Respirable Silica Best Practices

COURSE OVERVIEW

Operating near identified sources of silica dust can be harmful to your health. To safeguard yourself, particular personal protective gear, best methods, and strategies are necessary. This ‘Respirable Silica Best Practices’ course guides you through these essentials for dealing with respirable silica.

The course unravels the respirable silica topic in four chapters:

Chapter 1: Defining Asbestos
Chapter 2: Health Hazards
Chapter 3: Creating a Safe Workplace
Chapter 4: Roles of Employers and Employees

Upon completion, a final examination will be provided to assess your understanding.

COURSE TOPICS

In this ‘Respirable Silica Best Practices’ training, we will explore different techniques, controls, and equipment utilized to defend yourself against these hazardous particles at work. By the end of this course, you should be able to:

Define silica and locate where respirable forms of this mineral might be found
Acknowledge the health effects of exposure to these particles
Determine engineering and administrative controls deployed to protect against respirable silica dust
Comprehend the required PPE
Detail procedures in case of overexposure

ONLINE COURSE DURATION

Roughly 40 minutes

PASS MARK

A score of 80% is mandatory to obtain a completion certificate for this online ‘Respirable Silica Best Practices’ training course. Participants have the opportunity to retake the course twice if the pass mark isn’t achieved.

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

Upon successful completion of this online course, a certificate of completion can be downloaded and printed.

COURSE PREVIEW