Health, Social Care and Health Science
New Paediatric First Aid qualification is available
The new Pearson BTEC Level 3 Award in Paediatric First Aid qualification (603/5174/3) is available for first teaching from 1 October 2019.
It has been designed to meet and align with the First Aid Awarding Organisation Forum (FAAOF) standards. The units should be delivered, assessed and quality assured in accordance with Assessment Principles for Regulated First Aid Qualifications, published by the FAAOF.
The website for FAAOF is now live and all the standards for the First Aid qualifications can be found there.
Take a look at the FAAOF website
Please note: centres can only deliver this over a maximum period of seven weeks.
The current Pearson BTEC Level 3 Award in Paediatric First Aid (2017 - 603/1303/1) is available for registrations until 31 December 2019.
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