Duration: 1 day
Trainer: N1146T
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This course will teach an individual how to conduct a qualitative face fit test. Upon successful completion of the course the individual will receive the official certification required to enable them to legally face fit test others.
Where respiratory protective equipment (RPE) is used, it must be able to provide adequate protection for individual wearers. RPE can’t protect the wearer if it leaks. A major cause of leaks is poor fit - tight-fitting facepieces need to fit the wearer’s face to be effective.
As people come in all sorts of shapes and sizes it is unlikely that one particular type or size of RPE facepiece will fit everyone. Fit testing will ensure that the equipment selected is suitable for the wearer.
What You Need To Do
The best time to do fit testing is at the initial selection stage, when individual users can be given a choice of adequate models of RPE. You should ensure that the make, model, type and size of facepiece that they wore when they had their successful fit test is made available for their use. If an employee wears more than one type of tight-fitting facepiece, then each type of facepiece should be fit tested.
How To Do It
RPE fit testing should be conducted by a competent person – you should take steps to ensure that person who carries out the fit test is appropriately trained, qualified and experienced, and is provided with appropriate information to undertake each particular task.
A Note on Facial Hair
Many masks rely on a good seal against the face so that, when you breathe air in, it is drawn into the filter material where the air is cleaned. If there are any gaps around the edges of the mask, ‘dirty’ air will pass through these gaps and into your lungs.
It is therefore very important that you put your mask on correctly and check for a good fit every time. If you are clean-shaven when wearing tight-fitting masks (ie those which rely on a good seal to the face), this will help prevent leakage of contaminated air around the edges of the mask and into your lungs. You will therefore be breathing in clean air, which will help you stay healthy. If there are good reasons for having a beard (eg for religious reasons), alternative forms of RPE, that do not rely on a tight fit to the face, are available.
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Raunds | East Anglia, Midlands, South Central England |
Wed 5 Jun 24 Course duration one day, start date as indicated. |
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Wed 10 Jul 24 Course duration one day, start date as indicated. |
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Thu 8 Aug 24 Course duration one day, start date as indicated. |
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Wed 11 Sep 24 Course duration one day, start date as indicated. |
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Raunds | East Anglia, Midlands, South Central England |
Thu 3 Oct 24 Course duration one day, start date as indicated. |
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Raunds | East Anglia, Midlands, South Central England |
Wed 13 Nov 24 Course duration one day, start date as indicated. |
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Raunds | East Anglia, Midlands, South Central England |
Wed 11 Dec 24 Course duration one day, start date as indicated. |
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