5.5. Certification

The authority which authorizes the programmes of training and the training institutions should also be responsible for carrying out examinations of first-aid personnel upon completion of their training. Examiners, independent of the training programmes should be designated. Implicit in this authorization is also the authorization of the programme of examination itself.

Upon successfully completing the examination, the candidates should be awarded a certificate upon which the employer or enterprise will base their appointment. Certificates should be made obligatory and should also be issued following refresher training, other instruction or participation in field work or demonstrations.

Note

¹ St. John Ambulance Association: Occupational first aid (London, Macmillan Journals, 1973); American National Red Cross: First aid and personal safety (Garden City, New York, Doubleday, 1975); Manuel pratique de secourisme, tion conforme au programme du brevet national de secourisme (Paris, France-Selection, 1988); Canadian Red Cross Society: First aid (Toronto, 1982); Jean-Charles Hachet: Urgences en mcine du travail (Paris, Masson, 1982); David Werner: Where there is no doctor: A village health care handbook (Palo Alto, California, Hesperian Foundation, 1985 - revised edition, 1992); Moya McTanney: Learning first aid (Geneva, League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, 1986).