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.

STUDENTS

This course is available in Learn Ultra. Matriculated students have the ability to self-enrol.   Click the link below for step-by-step instructions: 

How to enrol on Learn Ultra courses using the course catalogue 

If you encounter any problems please email safety.training@ed.ac.uk quoting your name, student number and the course you wish to be enrolled on.