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Sapper.D		#1 Posted : 14 December 2015 10:55:42(UTC)
Rank: Forum user		All, I'm reviewing the pay that our first aid trained employees receive for carrying out the additional duty. Currently our trained employees receive £12 per month for carrying out the duty. We are a site that employees approximately 350 staff, work varies from office work, laboratories, production and engineering and warehousing, we manufacture basic pharmaceutical product, We are a borderline low to medium risk site. All feedback welcome
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SW		#2 Posted : 14 December 2015 12:11:10(UTC)
Rank: Super forum user		Hi Sapper.D Last Co I worked with paid £10 a week and £5 for Emergency First Aiders - 50 Employees in Manufacturing Regards SW
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hilary		#3 Posted : 14 December 2015 12:21:39(UTC)
Rank: Super forum user		Thank you, thank you, thank you I forgot our Christmas bonus for the first aiders £150 per head payable once a year at Christmas. Your timely reminder means I am Bob Crachit and not an Ebenezer Scrooge. Cheers
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stuie		#4 Posted : 15 December 2015 13:16:05(UTC)
Rank: Super forum user		Our first aiders get nowt, nothing, zilch, other than a set of valuable life skills that can be used outside the workplace. Stuart
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martin1		#5 Posted : 15 December 2015 15:25:29(UTC)
Rank: Super forum user		Medium risk site we pay £12 per month.
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andrewjb1		#6 Posted : 15 December 2015 15:31:28(UTC)
Rank: Forum user		We pay £20 per month, large College with just under 1000 staff. Does anyone have any incentive techniques to attract new first aiders?
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Invictus		#7 Posted : 15 December 2015 15:49:33(UTC)
Rank: Super forum user		Nothing they learn new skills, can help collegues and who knows the mebers of the public. They should pay us!
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mssy		#8 Posted : 15 December 2015 22:24:21(UTC)
Rank: Super forum user		Ours get a day's additional leave per annum, as do our fire wardens!
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Thomas Baxter		#9 Posted : 15 December 2015 23:03:22(UTC)
Rank: Forum user		Hi all, Our first aiders and fire marshals receive nothing extra. The fire marshals previously didn't even receive training! I can imagine the response if I were to suggest our first aiders etc received extra in their pay packet! I'd be interested to know how many companies have this policy in place. Regards
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HSE_Steve		#10 Posted : 16 December 2015 10:26:22(UTC)
Rank: Forum user		Hi All, we don't pay our first aiders anything either, I personally think there could be a danger of people signing up who don't actually want to do it, but do so just in order to get the additional payment. To me the benefit is a life skill, and also a few days out a year away from normal work to train. The problem I have is too many volunteers, so its never really been an issue. Steve
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andrewjb1		#11 Posted : 16 December 2015 14:43:03(UTC)
Rank: Forum user		We are in constant need to first aider despite communicating how good it is to have a potential life saving skill and paying them. I think it depends on the working environment and the number of accidents they deal with and how often it pulls people away from their work. We also find that once we communicate its 3 days of training to do the First Aid at Work many managers don't like their employees to be away from the workplace for that long. I'm looking now to make it mandatory for some job categories i.e. reception teams and the estates team
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jodieclark1510		#12 Posted : 16 December 2015 16:51:17(UTC)
Rank: Super forum user		With one employer I got an extra 10p an hour, another I got £25 a month, a third I didn't get anything. We had a first aider at a previous employer's who did the training and never attended a first aid on site- he did the training so that he could be a steward at a well known football club in London. I found his first aid kit stuffed in the back of locker covered in dirt with nothing in it due to it being swiped for the stewards job.
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Safety Man 1		#13 Posted : 16 December 2015 22:41:16(UTC)
Rank: Super forum user		Our first aiders don't get paid as well, they could save a life one day, can't put a price on that.
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CdC		#14 Posted : 17 December 2015 10:13:42(UTC)
Rank: Forum user		Ours don't get paid either. They get an additional training, free of charge to them for life skills, completely transferrable to other areas.
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imponderabilius		#15 Posted : 17 December 2015 10:27:42(UTC)
Rank: Forum user		Safety Man 1 wrote: Our first aiders don't get paid as well, they could save a life one day, can't put a price on that. should apply to doctors as well ;) Our company doesn't pay anything extra either. As someone mentioned above, it might attract those who only want to benefit financially but are not necessarily suitable for the role.
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paul-ps		#16 Posted : 17 December 2015 10:53:47(UTC)
Rank: Forum user		£20 per month and well deserved for stepping up. You put yourself into uncomfortable situations which may present a risk.
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Rees21880		#17 Posted : 17 December 2015 14:11:47(UTC)
Rank: Forum user		mssy wrote: Ours get a day's additional leave per annum, as do our fire wardens! I really like this idea as we are continually finding it difficult for people to volunteer to be a First Aider or Fire Marshall. Our senior management don't believe that there should be financial gain for receiving this life-skill so an additional time off may be a good incentive yet keep the immediate costs down. Pete
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Pixie7		#18 Posted : 17 December 2015 14:23:29(UTC)
Rank: Forum user		Housing association paid £15 per month to first aiders and fire marshals. In utility company all staff are trained first aiders and not paid.
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