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Respirable Silica Best Practices

This digital Asbestos Training course illustrates the necessary steps to safeguard oneself from silica dust in the work environment.

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

Course Details

Course Length

This course will take roughly 40 minutes

Passing Mark

To pass this training course, you need to score 80% or higher on the quiz

Certificate

Upon the successful completion of this course a certificate with your name will be stored on your profile and available to print

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