FIRST AID ~ BWY Requirement for First Aid Certificates
	From:   Ian Burgess RO Eastern Region.
	I have recently been in contact with Pierre Bibby (CEO) and Paul Fox (NISTO) regarding 1st Aid Certs. As most of you are aware, Personal Liability Insurance with the Wheel is only valid if you hold a current 1st Aid Cert. Without one you are not insured.
	The first point to make and remember this comes from the p.t.b.-powers that be- not me (Please don't shoot the messenger!) is that it is the teacher's responsibility to obtain a valid certificate, not the Wheel's because it is the teacher that is insured not BWY. If someone asks you why you haven't got a 1st Aid cert you can't reply that the Wheel hasn't laid on a 1st Aid Course. It's down to you.
	Secondly, of all the certificates available, which are acceptable to our insurers Perkins Slade? The answer is that it is the Wheel that decides this not P.S. In other words what we accept, they accept. OK, so which are they? Paul Fox tells me that we accept certs from any organisation that offers a minimum 5-hour course and issues 3-year certs. Yes, but what about content (syllabus if you like)?
	Apparently the BWY (and NISTO) do not consider themselves competent to devise 1st Aid courses, nor lay down criteria regarding content. So whoever provides the course writes it. I hope this is helpful.
	Hari Om             Ian B.
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