Description
What’s covered
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) plays a vital role in managing Health & Safety risks at work. This course will show how wearing PPE plays a crucial role in preventing and reducing fatalities, injuries and diseases that would otherwise occur in the workplace. It includes details of a wide range
of PPE options, examines the legislation and regulations that govern the responsibilities of employers, employees and suppliers, and provides a real-life case study showing the law in action.
What you’ll learn
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Understand the legislation surrounding the use of PPE, legal obligations and the safety standards that need to be met for PPE to be effective and safe to use.
- Recognise that PPE is the last choice in the hierarchy of control and must only be used when stated as appropriate in risk assessments.
- Evaluate the different types of PPE, state where it provides protection and understand that PPE can be used in combination as 3 or 5 point protection.
- Understand the need for good maintenance of PPE and then where it can’t be maintained it should be replaced.
- Create effective methods to ensure broken or PPE that needs maintaining is not used.
Modules in this course
| Module Number | Module Name | Pass % Required |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | 70% |
| 2 | Regulations and Responsibilities | 70% |
| 3 | PPE in Practice | 70% |
| 4 | Risk Assessment, Selection and Use | 70% |
| 5 | Types of PPE | 70% |
| 6 | Maintenance and Replacement | 70% |
Want to know more?
Watch the introductory video below to learn more about this course.
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