming, Fishing and Field Sports.

Delivery:

Topics include the usual EFAW content; roles & responsibilities, assessing incidents, dealing with collapse (with and without breathing), choking, bleeding, shock, seizures, minor workplace incidents, using first aid kit The "+F" content includes life threatening bleeding, crush injuries, hypothermia and Lyme disease etc.

This qualification is designed to provide essential life saving skills.  Typical delivery methods are predominantly practical and the course is assessed by continual observation of learner performance.

Features

Qualification training requires:

• Minimum trainer contact time of 8 hours (excluding breaks).

• 1:12 tutor to learner ratio.

• Course must be completed within 5 weeks of starting.

• Each delivery session must be a minimum of 2 hours.

• Successful completion will result in learner gaining ITC Level 3 Award in +F Emergency First Aid at Work qualification with a certificate lifetime of 3 years from date of completion.

• The HSE strongly recommend learners take an annual 3 hour refresher during the lifetime of the qualification.

• The qualification is revalidated by attending another +F EFAW course after 3 years.