Face Fit Train the Tester in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire (Classroom)

What is the Face Fit Train the Tester Course?

A one-day course that gives an organisation the capability to carry out its own qualitative face fit testing using the hood and taste method. Anyone issued with a tight-fitting mask must be fit tested for each make, model and size they use – the test establishes whether an adequate seal exists between the respirator and the wearer's face. Training an in-house tester keeps that testing consistent and takes the cost of external testing out of the equation.

Who is the Face Fit Train the Tester Course Suitable For?

Health and safety managers, supervisors, stores and PPE controllers and anyone else who will be responsible for fit testing colleagues. HSE guidance INDG479 requires fit testing to be carried out by a trained and competent person, which is what this course provides. Note that it trains delegates to conduct qualitative testing, not to teach the subject to others.

What's Included in the Face Fit Train the Tester Course?

Tutor-led training with hands-on practice using the hood and taste method, plus guidance on RPE selection, record keeping and the monthly mask checks the law requires.

Delivery Method

Classroom, 09:00 to 14:00, at the training centre on Lymedale Business Park, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire – just off the A34 and close to junction 16 of the M6.

Course Duration

1 day

Course Content

• Why fit testing is required – the duty to control substances hazardous to health and HSE guidance HSG53 and INDG479
• Adequacy and suitability of RPE – matching the device to the wearer, the task and the environment
• Qualitative hood and taste testing for half-face reusable and disposable masks, and where quantitative testing is needed instead
• Setting up the equipment and running the test exercises
• Sensitivity testing and interpreting a pass or fail
• Common causes of failure, including facial hair, and how to handle retests
• Recording results and the monthly RPE checks that must be kept for five years

Assessment / Examination

Practical assessment of delegates conducting a fit test under supervision.

Certification

Successful delegates receive a certificate of training as a qualitative face fit tester.

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After completing the course, learners can order their certificate directly from the provider.

To join online courses, delegates have to log in via a link provided through a computer or laptop with a camera, screen, microphone and access to the internet.

Connection quality is the responsibility of the delegate. If you need to download free video conferencing software please visit our video conferencing software page where you can download the software specified by PPS Environmental.

E-learning and Online (Instructor-led) training is more flexible, efficient, and cost-effective.

Short online courses also help employers to demonstrate that they have fulfilled their legal duties to ensure their personnel have been adequately trained.

Once the courses have been completed, a confirmation of results can be saved or printed as evidence. This can then be kept on record as evidence of suitable training.

You will receive a confirmation email with your order details and your course login details will follow within one business working day.

Please note that course bookings can not be processed outside of normal working hours, over weekends or on bank holidays and will be processed the next business working day.

PPS Environmental is a health, safety and environmental consultancy headquartered in Warrington that trains and audits nationwide, with a hands-on background in asbestos, petroleum, confined space and construction. The open courses listed here run from its Newcastle-under-Lyme centre on Lymedale Business Park, a few minutes from junction 16 of the M6 – a monthly asbestos day pairing the half-day UKATA Asbestos Awareness with the full-day non-licensed removal course, plus IOSH Managing Safely in the classroom or live online and a quantitative face fit train-the-tester day.

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