Why Train in This Topic?

Who Should Take This Course

Approximately 5% of all U.S. workers in about 20% of all work establishments wear respirators at least some of the time while performing their job functions. These workers are employed at approximately 1.3 million establishments nationwide. This training program was created to help ensure you understand the requirements for using respirators, how to properly select, don and use a respirator, and how to care for and maintain a respirator.

When effective control measures are not feasible, or while they are being instituted, appropriate respirators must be used. OSHA considers respirators to be the least effective means of exposure control because they only protect if properly fitted and worn, only protect the individual employee, are uncomfortable to wear, and incur significant cost including medical examinations, fit testing, training, and purchasing.

The OSHA standard applies to all occupational exposures to contaminated air where an employee is exposed to a hazardous level of an airborne contaminant, required or permitted by the employer to wear a respirator.