Training

The Occupational Health & Safety Act no 85 of 1993 requires that every employer to provide whatever information, instruction, training and supervision as is necessary to ensure, as reasonably practical, the health and safety at work of every employee.

Providing health and safety training helps to:

■ ensure that employees know how to work safely and without risks to health;
■ develop a positive health and safety culture, where safe and healthy working becomes second nature to everyone;

 

Effective training:

■ will contribute towards making your employees competent in health and safety;
■ can help your business avoid the distress that accidents and ill health cause;
■ can help you avoid the financial costs of accidents and occupational ill health, such as damaged products, lost production and demotivated staff. Don’t forget that your insurance might not cover all these costs.

FIRST AID TRAINING

It’s a simple fact that a practical knowledge of first aid can save lives.  Whether it’s a HWSETA or Department of Labour accredited first aid course you need as required by your employer or studies, or you just want to be prepared for emergencies at home, BFPS is able to offer you an innovative training course ensuring you receive hands-on knowledge that will make a difference in any emergency.

FIRST AID LEVEL 1

At the end of this course learners will be able to demonstrate an understanding of emergency scene management, demonstrate an understanding of anatomy and physiology, assess an emergency situation, apply first aid procedures to life-threatening situations and treat common injuries.

COURSE CONTENT:

• MODULE 1 – Introduction to First Aid.
• MODULE 2 – Emergency Scene Management: Safety
• MODULE 3 – Anatomy & Physiology
• MODULE 4 – Assess an Emergency Scene: Multiple Casualty Scene (MCS) and Mechanism of Injury
• MODULE 5 – Patient Assessment: Primary Survey
• MODULE 6 – Immediate threats to life: Bleeding, Shock
• MODULE 7 – Resuscitation: Choking, Rescue breathing and CPR (1 rescuer, adult)
• MODULE 8 – Trauma Emergencies: Fractures, Sprains & Strains, Burns, Head & Spinal Injuries, Level of Consciousness
• MODULE 9 – Medical Emergencies: Allergic Reactions, Asthma, Fainting, Diabetes / Low blood sugar, Heart Attack, Seizures
• MODULE 10 – Improvisation

DURATION:            2 Days

 

FIRST AID LEVEL 2

At the end of this course learners will be able to demonstrate the techniques of primary and secondary survey; Demonstrate primary emergency life support for adults, children and infants. Demonstrate the treatment of severe external bleeding; explain and manage shock; Treat anaphylaxis; explain the rationale of splinting a painful, swollen and deformed extremity; Demonstrate the treatment of wounds and burns; Demonstrate the treatment for heat exhaustion, heat stroke and hypothermia; Identify and demonstrate the signs and symptoms of poisoning; Keep records of incident/accident.

COURSE CONTENT:

• MODULE 1 – Introduction to First Aid
• MODULE 2 – Emergency Scene Management
• MODULE 3 – Primary Survey
• MODULE 4 – Secondary Survey
• MODULE 5 – Triage
• MODULE 6 – Resuscitation: Asphyxia, Strangulation, Choking, Rescue Breathing, Recovery position, CPR
• MODULE 7 – Immediate Threats to life: Severe bleeding, Shock, Anaphylaxis
• MODULE 8 – Trauma Emergencies: Neck & Spinal injuries, Head injuries, LOC, Fractures, Sprains, Dislocations
• MODULE 9 – Soft Tissue Injuries: Wounds, Eye injuries, Hand injuries, Burns
• MODULE 10 – Environmental Injuries: Heat exhaustion, Heat stroke, Hypothermia
• MODULE 11 – Poisoning
• MODULE 12 – Medical Emergencies: Seizures, epilepsy, Asthma, Diabetes, Stroke, Chest pain and Heart attack
• MODULE 13 – Reporting and record keeping

DURATION:            2 Days

 

FIRST AID LEVEL 3

At the end of this course learners will be able to describe emergency preparedness; Identify and explain the principles of a disaster plan;

Demonstrate continual patient assessment; Identify and describe the treatment of internal bleeding; Describe and Identify the signs and treatment of breathing emergencies; Identify and Describe the correct treatment of blunt trauma to the abdomen, penetrating and/ or impaled object in the abdomen, evisceration of abdominal content; Demonstrate the treatment of drowning or near drowning; Describe and explain emergency childbirth;

Demonstrate and explain patient transporting techniques; Demonstrate oxygen therapy;

COURSE CONTENT:

• MODULE 1 – Introduction to First Aid
• MODULE 2 – Emergency Preparedness
• MODULE 3 – Emergency Scene / Disaster management
• MODULE 4 – Triage
• MODULE 5 – Initial Patient assessment – Primary Survey
• MODULE 6 – Continual Patient assessment – Secondary Survey, Ongoing assessment, Record keeping
• MODULE 7 – Anatomy & physiology
• MODULE 8 – Immediate threats to life – severe bleeding
• MODULE 9 – Soft Tissue Injuries: Wounds, Eye injuries, Burns
• MODULE 10 – Breathing emergencies – Croup, Asthma, Hypoxia
• MODULE 11 – Trauma emergencies – Head injury, Neck & Spinal injuries, chest and abdominal injuries
• MODULE 12 – Musculoskeletal Injuries – Sprains, dislocations, fractures
• MODULE 13 – Medical emergencies – Chest- and abdominal pain, stroke, Epilepsy, seizure, allergic reactions, fainting, diabetes, migraine, diarrhoea, vomiting
• MODULE 14 – Environmental emergencies – Hypo- and hyperthermia, drowning, lightning injuries, electric shock
• MODULE 15 – Poisoning
• MODULE 16 – Animal bites & stings
• MODULE 17 – Emergency childbirth
• MODULE 18 – Resuscitation
• MODULE 19 – Patient transportation techniques.
• MODULE 20 – Oxygen therapy
• MODULE 21 – Shock

DURATION:            3 Days

 

FIREFIGHTING TRAINING

Fires causes million of Rands of damage to buildings, materials and assets each year. By installing the appropriate fire equipment and train your employees in firefighting techniques can prevent such a fire. The first few minutes after discovering a fire is crucial. The fire fighter’s action will determine whether the fire will be contained or spread.

BFPS have international accredited firefighting instructors that will offer you hands-on knowledge to prevent any fire from spreading.

BASIC FIRE FIGTHING

At the end of this course learners will be able to extinguish small to medium fires in the workplace by using the correct type of extinguisher.

This course consist of both theoretical and practical components which includes the safe use of a fire extinguisher during early stages of a fire.

COURSE CONTENTS:

• Common causes of fire
• Triangle of combustion
• Ventilators
• What to do in an emergency
• Personal safety requirements
• Tools / equipment that can be used to fight the fire
• How to use firefighting equipment.
• How to handle different types of fires.

DURATION:            4 hours

 

ADVANCE FIRE FIGHTING

At the end of this course learners will be able to extinguish small to medium fires in the workplace by using the correct type of fire equipment ranging from fire extinguisher to fire hoses. This course consist of both theoretical and practical components which includes the safe use of a fire extinguisher, fire hoses and hydrants during early stages of a fire

COURSE CONTENTS:

• Common causes of fire
• Fire regulations
• Chemistry of fire
• What to do in an emergency
• Duties of the security, team, team leaders
• Personal safety requirements and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
• Tools / equipment that can be used to fight the fire, including hose reels, hydrants, flatlay hoses.
• How to use firefighting equipment.
• How to handle different types of fires.
• Secondary damage

DURATION:            1 day

 

HEALTH & SAFETY REPRESENTATIVE TRAINING

The Health and Safety Representative plays an important role in any company’s health and safety structure and strategy. The health & safety representative is responsible for ensuring that there is a safe working environment for employees.

At the end of this course learners will be able to understand the objectives and statutory requirements pertaining to health and safety in the workplace. The learners will be able to explain the rights, powers, functions and duties of the workplace health and safety representative and how any health, safety and environmental issues may be handled.

COURSE CONTENT:

• MODULE 1 – Introduction – Importance of compliancy and the consequences for not complying
• MODULE 2 – The duties, functions and rights of a Health & Safety Representative
• MODULE 3 – The responsibilities of the employer, employees and the health & safety committee.
• MODULE 4 – Risk Assessment and emergency preparedness.
• MODULE 5 – Housekeeping
• MODULE 6 – Signage, Intoxication, first aid, storage of flammable liquids, confined spaces, work in elevated positions, working in danger /        engulfment, stacking
• MODULE 7 – Welding, ladders, ramp

DURATION:           2 day