OCCUPATIONAL FIRST AID LEVEL 1 (OFA 1)
This one-day certification course meets first aid requirements for WorkSafe BC OFA Level 1. Upon successful completion, candidates will be issued a WorkSafeBC Occupational First Aid certificate.
Course Content:
- Emergency scene management
- Minor wound care
- Airway obstruction
- CPR and AED
- Severe bleeding and shock
- Medical emergencies
Duration – 8 hours
Number of Participants – Maximum 18
Certifying Body – WorkSafe BC
Certificate Expiry – 3 years
Exam – Ongoing Skills evaluation and multiple choice test at 70% or better to pass
Prerequisites – 16 years of age or older, WorkSafeBC approved form of ID
OCCUPATIONAL FIRST AID LEVEL 2 (OFA 2)
This five-day certification course meets first aid requirements for WorkSafe BC OFA Level 2. Upon successful completion, candidates will be issued a WorkSafe BC Occupational First Aid certificate.
Course Content:
- Emergency scene management
- Patient assessment
- Airway obstruction
- CPR and AED
- Severe bleeding and shock
- Minor wound care, soft tissue and fracture management
- C-spine management
- Insertion of oral airways and use of oxygen therapy
- Medical emergencies
Duration – approximately 40 hours
Number of Participants – Maximum 18
Certifying Body – WorkSafe BC
Certificate Expiry – 3 years
Exam – Ongoing Skills evaluation and multiple choice test at 70% or better to pass
Prerequisites – 16 years of age or older, WorkSafe BC approved form of ID
OCCUPATIONAL FIRST AID LEVEL 3 (OFA 3)
This ten-day comprehensive certification course meets first aid requirements for WorkSafe BC OFA Level 3. Upon successful completion, candidates will be issued a WorkSafe BC Occupational First Aid certificate.
Course Content:
- Emergency scene management
- Patient assessment
- Minor wound care, soft tissue and fracture management
- Airway obstruction
- CPR and AED
- Severe bleeding and shock
- C-spine management
- Insertion of oral airways, use of oxygen therapy and suction
- Rapid transport criteria
- Medical emergencies
Duration – 70 hours
Number of Participants – Maximum 18
Certifying Body – WorkSafe BC
Certificate Expiry – 3 years
Exam – Ongoing Skills evaluation and multiple choice test at 70% or better to pass
Prerequisites – 16 years of age or older, WorkSafe BC approved form of ID
OFA TRANSPORTATION ENDORSEMENT (TE)
This one-day certification course focuses specifically on the transport of injured workers to medical aid.
Course Content:
- Review of patient assessment to an OFA Level 1 standard
- Review of critical airway, breathing and circulatory intervention with C-spine management
- Patient handling and lifting techniques
- Spine board and basket stretcher immobilization techniques
- Patient assessment and treatment during transport
- Transportation vehicles
- Aircraft transportation
- Applicable first aid regulations
- Oxygen first aid
Duration – 8 hours
Number of Participants – Maximum 12
Certifying Body – WorkSafe BC
Certificate Expiry – 3 years
Exam – None
Prerequisites – A minimum of OFA Level 1 certificate, WorkSafe BC approved form of ID
