Assessment Conditions
Skills must be demonstrated working individually:
- In an environment that provides realistic in-depth, industry-validated scenarios and simulations to enable assessment of candidates' skills and knowledge.
Assessment resources must include:
- Adult and infant resuscitation manikins in line with ARC Guidelines for the purpose of assessment of CPR procedures
- First aid equipment including
- Roller bandages
- Triangular bandages cloth
- Trauma dressings
- Placebo bronchodilator and spacer device
- Adrenalin auto-injector training device
- An AED training device
- Emergency rescue blanket
- Workplace first aid kit
Simulated assessment environments must simulate the real-life working environment where these skills and knowledge would be performed, with all the relevant equipment and resources of that working environment.
Assessors must satisfy the NVR/AQTF mandatory competency requirements for assessors.
In addition, assessors must hold:
- A current advanced first aid certificate
Or
- At least three years' experience as a health professional, nurse or emergency services provider