The course covers four key areas: manual handling, first aid essentials, basic life support including CPR and AED awareness, and fire safety and extinguisher awareness. It provides learners with essential knowledge for responding safely to common workplace risks and emergencies.

This course is suitable for care workers, healthcare assistants, support workers, senior carers, nurses, managers and other professionals working in health and social care environments.

Yes. The course covers key manual handling principles, including recognising hazards, safer techniques and ways to reduce the risk of injury during moving and handling activities.

Yes. The course introduces basic life support, CPR and AED awareness, helping learners understand the appropriate response when someone is unresponsive and not breathing normally.

This course provides first aid awareness and essential knowledge. It should not be assumed to replace a regulated or workplace-specific first aid qualification where an employer or role requires one.

Yes. The course introduces fire extinguisher awareness, including understanding different types of extinguishers, their appropriate use and the importance of only attempting to tackle a fire when it is safe to do so.

Yes. The course is designed with health and social care environments in mind and covers practical safety and emergency response principles relevant to residential care, nursing homes, domiciliary care and supported living settings.

Yes. This Practical Safety and Emergency Response Training course is CPD accredited, demonstrating recognised continuing professional development. Upon successful completion, learners receive a CPD-accredited certificate that can be used as evidence of ongoing professional learning.

Yes. The course is fully responsive and can be completed on desktop, tablet or mobile devices. Learn at your own pace, wherever and whenever it suits you.