ISTC BASIC PLUS TRAINING
What must be done before you can wear a respirator? - ✔ ✔
1. Medical evaluation
2. Training
3. Fit test (what you did @ drug test with mask)
What can contaminate the air? - ✔ ✔ Particulates or dusts
Organic mists or vapors
It could be that the air is oxygen deficient
There are TWO basic classes of breathing protection: - ✔ ✔
1. Air supplied respirators
2. Air purifying respirators
Air Supplied Respirators: - ✔ ✔ HOSE LINE AIR-SUPPLIED
RESPIRATOR - This type of respirator uses supplied air that may
come from an air compressor that is located where the air is
known to be safe or from a bank of compressed air bottles. The
air is sent to the respirator face piece through a hose.
SELF- CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS (SCBA) - This is
another type of Air-Supplied Respirator. This type of respirator
uses a tank of air that you carry with you. A self- contained
,breathing unit (SCBA) MUST be used if the conditions of the air
are NOT known OR where the air is Immediately Dangerous to
Life and Health (IDLH). Different SCBA's may last between 5
minutes to 45 minutes. 5 minute units are only to be used for
escape or emergencies.
Air Purifying Respirators: - ✔ ✔ This type of respirator uses
filters, canisters or cartridges that can REMOVE specific
contaminants from the air before it reaches your lungs. This
type of respirator is ONLY to be used if the air contaminants
have been properly IDENTIFIED and the filter, canister or
cartridge is designed to absorb the amount of contaminant in
the air. *** They must NEVER be used when the air quality is
not known and it could be Immediately Dangerous to Life and
Health. The actual type of cartridge, canister or filter that you
will use is determined by the type of air hazard that exists.
when should air purifying respirators NOT be used? - ✔ ✔
This type of unit must NOT be used if the air is Immediately
Dangerous to Life and Health (IDLH).
Hearing Conservation Program (if the noise you will be exposed
to exceeds OSHA safe limits) - ✔ ✔ Checking The Noise In
Your Work Area - Periodically, your employer must check work
areas for noise levels that may harm you.
Hearing Tests - This is called an audiogram. It is a simple,
painless test that will determine how well you hear.
, Hearing Protection/ Ear Plugs & Ear Muffs - You must wear
some type of hearing protection, either ear plugs, ear muffs, (or
a combination of both) if your job exposes you to 85 decibels in
an 8-hour TWA or when you must go into any area that is
determined to be a high noise area.
Training - You must be trained every year on the proper use
and care of each type of hearing protection you will use. You
will also learn how too much noise can cause hearing loss and
how hearing PPE can protect you.
How is noise measured? - ✔ ✔ Decibals.
Engineering Controls for NOISE: - ✔ ✔ Enclosing noisy
processes in sound-absorbing rooms.
Using carpet, resilient flooring and sound-dampening walls.
Using rubber cushions or cardboard at the end of line chutes.
Replacing noisy metal parts with quieter plastic or rubber
components.
Eliminating vibration noise by placing heavy equipment on
resilient pads.
Ensuring equipment is properly maintained.
Administrative Controls for NOISE: - ✔ ✔ Operating noisy
machinery on a shift when fewer employees are present
What must be done before you can wear a respirator? - ✔ ✔
1. Medical evaluation
2. Training
3. Fit test (what you did @ drug test with mask)
What can contaminate the air? - ✔ ✔ Particulates or dusts
Organic mists or vapors
It could be that the air is oxygen deficient
There are TWO basic classes of breathing protection: - ✔ ✔
1. Air supplied respirators
2. Air purifying respirators
Air Supplied Respirators: - ✔ ✔ HOSE LINE AIR-SUPPLIED
RESPIRATOR - This type of respirator uses supplied air that may
come from an air compressor that is located where the air is
known to be safe or from a bank of compressed air bottles. The
air is sent to the respirator face piece through a hose.
SELF- CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS (SCBA) - This is
another type of Air-Supplied Respirator. This type of respirator
uses a tank of air that you carry with you. A self- contained
,breathing unit (SCBA) MUST be used if the conditions of the air
are NOT known OR where the air is Immediately Dangerous to
Life and Health (IDLH). Different SCBA's may last between 5
minutes to 45 minutes. 5 minute units are only to be used for
escape or emergencies.
Air Purifying Respirators: - ✔ ✔ This type of respirator uses
filters, canisters or cartridges that can REMOVE specific
contaminants from the air before it reaches your lungs. This
type of respirator is ONLY to be used if the air contaminants
have been properly IDENTIFIED and the filter, canister or
cartridge is designed to absorb the amount of contaminant in
the air. *** They must NEVER be used when the air quality is
not known and it could be Immediately Dangerous to Life and
Health. The actual type of cartridge, canister or filter that you
will use is determined by the type of air hazard that exists.
when should air purifying respirators NOT be used? - ✔ ✔
This type of unit must NOT be used if the air is Immediately
Dangerous to Life and Health (IDLH).
Hearing Conservation Program (if the noise you will be exposed
to exceeds OSHA safe limits) - ✔ ✔ Checking The Noise In
Your Work Area - Periodically, your employer must check work
areas for noise levels that may harm you.
Hearing Tests - This is called an audiogram. It is a simple,
painless test that will determine how well you hear.
, Hearing Protection/ Ear Plugs & Ear Muffs - You must wear
some type of hearing protection, either ear plugs, ear muffs, (or
a combination of both) if your job exposes you to 85 decibels in
an 8-hour TWA or when you must go into any area that is
determined to be a high noise area.
Training - You must be trained every year on the proper use
and care of each type of hearing protection you will use. You
will also learn how too much noise can cause hearing loss and
how hearing PPE can protect you.
How is noise measured? - ✔ ✔ Decibals.
Engineering Controls for NOISE: - ✔ ✔ Enclosing noisy
processes in sound-absorbing rooms.
Using carpet, resilient flooring and sound-dampening walls.
Using rubber cushions or cardboard at the end of line chutes.
Replacing noisy metal parts with quieter plastic or rubber
components.
Eliminating vibration noise by placing heavy equipment on
resilient pads.
Ensuring equipment is properly maintained.
Administrative Controls for NOISE: - ✔ ✔ Operating noisy
machinery on a shift when fewer employees are present
