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First aider is a person who has successfully completed a nationally accredited training course or an equivalent level of training that has given them the competencies required to administer first aid.

First aid equipment includes first aid kits and other equipment used to treat injuries and illnesses.

First aid facilities include first aid rooms, health centres, clean water supplies and other facilities needed for administering first aid.

High risk workplace means a workplace where workers are exposed to hazards that could result in serious injury or illness and would require first aid. Examples of workplaces that may be considered high risk are ones in which workers:

    * use hazardous machinery (for example, mobile plant, chainsaws, power presses and lathes)
    * use hazardous substances (for example, chemical manufacture, laboratories, horticulture, petrol stations and food manufacturing)
    * are at risk of falls that could result in serious injury (for example, construction and stevedoring)
    * carry out hazardous forms of work (for example, working in confined spaces, welding, demolition, electrical work and abrasive blasting)
    * are exposed to the risk of physical violence (for example, working alone at night, cash handling or having customers who are frequently physically aggressive)
    * work in or around extreme heat or cold (for example, foundries and prolonged outdoor work in extreme temperatures).
Low risk workplace means a workplace where workers are not exposed to hazards that could result in serious injury or illness such as offices, shops or libraries. Potential work-related injuries and illnesses requiring first aid would be minor in nature.

1.2             Who has health and safety duties in relation to first aid?
A person conducting a business or undertaking has the primary duty under the WHS Act to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that workers and other persons are not exposed to health and safety risks arising from the business or undertaking.

The WHS Regulations place specific obligations on a person conducting a business or undertaking in relation to first aid, including requirements to:
    * provide first aid equipment and ensure each worker at the workplace has access to the equipment
    * ensure access to facilities for the administration of first aid
    * ensure that an adequate number of workers are trained to administer first aid at the workplace or that workers have access to an adequate number of other people who have been trained to administer first aid.
A person conducting a business or undertaking may not need to provide first aid equipment or facilities if these are already provided by another duty holder at the workplace and they are adequate and easily accessible at the times that the workers carry out work.
Officers, such as company directors, have a duty to