Occupational First Aid Level-2 (OFA L2)
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Occupational First Aid Level-2 (OFA L2)
General information
This 36-hour WorkSafeBC course covers all medical techniques within the responsibility of the attendant at a workplace.
Candidates must be at least 16 years of age. Students need to be able to understand and perform the first aid skills required to complete the learning tasks. No previous first aid training is required. This means you can take this course, and not having to take any other level of first aid.
Maximum class size is 12.
Occupational First Aid Level 2 (OFA L2) certificates are valid for three years from the date of the examination.
Extensions of the duration of certificates are not permitted, unless indicated by WorkSafeBC under special circumstances like Covid-19.
You can challenge the Occupational First Aid Level-2 (OFA L2) if you have done this course before, please contact us for details.
Intention
All course participants are encouraged to assist in improving pre-hospital care of injured workers by promoting:
Workplace compliance with the Occupational First Aid Regulation.
Effective interaction between attendants, employers and workers.
Efficient co-operation with higher levels of medical care. Those would be the Level 3 Occupational First Aid Attendant (OFA L3), BC Ambulance Service and hospital emergency personnel.
Handouts
For walk-in patients that return to work there are patient handouts given after treatment. They used to be part of the printed materials, but not anymore, so here is the document for downloading.
If you have any questions, please let us know via our contact form.
What to do after booking your spot in the course:
Please make an appointment to come pick up your student binder from our location. (please contact us prior so we are there and we have your materials) If you don't have the opportunity to do so, please download the electronic book and homework and we will have your printed book(s) ready at the start of the course.
Pre-reading assignments ready for download here OFA 2 Course Reference and Training Manual - Required Reading NEW
Occupational First Aid Level 2
Here is the link for the electronic version of your student manual:
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