PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT(PPE)

INTRODUCTION FOR PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT(PPE)

This PPE Training course is designed to familiarise employers and employees with all the fundamental aspects of PPE that is used in work environments.

The course looks at legislation relating to PPE, the various types of PPE that protect workers from hazards, and how to determine the need for PPE. With this knowledge, learners will be fully prepared to select and use PPE properly so health and safety is upheld at work.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to :

• The importance of personal protective equipment, the relevant legislation relating to it, risk assessments, and employers and employees’ duties.
• How to decide if PPE is needed, how to properly select PPE, and how to use it effectively.
• The importance of safety signs, maintaining and properly storing equipment, and ensuring that it is suitable for its intended user.
• The various breathing, skin, and eye protective equipment available and how to use them.
• The various ear and head protective gear available and their uses.
• The various body and foot protective equipment available and their uses.

WHO MUST ATTEND

This Personal Protective Equipment training is suitable for anyone who works in an industry with high-risk activities, which often require the use of additional protection beyond other control measures. It is particularly useful for people in charge of upholding health and safety at work and selecting and providing PPE, such as employers and supervisors. But it is also suitable for employees, as it fully educates learners on how to meet legal requirements and use PPE properly.

SUBJECTS COVERED

• Act and regulations which related to PPE compliance
• Employer and employee responsibilities in OSHA 1994
• Understanding what is the hazard,risk and an accident
• Hierarchy of control for the hazard and risk
• Selection, use and maintenance of PPE
• Type of PPE
• PPE management

COURSE METHODOLOGY

• Lecture, video session ,practical and group discussion.

COURSE CONTENT