JOB DESCRIPTION & PERSON SPECIFICATION (JDPS)
Job Title:
First Aid and Personal Safety Trainer
Job Evaluation
Reference Number:
Service:
HR and OD
Grade:
LGE9
Department/Section:
Customer Services
Location:
Lochgilphead
Line Manager (post):
Learning and OD Manager / Talent Management Lead
Date JDPS was created /
last reviewed / amended:
May 2016
This JDPS should be read
in conjunction with:
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Version of JDPS:
A4542
v.1
Core Training Requirements
Service plan/team plan
Argyll & Bute Council Competency Framework
Managers guide to recruitment
Job Evaluation process
Job Summary:
To develop training materials in relation to policies and procedures for First Aid and Personal Safety training to promote safe
working across the Council, and ensure First Aid and Personal Safety training and support is continually developed and
delivered to all employees within the Council when required.
Scope / Dimensions:
Line management / staffing responsibility none
Budgetary responsibility: none
Job Description: Main Outcomes required
1.
Planning:
Assist the Learning and OD Manager / Talent Management Lead to develop, implement and maintain an
appropriate level of service to the Council in relation to First Aid and Personal Safety, to enable the Council to fulfil
its statutory and non-statutory obligations.
This includes:
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Developing materials relating to First Aid and Personal Safety policies and procedures to promote safe
working.
Designing, developing and updating specialist First Aid training, Personal Safety training, materials and
advice to a high standard for all Council employees whose post requires it, reflecting best practice as well
as any changes in practice, equipment and Council policies.
The postholder will be required to deliver other training to Council employees eg Moving and Handling.
2.
Service delivery:
Ensure all Council employees receive appropriate training in First Aid to ensure they are able to work safely at all
times. This involves:
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Working with line managers to identify staff requiring First Aid training based on agreed procedures and
timescales.
Working with line managers to identify staff requiring Personal Safety training based on agreed procedures
and timescales.
Organise and deliver all First Aid training, ensuring all identified individuals receive the appropriate level of
training.
Organise and deliver all Personal Safety training, ensuring all identified individuals receive the appropriate
level of training.
Actively encourage course participants to report any concerns they have about administering First Aid and about
Personal Safety.
3.
Quality Assurance:
Develop, implement and maintain appropriate performance management reporting systems as a means of
managing and monitoring the performance, to ensure standards are maintained, improvements developed and
issues addressed in a timely manner, and in particular:
a) Monitor, review and develop the overall First Aid and Personal Safety training to ensure it is kept relevant and
responsive.
b) Provide regular performance reports on First Aid to Council staff and appropriate elected members and
Committees.
4.
Health & Safety:
All employees must follow the Council’s health and safety policies, standards, systems and procedures and must
follow any additional health and safety instructions required by their line management. Employees who manage
staff (and/or control workers from outside bodies) must ensure that they comply with the Council’s health and
safety at work procedures and ensure that all workplace risks are assessed, suitable control measures are put in
place and that these are communicated to the workforce in a way they understand.
5.
Other duties & responsibilities:
Undertake other duties appropriate to this job and grade, and as required by the line manager and ensure
appropriate outcomes are achieved.
6.
Working in partnership with external organisations:
Assist the Council in liaising with partner agencies / organisations such as Health and Safety Executive and
Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA), to improve working relationships and services, and achieve best value
where appropriate.
Liaise with external bodies to gather information and interpret technical or regulatory guidance to enable it to be
communicated to Council staff and service providers.
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Person Specification:
CRITERIA:
E = Essential
D = Desirable
Education and / or professional qualifications
E.1
E.2
E.3
Teaching/Training Qualification or equivalent
First Aid Instructor qualification
Current First Aid Certificate
D.1
D.2
CIPD membership
Personal Safety training certification/qualification
Experience
E.1
E.2
E.3
Preparing and presenting complex information in a clear and easy to understand format
Developing and delivering participative and enjoyable learning and development activities
Experience of practical application of First Aid principles and practices
D.1
Experience of working in a similar role
Specific job-related knowledge
E.1
E.2
E.2
First Aid
Ability to deliver other training ie. Moving and Handling
Best practice relating to personal safety issues
Any additional job-related requirements
E.1
The jobholder will be expected to travel efficiently and effectively between various work locations within Argyll and
Bute and beyond to meet the operational requirements of the Service.
Competencies
E.1
Level 1
Personal Qualities (Competencies) that are essential at recruitment stage:
Ability to prioritise tasks, meet deadlines and work on own initiative.
Possess a solution orientated approach to problem solving.
Excellent communication skills, written and verbal.
Enthusiastic, motivated and the ability to advise, guide and motivate/encourage others.
Good negotiation, facilitation and customer service skills.
Ability to work unsupervised.
Ability to communicate with all levels of staff
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