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Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Fundamentals
Learn to select, fit, use and maintain personal protective equipment across head, eye, hearing, respiratory, hand, foot and body protection categories. This course covers the hierarchy of controls, hazard assessment, PPE selection standards, proper donning and doffing, limitations of each equipment type, and the common mistakes that turn PPE from a genuine safeguard into a false sense of security.
10h14 lessonsCertificate included
$59.00
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- Lifetime access to course content
- Verifiable certificate (valid 24 months)
What you'll learn
- Explain where PPE fits in the hierarchy of controls
- Conduct a basic workplace PPE hazard assessment
- Select appropriate PPE for head, eye, face and hearing hazards
- Select and properly use respiratory, hand and foot protection
- Explain proper donning, doffing, inspection and maintenance
- Recognize the limitations of PPE and common misuse patterns
Syllabus
1. PPE and the Hierarchy of Controls · 1 lessons
- Read: PPE and the Hierarchy of Controls7 min
2. Conducting a Hazard Assessment · 1 lessons
- Read: Conducting a Hazard Assessment7 min
3. Head, Eye and Face Protection · 1 lessons
- Read: Head, Eye and Face Protection7 min
4. Hearing Protection · 1 lessons
- Read: Hearing Protection7 min
5. Respiratory Protection · 1 lessons
- Read: Respiratory Protection7 min
6. Hand Protection · 1 lessons
- Read: Hand Protection7 min
7. Foot Protection · 1 lessons
- Read: Foot Protection7 min
8. Donning, Doffing and Sequence · 1 lessons
- Read: Donning, Doffing and Sequence7 min
9. Inspection, Maintenance and Storage · 1 lessons
- Read: Inspection, Maintenance and Storage7 min
10. Common Misuse Patterns and Limitations · 1 lessons
- Read: Common Misuse Patterns and Limitations7 min
11. Communication, Training and Recordkeeping · 1 lessons
- Read: Communication, Training and Recordkeeping7 min
12. Special Environments and Combination Hazards · 1 lessons
- Read: Special Environments and Combination Hazards7 min
13. Final Review and Applying the Program · 1 lessons
- Read: Final Review and Applying the Program7 min
14. Final exam · 1 lessons
- Final exam (25 questions)25 min