First Aid Agencies

According to Part 11 First Aid of the Occupational Health and Safety Code, the employer is responsible for ensuring that individuals designated to provide first aid services to workers at a work site are appropriately trained. Workers successfully completing an approved first aid course are issued a first aid certificate by an approved training agency.

Training agencies approved by the Director of Medical Services have agreed that their approved courses will be delivered in accordance with the regulatory requirements for first aid at workplaces. The criteria that a training agency must meet in order to be approved appears in the publication Quality Management Plan Requirements for First Aid Training in Alberta Workplaces.

• List of Approved Courses
  

  January-March 2012

• Quality Management Plan Requirements for First Aid Training in Alberta Workplaces
  

  (FA010)

This List of Approved Courses above is particularly useful if you are looking to take a particular course and wondering if it is approved, or want to verify whether a course you’ve already taken is approved.

The list is updated quarterly. If you want to know whether a particular course not appearing on the list was approved in the past, call Occupational Health and Safety at 780‑427‑2687*.

Some consultants and service companies provide first aid courses but their names do not appear in the list of approved courses. Rather than developing their own materials and going through the agency approval process, the consultant or company uses course materials developed by a listed agency. An instructor certified by the listed agency delivers the course.

If the name of the consultant or service company providing a course is not on the list of approved courses, ask which approved agency developed the course. Also ask if a certified instructor will deliver the course. A call to the agency can confirm this information. In addition, approved agencies receive a signed approval letter from the Director of Medical Services. Ask to see an agency’s letter to verify their status.

*Dial 310‑0000 for toll-free, province-wide access. From a cellular telephone, enter #310 (for Telus-Bell) or *310 (for Rogers Wireless).