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Respirator Protection training online provides information you and your employees need in order to use respirators properly. You as the employer must take additional steps, including providing worksite-specific training, fit-testing and medical evaluation, and hands-on training on how to don and doff respirators and conduct user seal checks. Respirator protection training will also ensure workers will be able to successfully use respirators correctly.
Who Needs Respirator Protection Training?
All workers and supervisors who are exposed to respiratory hazards on the job
Course Outline
Respiratory Hazards
- Types
- Health effects
- Hierarchy of controls
- Purpose of respirators
Respirator Selection
- Based on hazard assessment and other factors
- Capabilities and limitations of respirators
- Types of Respirators
- Levels of protection/protection factors
Hazard assessment
- Identify and evaluate hazards
Use of Respirators
- When
- Restrictions
- Donning and Doffing
- Seal check
- Voluntary use
Medical evaluation
- Prior to fit-testing, medical confirmation that worker does not have any condition that could prevent safe use of a respirator
- Re-evaluation
- Must be fit to do the work while wearing a respirator
Fit-testing
- Qualitative or qualitative
- When
- How
Cleaning, inspecting, maintenance, storage
- Cleaned and sanitized
- As often as necessary
- Emergency respirators
- Inspection before and after each use
- Report defective equipment
- Clean and sanitary location
- Stored to retain natural configuration