Manual - International Association of Fire Fighters

ANNEX C2: OSHA PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT &
RESPIRATORY PROTECTION TRAINING REQUIREMENTS
Subject:
Training
Sub-Heading: Fire Fighters
Standard: 29 CFR 1910.132 - Personal Protective Equipment, 29 CFR 1910.134
- Respiratory Protection
Issuing Body: U.S. Department of Labor; Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
Applicability: Law applies to public fire departments in all states with OSHA
Plans, all U.S. private fire departments, and all U.S. Federal fire
departments.
AUDITING POINTS
1. Has the employer provided training to each employee who is required to use
personal protective equipment (PPE)? Each affected employee must be trained to
know at least the following.
• When PPE is necessary.
• What PPE is necessary.
• How to properly don, doff, adjust, and wear PPE.
• The limitations of the PPE.
• The proper care, maintenance, useful life and disposal of the PPE.
2. Has the employer certified in writing that each employee has demonstrated an
understanding of the training for PPE, and the ability to use PPE properly before
being allowed to perform work requiring the use of PPE.
3. Has the employer provided for annual retraining for employees? (See NFPA, 1404,
6.2.1)
If circumstances are found to warrant employee retraining, was retraining
accomplished? If the employer has reason to believe that any affected employee,
who has already been trained, does not have the understanding and skill required,
the employer must retrain such an employee. Circumstances where retraining is
required include, but are not limited to, the following situations:
• Changes in the workplace render previous training obsolete.
• Changes in the types of PPE to be used render previous training obsolete.
• Inadequacies in an affected employee’s knowledge or use of assigned PPE indicate that
the employee has not retained the requisite understanding or skill.
4. Has the employer verified that each affected employee has received and understood
the required training, and issued a written certification that includes the name of
each employee trained, the date(s) of training, and the subject of the certification?
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