Emergency Response Training (ERT / BHV) Refresher

The Emergency Response Training (ERT/BHV) Refresher is designed for qualified Emergency Response Officers who need to maintain their competence and keep their certification up to date. Within organisations, Emergency Response Officers are responsible for assessing incidents, providing assistance and ensuring safety. Because these situations occur infrequently in practice, regular refresher training is essential to ensure that skills remain usable when it matters.

Within the framework of the ‘Arbowet’, employers are required to ensure that employees are capable of responding adequately to emergencies. This goes beyond appointing Emergency Response Officers; it requires that their skills remain current and applicable.

Refresher training supports this by focusing on the continued ability to act, not only on knowledge retention.

Emergency Response tasks are not part of daily routines. As a result, the ability to act can decline over time if not actively maintained.

In practice, this means:

• procedures are known, but not immediately applied

• actions take longer to initiate

• communication becomes less structured

• confidence in handling incidents decreases

Refresher training is aimed at maintaining the ability to act quickly and appropriately.

During the refresher training, participants repeat and practice the core Emergency Response tasks. The focus is on reinforcing practical skills and ensuring that procedures can still be applied correctly in realistic situations.

Firefighting and evacuation

• raising the alarm and evacuating people

• extinguishing a starting a fire

• using appropriate firefighting equipment

• preparing an evacuation

• systematically evacuating a building

Life-saving First Aid (CPR & AED)

• transporting a casualty to safety

• assessing the casualty's condition

• dealing with injuries

• performing CPR and using an AED

• communicating with and handling over to emergency services

The refresher training is built around practical scenarios. Participants are required to apply procedures in situations that reflect the workplace.

In these scenarios, participants:

• assess situations

• determine appropriate actions

• apply procedures step by step

Because organisations differ, scenarios are aligned with the work environment.

This ensures that training remains relevant to the actual workplace.

Refresher training is not about re-learning theory, but about maintaining readiness.

Participants actively engage in exercises, apply procedures and receive guidance, which supports continued competence.

The Emergency Response Training (ERT/BHV) Refresher has a duration of one day and is highly practical.

Participants:

• repeat essential Emergency Response skills

• work with realistic scenarios

• apply procedures in exercises

• receive guidance from instructors

The training focuses on maintaining competence rather than introducing new content.

Participants who successfully complete the refresher training receive a renewal of their Emergency Response certificate.

The refresher training is exclusively intended for participants who have successfully completed the Emergency Response Training (ERT/BHV) Basic.

If you do not yet have this certificate, you need to follow the Emergency Response Training Basic.

The following practical skills will be re-trained:

 Firefighting and Evacuation

• Raising the alarm and evacuating people;

• Extinguishing a starting fire;

• Using the relevant firefighting equipment;

• Preparing an evacuation;

• Systematically evacuating the building.

Life-saving First Aid inclusive Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) & AED

• How to transport a casualty to safety;

• How to assess the casualty’s condition;

• How to communicate with and hand over to the emergency services;

• How to deal with injuries;

• CPR and the use of the AED (Automatic External Defibrillator).

The training has a duration of 1 day and is highly practical

The participants are trained based on realistic scenarios during which they learn to intervene in case of emergency. No tendious presentations but practical learning, through practical scenarios. The participants are taught to evaluate situations and to take appropriate actions based on adequate procedures.

Participants who successfully complete the Emergency Response Training (ERT/BHV) Refresher will receive a renewal of their certificate.

The refresher training is exclusively intended for participants who have competently completed the basic Emergency Response training. If you are not yet in possession of this certificate, you need to follow the Basic Emergency Response training.