Personal Protective Equipment Training Course
Price: Only £17.50 + VAT
In the UK there are approximately 144 fatalities in the workplace and around 621,000 non-fatal injuries every year. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) plays a vital role in managing Health & Safety risks. However, historical data shows many workers suffering injury were not wearing this clothing.
Personal Protective Equipment Training Course
Price: Only £17.50 + VAT
In the UK there are approximately 144 fatalities in the workplace and around 621,000 non-fatal injuries every year. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) plays a vital role in managing Health & Safety risks. However, historical data shows many workers suffering injury were not wearing this clothing.
Personal Protective Equipment Online Training Course
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.
The course will also cover risk assessment and the role it plays in the selection and use of PPE along with discussing other hazard control measures that can be implemented.
Finally, the course will move on to how to use, fit and wear PPE and understand its physical and theoretical limitations.
Who is this Personal Protective Equipment Online Training Course for and what are the advantages?
This course is primarily aimed at people that work in industries such as construction where they are likely to need to use a wide range of PPE on a daily basis. However, there are many other areas of work where PPE is required such as factories, warehouses, window cleaners, healthcare workers, beauticians and many others.
One of the key things this course is intended to do is to teach people why they should use the PPE that is supplied to them and it is some of these other work areas where this message will be most effective.
Candidates understanding how and why they should use PPE will mean they are more likely to use it consistently and correctly throughout their work. This has the advantage of reducing their risk of injury.
Online training is flexible, efficient and cost-effective, so candidates can progress through the modules at their own pace, in their own time, making it easy to fit the training around their work and personal life.
Many of our other Health and Safety courses compliment this one include Working at Height, Working Safely and Asbestos Awareness.
The Personal Protective Equipment Online Training Course Modules
| Course Name | Module Number | Module Name | Pass % Required |
|---|---|---|---|
| PPE | 1 | Introduction | 70% |
| PPE | 2 | Regulations & Responsibilities | 70% |
| PPE | 3 | PPE in Practice | 70% |
| PPE | 4 | Risk Assessment, Selection and Use | 70% |
| PPE | 5 | Types of PPE | 70% |
| PPE | 6 | Maintenance and replacement | 70% |
| PPE | 7 | Final Assessment | 70% |
What will I learn on the Personal Protective Equipment Online Course?
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.
- Create effective methods to ensure broken or PPE that needs maintaining is not used.
- Understand the need for good maintenance of PPE and then where it can’t be maintained it should be replaced.
Obtain Your Certification Today!
Upon successfully completing our Personal Protective Equipment Online training course, you will receive a printable certificate as evidence of your knowledge and competency. This certification demonstrates your understanding of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
Recommended System Requirements:
• Browser: Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome or Firefox
• Video: Up-to-date video drivers
• Memory: 1Gb+ RAM
• Download Speed: Broadband (3Mb+)
Course Duration: 60 minutes (Note: This is based on the amount of video content shown and is rounded off. It does not account in any way for loading time or thinking time on the questions).
We are Here to Help You
Our Personal Protective Equipment Online training course will equip your employees to understand what the importance of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is in a workplace. Purchase the course or sign up for a free trial and see how these courses could work for you by using the links above. If you have any questions regarding this course or other courses, please email:
hello@onlinetrainingstore.co.uk
or
call 0333 242 5222
