Employee Respirator Training

Employee Respirator Training

Training is required for any employee wearing respirators. Training must cover why respirators needed, there limitations, how to clean and maintain and how to use. If you don’t know how to use a respirator properly, you can get a false sense of protection. Training should be done for exposed workers prior to wearing a respirator and then annually thereafter. Fit testing and medical evaluations will need to be done as well as how to don and doff the proper protective equipment.  Sometimes you can practice using your own respirator. Some escape respirators come in a package that must remain sealed until use, so you need to be trained using a special “practice” version. Training is extremely important in regard to the storage, maintenance, use, and discarding of the respirator. This information is provided by the supplier of the respirator (i.e. seller, distributor, or manufacturer).