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The workforce have been asked to volunteer for first aider post within the offices (low risk) as appointed persons to take hold of the sistuation and call emergency services etc. As there have not been any volunteers, can we make someone an appointed person by nomination? paddwack56
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Hi PaddyWack,
I think this is a HR issue really as to "Nominate" an individual is fraught with problems. Personally I would not advise this route.
Why don't you try the carrot approach - identify who you would like to take the appointment and offer some form of incentive. A volunteer is worth 10 pressed men.
In a previous employment it was a minimum training requirement for all managers to hold a Level 3 First Aid qualification and for the Office manager and Receptionist to be the "Appointed Person", both of the last 2 received an annual payment and all them were trained in house by yours truly!
Good luck
Clive
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Hi Paddwack,
A general call for volunteers rarely produces any. Clive's suggestion of approaching some suitable individuals and talking to them personally is more likely to be fruitful. And the incentive needn't be financial. Having identified someone with the required personal qualities (reliable, level-headed, someone you feel confident in, etc) you can tell them that that's why you are asking them; that recognition is an incentive in itself. Another incentive if you are going to provide any training is that what they learn can also be used to protect their own family and to be confident in knowing what to do if they encounter some distressing event out in public (road collisions, heart attacks and so on).
Another approach if you happen to be recruiting is to put it in to the requirements of the new role and ask the candidates at interview if they would be willing. However, if you don't have an appointed person now, you probably need one straight away.
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A first aider (post) and an appointed person are 2 different things. I personally have never had any problem getting people to volunteer for either role and no financial incentive required. In fact I've always found it rather odd that this would be an incentive, although accept that many do.
You could include the requirement within the job description (in effect nominate them) which works easy enough during recruitment but less easy once the person is in place.
As others have suggested, gentle persuasion seems the best approach
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