{"id":698,"date":"2012-11-09T09:01:24","date_gmt":"2012-11-09T09:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.protrainings.eu\/?p=698"},"modified":"2012-11-09T09:01:24","modified_gmt":"2012-11-09T09:01:24","slug":"new-qcf-version-of-the-first-aid-at-work-course-launches-1st-january-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/new-qcf-version-of-the-first-aid-at-work-course-launches-1st-january-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"New QCF version of the First Aid at Work Course launches 1st January 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ProTrainings have been working closely with an Awarding Body to ensure that we can offer the new Ofqual QCF First Aid at Work course when it launches on the 1st January 2013. \u00a0\u00a0The HSE approved First Aid at Work and Emergency First Aid at Work courses will continue to be available until the HSE cease to approve the courses on the 5th April \u00a02013.<\/p>\n<p>From April 2013 employers will be able to choose whether they need a QCF certificate or a credible, trackable certificate from a recognised training provider like ProTrainings and we will be offering both options for a wide range of courses including First Aid at Work, all of our courses will continue to be CPD certified as before.<\/p>\n<p>We will also be launching a range of QCF blended courses soon, these will enable employees to complete their course online and attend at one of our training centres to complete a short evaluation and examination. \u00a0If you have a large number of employees to train, we can arrange for one of our instructors to come to your premises to complete the examination and evaluations. \u00a0\u00a0For more information please call us on 01206 585068<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ProTrainings have been working closely with an Awarding Body to ensure that we can offer the new Ofqual QCF First Aid at Work course when it launches on the 1st January 2013. \u00a0\u00a0The HSE approved First Aid at Work and Emergency First Aid at Work courses will continue to be available until the HSE cease [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,131,12,13,128,17,133,14,75,9],"tags":[150,32,304,305,144,65],"class_list":["post-698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-courses","category-fire-safety-2","category-first-aid","category-first-aid-at-work","category-food-hygiene","category-heath-and-safety","category-infection-control","category-online-learning","category-pet-first-aid","category-protrainings-eu","tag-courses","tag-hse","tag-learning-outcomes","tag-ofqual","tag-qcf","tag-training"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New QCF version of the First Aid at Work Course launches 1st January 2013 - Online Health &amp; 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