First Aid level 1 is the minimum required qualification for all
workplaces in South Africa (as per the Occupational Health Academy
Act). The course equips candidates with the basic principles of
assessing an emergency situation, contacting the emergency services as
quickly as possible and while awaiting their arrival, candidates will be
able to perform basic skills required to sustain life.
The course is aimed to enable learners to distinguish between an
emergency and an incident as well as understanding the different types
of emergencies that may take place in the workplace. The learners will
be able to explain the types of emergency alarms in the workplace, the
procedures for responding to them and the methods and procedures, which
need to be applied in an assembly area after an alarm.