6142- AMBULANCE STAFF (EXCLUDING PARAMEDICS)

Job Title: 

AMBULANCE STAFF (EXCLUDING PARAMEDICS)

Alternate Titles: 

Ambulance care assistant,Ambulance driver,Ambulance technician,Emergency medical technician

Job Description: 

Ambulance staff transport sick, injured and convalescent persons and give first aid treatment in emergencies.

Education: 

Academic qualifications are not normally required. Entry requirements vary between ambulance services. Entrants must normally have possessed a full clean driving licence for one to two years and have health clearance. Entrants undertake a minimum of 2 weeks training in first aid and patient care. Successful trainees are then attached to an ambulance station where they work under the guidance of a trained supervisor for a probationary period before working unsupervised.
Refer The S/NVQ framework for more details

NS-SEC: 

The simplified NS-SEC analytic class for this code is 3
The simplified NS-SEC operational category for this code is 7.2
Refer The National Statistics Socio-economic Classification for more details

Tasks: 


  • helps patients into and out of ambulance;
  • drives ambulance or accompanies driver to transport patients to hospitals or other treatment centres and homes;
  • ascertains nature of injuries and provides first aid treatment;
  • cleans and disinfects ambulance after use and carries out routine care of ambulance equipment;
  • replenishes medical supplies in ambulance as necessary.
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Source Of Info: 

Office of National Statistics UK