OnlineForestry First Aid +F Course

You should check with your employer if you are in doubt as to whether this course is appropriate for your job role.

Employers have a duty to provide employees with appropriate training.  This starts with undertaking a First Aid Needs Assessment to determine the correct training for any give job role.

If you are a contractor working for a bigger organisation, you need to check first with ‘duty holder’ whether an online Forestry First Aid +F course is appropriate for their working environment.

Situations where an online Forestry First Aid +F course may be appropriate can include.

• Employers or the duty holder have deemed it ‘appropriate’ following a first aid needs assessment.
• As a refresher
• As part of a blended training programme that includes practical training
• When working remotely in relatively low-risk roles.

Forestry First Aid +F courses (EFAW+F or FAW+F) are considered the industry standard for those working in the forestry sector.  Increasingly, it is also becoming a requirement for anyone working in other agricultural or wilderness environments.  This Forestry First Aid +F training supplements existing FAW or EFAW certification.

Informed by Forest Industry Safety Accord (FISA) guidance, this +F training addresses Forestry Commission recommended topics such as crush injuries, catastrophic bleeding and hypothermia.

Note: This course provides the knowledge and understanding required to respond to a range of first aid emergencies. It is highly recommended that you also undertake practical training to ensure you are well-practiced and confident in the application of the first aid techniques discussed.

• Develop understanding of emergency planning and communication
• Know how to respond to a medical emergency in remote and hard to reach environments
• Know how to get specialist help to a casualty as quickly as possible
• Learn how to recognise and treat a range of injuries, including catastrophic bleeding, crush injuries and spinal injuries
• Learn how to recognise and treat a range of environmental medical emergencies, including hypothermia, Lyme disease and insect bites

This Forestry First Aid +F online training course is ideal for those who work or intend to work in a forestry, arboriculture, agricultural or remote environment, such as tree surgeons, harvester operators and farmers.

Anyone wishing to work on Forestry Commission land must undertake Forestry First Aid +F, in addition to First Aid at Work (FAW) or Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW).  Forestry First Aid +F training can be undertaken after FAW or EFAW certification, or at the same time.  When taken together, this is often referred to as FAW+F and EFAW+F.