Respiratory Protective Equipment (RPE)

Short course outlining the purpose and selection of Respiratory Protective Equipment (RPE)

Respiratory Protective Equipment is one of the last considerations to control a substances hazardous to health, such as dust or chemicals. Full guidance on the selection and use is on our Respiratory Protective Equipment guidance pages.

Any staff or student who is required to wear RPE during their work, should undertake this overview training. Once the user has been facefit tested or been provided with a powered hood (depending upon the risk assessment), they must also complete the Tight-fitting RPE or Powered Hood training, as appropriate.  (The Tight-fitting RPE and Powered Hood training courses are currently being migrated to People and Money/Learn Ultra and will be available very soon).

Course outline

This course will introduce you to:

• University policy on RPE
• When RPE is suitable
• Types of RPE
• Filters
• Statutory facefit testing
• Cleaning, examination and maintenance
• Further guidance on RPE

Accessing the course

STAFF

The online course is available to staff in People and Money.  Please use the button below to self-enrol on the course.

STAFF: Self-enrol on the Respiratory Protective Equipment online course in People and Money

STUDENTS

The course is available but Learn Ultra does not allow students to self-enrol on courses.  We are currently working on a solution for this, but if you require access to this training in the meantime, please email safety.training@ed.ac.uk with your name and the course you wish to be enrolled on, and you will be manually enrolled.