Annual Skills Update

  Duration

3 hours (0.5 day)

  Cost

£61.60

  Certification Type

NEAS Certificate

  Certification Valid For

12 Months

  Course Overview:

First aiders who hold a valid First Aid at Work certificate are strongly advised by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to undertake Annual Skills Update training to maintain basic skills and to keep up to date with any changes.

This course revisits the basics to top-up the skills of first aiders, providing them with the opportunity to practice and update their knowledge, build expertise and confidence, as well as refreshing practical skills.


  Course Will Enable Learners To:

The course recaps how to help someone who is:

  • Unresponsive and breathing
  • Unresponsive and not breathing, including how to use an automated external defibrillator (AED)
  • Choking
  • Bleeding
  • In shock
  • Burnt
  • Having a seizure


  Assessment:

Candidates are continuously assessed by North East Ambulance Service trainers throughout the course.


  Certification / Qualification:

On successful completion of this course delegates will receive a North East Ambulance Service approved Annual Skills Update certificate, valid for one year.


  Daily Programme:

The course takes three hours to complete and runs 09:00 - 12:00 or 13:00 - 16:00.


  Venue Information:

Public courses open for individual or multiple delegate bookings, take place at our Education Centre in Team Valley Trading Estate, Newcastle upon Tyne. These can be booked online

We can also deliver training at your premises or venue of choice, for privately booked courses for up to 12 delegates. Please call 0300 777 2717 or email commercial.training.admin@neas.nhs.uk to discuss.


  Scheduled Courses
Start Date Time Venue Places Left
2024-06-13T08:00:00Z 2024-06-13T08:00:00Z Education Centre, Team Valley 11 Book Now  
2024-09-12T08:00:00Z 2024-09-12T08:00:00Z Education Centre, Team Valley 11 Book Now  
2024-11-14T09:00:00Z 2024-11-14T09:00:00Z Education Centre, Team Valley 12 Book Now  
2025-01-23T09:00:00Z 2025-01-23T09:00:00Z Education Centre, Team Valley 12 Book Now  
2025-03-13T09:00:00Z 2025-03-13T09:00:00Z Education Centre, Team Valley 12 Book Now  

Please note: If your preferred course date is fully booked, and there are no other suitable alternatives, please get in touch with our team to see what we can do for you. We may be able to add new course dates to our schedule or provide bespoke training for you at your own premises. Please call us on 0300 777 2717 or e-mail commercialtraining@neas.nhs.uk