This free online course will teach you how to properly use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to stay safe at work. PPE is an acronym for personal protective equipment. It might not come to mind when it comes to dressing to impress but it is extremely important. PPE is clothing or equipment meant to protect employees from chemical, biological and physical threats on the job. This course is designed to equip you with the technicalities involved in the use and maintenance of PPE as well as the knowledge of regulatory standards governing it.
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 1.5-3 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | In This Free Course, You Will Learn How To • Define personal protective equipment • Explain why personal protective equipment is important • Discuss the role of PPE in protection from inhalation of hazardous materials • Identify the types of PPE suitable for different body parts • Recognise how to do a risk assessment to find dangers that could potentially pose a risk • Maintain different PPE in order to get maximum protection • Summarise the role of PPE in the health sector |
| Course Code | 429 |
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