MAC FORMATEUR SST - Maintaining and updating the skills of workplace first aid instructors

Maintain and update the skills of Sauveteur Secouriste du Travail (SST) trainers in the following areas:

1. Demonstrate the value of SST training for a company.
2. Master the methodological and technical aspects of prevention and first aid to implement SST training
3. Design, lead, assess and monitor an SST actor training action.

This interactive prevention and first aid training course is conducted in accordance with the strict teaching methods defined by the Institut National de Recherche et de Sécurité (INRS) reference framework for the prevention of accidents at work and occupational illnesses:

• alternating between theoretical input and practical simulations
• continuous assessment and teaching skills tests

The certificate is valid for 3 years, and it is advisable to follow a MAC at least every 36 months.

Feedback on SST training courses supervised by SST trainers

• Identification of difficulties
• Analysis and exchanges of practices

Updating of knowledge

• Regulations
• Content of the SST programme
• Assessment of SSTs
• Administrative procedures

Teaching methods

• Training pedagogical tools and their use
• Pedagogy specific to SST training
• Simulated accident situations

Only candidates who have completed the entire training course (21 hours) and who have passed the certificate tests can claim the MAC SST Trainer certificate.

• INRS accreditation

More information about this certification (RS5885, exact wording of the diploma, name of the certifier, certification registration date) by clicking here.

• All audiences

Already hold an SST trainer certificate. An SST trainer whose certificate expiry date has passed may no longer practise as an SST trainer. They may take a MAC to recover their certification provided that the delay between the expiry date and the MAC does not prejudice the success of the certification tests of the candidates they are going to train.

5 minimum

10 people

• Fully classroom-based training

The training course takes place in person at the centre, which provides the ideal setting for building group dynamics, encouraging interactive discussions between trainees and making use of professional equipment.

• Equipped technical platforms
• Unmarked room with video projector

This training course is regulated; no exemptions are permitted.

Your INRS accreditation and SST trainer card are compulsory. They may be up to six months out of date to be eligible for the SST trainer refresher course. If the accreditation expiry date is earlier, the trainer/expert has sole discretion over your enrolment. 

Trainees’ satisfaction is assessed during and at the end of the course.

 For participants with disabilities: training and certification arrangements may be adapted, with support provided by the disability liaison officer. 

Expert trainers accredited by INRS 

Provide occupational health and safety training (actor level) in compliance with INRS regulations. SST actor trainers can complete their skills by becoming SST Trainer of Trainers through training provided solely by the INRS.

Access for people with disabilities

Pass rate: 100

Satisfaction rate: 100 per cent out of 7 people who responded to our satisfaction survey

100 per cent out of 7  people who sat the exam

Employment rate in the targeted profession: 100%

Recommendation rate: 98% out of 7 people who responded to our satisfaction survey