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AE) MINISTRATIVE ORE) ER NO _ 55
TO : All Department -� j March 27 , 1987
FROM : Gary Crutch ield , tY Manager
SUBJECT : FIRST - AID T I G .
I . PURPOSE : This Order is issued to clarify certification requirements
and responsibilities necessary to maintain " BASIC " first-aid capabilities
within the work place , as set forth in WAC 296 - 24 . This Order
does not affect those positions required to maintain " advanced "
or higher certification levels of emergency medical treatment . Where
any provision of this Order conflicts with a provision of a collective
bargaining agreement , the collective bargaining agreement shall
control for employees within the respective bargaining unit .
11 . CERTIFICATION REQUIRED : All regular full -time and regular
part-time positions are required to maintain the " BASIC " level
of first- aid certification issued by the Washington State Department
of Labor and Industries or the Red Cross .
III . RESPONSIBILITIES ASSIGNED :
A ) Personnel Officer . The Personnel Officer shall maintain
an automated central index of those positions /employees required
to maintain " BASIC " first-aid certification , such index to
include date of issuance and expiration of current certification .
The Personnel Officer shall schedule and arrange at least
one " BASIC " first-aid training session annually and shall
provide adequate notice of such training session to those
employees ( and respective department heads ) whose " BASIC "
first- aid certification will expire during the succeeding 12 months .
It is the express responsibility of the Personnel Officer to
arrange training sessions at intervals sufficient to avoid expiration
of an employee' s certification due to lack of timely renewal
opportunity .
B ) Department . Except as provided otherwise by a bargaining
unit agreement , each department head or designee shall assure
that those employees notified by the Personnel Officer of
pending expiration and available training are directed to attend
such training , unless a particular employee' s absence would
unduly disrupt essential operations ; in such cases , it shall
be the responsibility of the department head to coordinate
with the Personnel Officer to arrange a timely and appropriate
training opportunity for the affected employee ( s ) . Those
departments with positions requiring advanced or higher
certification levels of emergency treatment shall be fully responsible
for those particular training and documentation requirements ;
all such documentation , however , should be forwarded to
the respective employee's personnel file .
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