PPE – Personal Protective Equipment – Construction

Key Takeaways:

– Learning about PPE
– Identifying the types of PPE
– Appreciating PPE procedures

Course Description

This course will train employees to meet legislative requirements for new staff orientation or refresher training within the construction industry. Furthermore, this course is fantastic for toolbox and safety meetings, to reinforce the importance of proper selection, use, and maintenance of PPE.

Common hazards within the construction site include falling objects, surface dangers like nails, prolonged noise exposure, dust clouds, machine fumes, airborne irritants, sharp materials, and airborne debris, to list a few. If you consider the average construction site, or even a stereotypical image of a construction worker, it is likely you picture gloves, a hardhat, boots, safety glasses, and possibly a respiratory mask. All these simple equipment save lives and prevent injuries everyday, and through this course you will learn the importance of PPE.

When an organization’s hazard assessment process suggests the need for personal protective equipment, employers should to ensure that:
– Workers don correct PPE for the hazard and protects workers,
– Workers correctly use and wear the PPE,
– The PPE is in satisfactory condition to perform the function it was designed for,
– Workers are confident in the correct use, care, limitations and assigned maintenance of the PPE.

Improve your onsite practical training with this course to assist your fulfillment of the requirements of the legislation. In addition, this course will give you peace of mind that everyone has been given adequate information on the safe use, selection and maintenance of their PPE in your workplace.