Face Fit Train the Tester training.

If you provide respiratory protective equipment (RPE) to your employees then it is essential that you have documentary evidence to show the RPE fits the wearer. By subjecting each wearer to a face-fit test you can be sure that your organisation is fulfilling the requirements laid out in the Health & Safety Executives (HSE) guidance notes INDG 479 & HSG53,

Course Content

This course is for trainees who want to undertake their own face fit testing programme.

The training includes:

-Background to Face Fit Testing

-Legislation and Guidance, INDG 479

-Set-up of Equipment

-The Sensitivity Test

-Fit Test Protocols

-Pass Levels

-Practical face fit testing

-Troubleshooting & Problem Solving

-Fit Test Failures and Re-Tests

-Planning & Managing a Fit Testing Program

-Please note: that RPE should be selected, maintained and used by trained and competent people, it

is the employers responsibility to ensure compliance with this.