Professional First Aid & Assessor L3 Award
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The CTQ Level 3 Award in Teaching and Assessing First Aid Qualifications. It prepares individuals to deliver and assess regulated first aid training. It particularly supports those seeking approval from Ofqual‑recognised Awarding Organisations to teach first aid qualifications in professional settings.
You receive the CTQ Level 3 Award in First Aid Trainer & Assessor and a complimentary Internal Quality Assurance CPD Training. This enables you to train employees and independent learners, to conduct workplace first aid assessments, and issue regulated and accredited first aid certificates with confidence. The Iinternal Qualty Assurance CPD training allows you to fulfil this role to others first aid training.
The course is available from our head office training centre in Chepstow, Wales, NP16 5PB. And at organisations own venues to groups who wish to deliver in-house training.
Ideal for learners aged 19 and over, and possess a valid First Aid at Work certificate, (this maybe issued by any training provider) this qualification equips individuals with the knowledge and skills required to confidently train and assess learners in a range of first aid scenarios.
This 60-hour qualification focuses specifically on the delivery and assessment of first aid training. Rather than broader teaching skills found in the Award in Eduscation & Training. Learners will explore key areas such as trainer and assessor responsibilities, effective delivery methods, and how to assess learners competently. Content also covers freelance trainer obligations to approved centres and awarding bodies.
Aligned with National Occupational Standards 6, 7, and 9 for Learning and Development, Resuscitation Council guidance, and Health and Safety Executive (HSE) requirements, this qualification provides the essential foundation for a successful role in the first aid education sector.
What skills do I need to enrol on to this course?
- Must be aged 19 +
- Must possess a FULL First Aid at Work Certifcate
- Must have access to a laptop for the face to face learning, with word & PPT intsalled
- Pass the learner pre-course interview, which includes providing the evidence above.
What You’ll Learn on the First Aid Trainer Course
- Roles & Responsibilties in First Aid Training
- Assessing First Aid Training
- Delivering First Aid Training
- Review own training delivery
Course Structure
Learners must enrol no later than four weeks before the face‑to‑face training so they have enough time to complete the online learning elements. These include assessing first aid, understanding the internal quality assurance process, and completing the associated online modules covering adult and paediatric first aid training. This alongside essesntial reading list provided to pass this course.
Day one: Roles & Responsibilties in First Aid Training
This section explains what trainers must demonstrate, including their own qualifications, skills, and ongoing Continuing Professional Development. It also outlines the role of the Health & Safety Executive in workplace first aid training, and the role of the Department for Education and Care Inspectorate in Wales in paediatric first aid training. Trainers and training providers must show how they meet their responsibilities and fulfil their duties throughout the process. This applies to both regulated and accredited first aid delivery.
Day two: Delivering first aid training
Over this day, you look at planning & preparing the delivery of training, from equipment, audio visual, learner support materials, training delivery structure and developing a SMART scheme of work for a full day of first aid training.
Day three: Assessing first aid training
Throughout this day, you look at how to assess your learners via the industry standard of theoretical assessment such as workbooks/oral questioning/simulated scenarios which are acceptable. You also look at how to develop summative assessments (closed book at the end of unit) exams. By the end of the day, you will have developed your session plan with your assessment processess combined in preparation for day four’s training delivery.
Day four: Teaching day
Within this day each trainee instructor and assesor will deliver a minimum of 2 hours of training and assesing. This is to a group of students provided by Remote First Aid.
Day five: Review & Consolodation of own learning and final online exam
Learners review their own teaching with their peers, sit the online exam in the morning, and complete their workbooks for submission to their tutors subject to any revisions required. When the online exam results meet the required standard and the learner workbook meets the accepted criteria—including lesson plans, self‑reflections, and related tasks—you receive your certificate electronically within seven working days.