October 2015 Ofqual and SQA regulations

04 Dec 2014

You may be aware, there are changes in regulations coming into force on 1st October 2015.

To clarify the situation, in order to continue teaching ofqual and SQA regulated First Aid qualifications, an Instructor must have:

A teaching qualification at Level 3 or above and

An Assessing qualification or have attended First Aid Assessor/IQA CPD Training with an Awarding Organisation

Please note that some teaching qualifications have an assessors element that is suitable, as part of its syllabus. Please see below for the list of acceptable qualifications. All Instructors will need to hold qualifications that tick both the ‘Train’ and ‘Assess’ columns on this document. As you can see, some qualifications tick both boxes. If you only hold a ‘Train’ qualification, then you will need to gain an assessing qualification or attend First Aid Assessor/IQA CPD Training with an Awarding Organisation by October 2015. Please also note that the Level 3 PTLLS qualification holds 6 credits and does not meet the assessors criteria; only the Level 4 PTLLS meets the criteria for assessing.

In order to monitor fellow Instructors, you must have:

An Internal Quality Assurance qualification or have attended Internal Quality Assurance CPD Training with an Awarding Organisation

In order to undertake Internal Verification, you must have:

An Internal Quality Assurance qualification or have attended Internal Quality Assurance CPD Training with an Awarding Organisation

Please see the list of acceptable qualifications in the following document: SfH-Assessment-Principles-for-First-Aid-Qualifications-V4