Course Description
It is well known that the Respiratory Protection Standard is in the top five most frequently cited OSHA violations. Furthermore, according to recent year statistics it is noted that more than 1.2 millions penalties were assessed about the respiratory protection standard violation. Therefore, OSHA standard requires that where respirators are necessary to protect the health of the employee, the employer shall implement a respiratory protection program. In this regard, earning and remembering the knowledge and skills need to use respirator correctly will help ensure that your respirator protects your employees.
What Do Participants Learn?
This course is designed to help protect employees from the effects of airborne hazardous substances in the workplace and will teach employees to identify the hazards of airborne contaminants; identify and use appropriate respiratory protection; recognize the limitations and capabilities of respirators in our workplace; and inspect, maintain, and store respirators.
Who Should Attend?
What Will the Learning Experience Include?
Phase: 1
Introduce
- Comprehensive pre-program activities include:
- Web-based information forms & surveys completed by attendee.
- Direct consultation with the attendee about the expectations.
- During the training, participants engage in data, activities, and conversations that lead to insight and knowledge.
- Participants learn from expert trainers who have both academic and business experiences.
- Highly applicable training content & instructive activities for adding depth to training topics.
- **A half-day site visit for integrating the experience & plan next steps. Opportunities to provide connections, ideas & support.
Phase: 2
Explore & Practice
Phase: 3
Apply
- Apply & sustain the learning experience by using this ongoing support:
- To ensure participant has new skills or behavior progress.
- Optional, fee-based mentoring & coaching with the trainer.
- Training materials & additional documents (e-books, pdf files, presentations and articles)
- Evaluate your training experience by giving us feedbacks and help us to reach our organizational goals.
- Participant's Evaluation
- Trainer's Evaluation
Phase: 4
EVALUATE
Section 1:
- Ice breaking
- Handing out training related documents
Module 1: Introduction to Respiratory Protection
Module 2: Respiratory Protection Employer Roles
Module 3: RPE Explained
- What is Respirator
- Why and when employees need respirator
- RPE types
- RPE filters
- Breathing Apparatus
Section 2:
Module 4: What the Law Says
- Deciding how to use RPE
- Consulting employees and safety representatives
- Specific requirements for RPE use
- CE marking
- The Regulations
- Accidents involving RPE
Section 3:
Module 5: Procedure to Ensure Proper Protection
- Developing an effective Respiratory Protection Program
- How do you choose the correct respirator
- Specific Respirators Uses
- Who needs to be trained?
- How to ensure respirators fir properly?
- Inspections and taking care of respirators
- Medical Evaluation and monitoring work areas
Section 4:
Module 6: Selecting RPE that Is Adequate and Suitable
- Introduction
- Selecting adequate RPE against the Hazard
- Identifying the exposure hazard
- Forms of substances
- Matching filters to match substance and its form
- Deciding on the protection factor
- Selecting RPE suited to the wearer, task and environment
- Suitability factors
- Carrying out a fit test
Section 5:
Module 7: Using RPE
- How to manage and supervise RPE
- Training
- Fit testing of Equipments
- Awareness of Designated Areas
- Dos and Don’ts
Module 8: Maintaining RPE
- Maintenance
- Disposal
- Storage
- Air quality