First Aid Annual Refresher
Keep your first aid skills sharp
A short, practical refresher that helps workplace first aiders keep their life-saving skills up to date between qualifications.
Course overview
The First Aid Annual Refresher is a three-hour practical course for current First Aid at Work and Emergency First Aid at Work first aiders. It updates skills such as CPR and AED use between qualifications. The HSE recommends it every year, but it does not renew the main certificate.
Keep your skills ready between qualifications
The three-hour First Aid Annual Refresher is a short, practical course for existing workplace first aiders who want to keep their skills sharp between qualifications.
The HSE strongly recommends that first aiders complete annual refresher training during their three-year certification period. Skills such as CPR can fade quickly if they are not practised, and a short refresher helps first aiders stay confident and ready to act.
The course revisits the most important life-saving skills, including scene and primary surveys, CPR, using a defibrillator, the recovery position, fainting, seizures, choking, bleeding and shock. Your trainer assesses your skills against each FAIB learning outcome throughout the session.
Please note that the Annual Refresher does not renew or extend a First Aid at Work or Emergency First Aid at Work certificate. To renew a qualification, book First Aid at Work Requalification or Emergency First Aid at Work before your certificate expires.
Clear, upfront pricing
Register your interest in an open course for one or two people, or we can train your whole team together at your workplace.
Launch offer: 10% off team bookings made before 31 December 2026
Individual place
For one or two people. Open courses coming soon, register your interest.
- Certificate valid for 1 year
- Practical, hands-on session
- All equipment, including CPR manikins and AED trainers
Your team, on-site
Up to 12 delegates, one trainer. Best value: about £25 per person for a group of 12.
- We come to your workplace
- Dates and times that suit your team
- Certificates, manuals and all training equipment included
How much for your team?
One price covers the whole group, on site. Enter how many people need training.
£295 for your group of 12, about £25 per person.
More than 12 people? We can train up to 24 with two trainers. Ask for a quote
Fewer than 4 people? We can still train your team on-site.
What you’ll learn
Practise and refresh the essential life-saving skills every workplace first aider needs.
- Carry out a scene survey and know when and how to call for help
- Carry out a primary survey of a casualty
- Perform CPR on a manikin and know when to stop
- Manage an unresponsive casualty who starts to vomit
- Switch on an AED and place the pads correctly
- Turn a casualty from face down to face up
- Carry out a secondary survey
- Place a casualty in the recovery position
- Treat a casualty who has fainted
- Recognise and treat absence and tonic-clonic seizures
- Recognise and treat a partially or completely blocked airway
- Identify types of external bleeding and control severe bleeding
- Recognise and manage shock
What you’ll gain
- Skills kept current
Practise CPR, defibrillator use and other key skills so they stay fresh between qualifications.
- Renewed confidence
Rebuild the confidence to act quickly and correctly in a real emergency.
- Following HSE guidance
Supports the HSE recommendation that first aiders complete annual refresher training.
- Short and practical
A three-hour session that is easy to fit around work, with minimal time away from the job.
Is this course right for you?
For qualified workplace first aiders who want to refresh their skills between three-yearly requalifications.
- First Aid at Work certificate holders
- Emergency First Aid at Work certificate holders
- Designated workplace first aiders
- Employers following HSE guidance
Practice keeps skills ready
Most first aiders rarely need to use their skills, which is exactly why regular practice matters.
A yearly refresher helps your first aiders stay confident, so they can act quickly and correctly when an emergency happens.
Frequently asked questions
No. The Annual Refresher doesn’t renew or extend a First Aid at Work or Emergency First Aid at Work certificate. To renew, book First Aid at Work Requalification or Emergency First Aid at Work before your certificate expires.
Existing workplace first aiders who hold a current First Aid at Work or Emergency First Aid at Work certificate and want to keep their skills sharp between qualifications.
The HSE strongly recommends that first aiders complete annual refresher training during their three-year certification period. Skills such as CPR can fade quickly if they aren’t practised.
Three hours. It revisits scene and primary surveys, CPR, using a defibrillator, the recovery position, fainting, seizures, choking, bleeding and shock.
An individual place is £45 per person. Open courses are coming soon, with the venue confirmed when dates are announced. We can also train up to 12 of your team at your workplace for £295 per group.
Yes, you’ll receive a certificate on completion. Your trainer assesses your skills against each FAIB learning outcome throughout the session.
Up to 12 delegates, one trainer. More than 12 people? We can train up to 24 with two trainers. Ask for a quote. Fewer than 4 people? We can still train your team on-site. Get in touch for a quote.
Included: Certificate valid for 1 year. Practical, hands-on session. All equipment, including CPR manikins and AED trainers. For team bookings, we come to your workplace at dates and times that suit you.
We deliver on site at your workplace across Nottingham, Derby and the wider East Midlands. Individual places run at a training venue, and we confirm the location when you enquire.
Wear comfortable clothing you can move and kneel in, as the course includes plenty of practical floor work. You’ll kneel on the floor to practise CPR. If an injury or medical condition may affect this, tell us before the course and we’ll talk it through with you.
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