Qualification Specification and Structure
This qualification contains 1 mandatory unit with a Total Qualification Time (TQT) of 7 hours. Full details of this
unit are in Appendix 1.
Learners must complete all assessments successfully within the registration period to achieve the
qualification. The maximum period to achieve this qualification including any referrals is 3 weeks
TQT is the total number of hours required for a Learner to achieve this qualification. It has 2 elements:
• Guided Learning Hours (GLH) is the time a Learner is being taught and assessed under the immediate
guidance of a Trainer/Assessor, which for this qualification is 6 GLH, and
• The number of hours a Learner will reasonably be likely to spend in preparation and study as directed
by but not under the immediate guidance or supervision of a Trainer, e.g. pre-course reading, which for this
qualification is 1 hour
Other Units
No other units can be combined to count towards the QA Level 3 Award in Emergency First Aid at Work (RQF)
qualification.
Relationship with other related qualifications
The QA Level 3 Award in Emergency First Aid at Work (RQF):
• Contains 1 unit that also appears as Unit 1 (Emergency First Aid in the Workplace) of the QA Level 3 Award
in First Aid at Work (RQF)
• Can be transferred to other qualifications under Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) towards achievement
of that qualification providing it is achieved within its registration period
Therefore assessments gained through the Emergency First Aid in the Workplace unit may be used as RPL
towards achievement of either qualification providing that qualification is achieved within its registration
period.