NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Safety and Health

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NEBOSH National General Certificate in
Occupational Safety and Health

• Personal Protective Equipment

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LEARNING OUTCOMES

• types, uses and limitations of main kinds of
  personal protective equipment
• main requirements of the Personal Protective
  Equipment at Work Regulations 1992

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CONTROL PHILOSOPHY
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PERSONAL PROTECTION

• Type of Protection
• effectiveness against particular hazard
• footware/chemicals
• RPE/contaminants

• Level of Protection
• performance
• fit
• training
• supervision
• maintenance
• acceptibility

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PROTECTION OF PARTS OF THE BODY (I)

• Head and Neck
• Hazard
• impact
• splashes/ contamination
• entanglement
• Protection
• helmets
• bump caps
• hoods

• Eyes
• Hazard
• chemicals/splash
• radiation
• gas/vapour
• dust
• projectiles
• welding
• Protection
• different protection grades
• range of equipment
• spectacles/goggles/face shields

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PROTECTION OF PARTS OF THE BODY (II)

• Hearing
• Hazard
• noise induced hearing loss
• Protection
• ear plugs/ear defenders
• Feet and Legs
• Hazard
• Crushing/slipping/punctures
• hot metal/chemical splash
• Protection
• gaiters, leggings, spats
• reinforced safety footwear
• boots/wellingtons

• Hand and Arms
• Hazard
• high/low temperature
• rough handling work
• chemicals/biological hazards
• Protection
• low thermal
• conductivity fabrics
• terrycloth/leather gloves/gauntlets
• PVC/neoprene gloves

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RESPIRATORY PROTECTION

• Respirators
• filtering face-piece
• ori-nasal/half mask
• full-face/canister
• powered clean air
• powered visor

• Breathing Apparatus
• fresh air hose apparatus
• compressed airline apparatus
• self-contained apparatus

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PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AT WORK REGULATIONS
1992

• suitability
• compatibility
• assessment
• maintenance
• replacement

• cleaning
• accommodation
• information, instruction, training
• use
• reporting loss or defect