Course Description

This course is aimed at everyone working in Early Years settings including childminders and nursery staff.

Access: 

This online course can be completed on any PC or mobile device. You can study at your own pace, and log in and out as often as you wish

Features:

• Appeals to all learning styles with interactive quizzes, video and audio features
• Allows learners to work at their own pace, testing their knowledge as they progress through the course
• Provides a very thorough resource for those with English as a Second Language

Assessment:

Continuous self-checks throughout the course (100% pass mark required to progress to next lesson) and an end of course multiple-choice test with a 70% pass mark

Certification:

On successful completion, learners can download a CPD accredited certificate as evidence that they have passed the course

Learning Outcomes in line with EYFS guidelines.

At the end of the course the learner should be able to:

• understand the role and responsibilities of the first aider
• assess the situation and circumstances in order to act safely, promptly and effectively in an emergency
• understand the importance of risk assessment
• identify hazards and evaluate risk
• describe how to carry out a risk assessment
• explain the review process

Course content

• The importance of risk assessment
• The responsibility for carrying out risk assessments
• The 5 steps of risk assessment
• Step 1 – Identify the hazards
• Step 2 – Decide who might be harmed and how
• Step 3 – Evaluate the risks and decide on precautions
• Step 4 – Record your findings, develop an action plan and put it into action
• Step 5 – Regularly review your assessment and update, if necessary
• Ofsted Inspection and Risk Assessment
• Focus on the risks of slips, trips and falls