Objective

Understand Personal Protective Equipment (Ppe) Awareness

Target Group

Oil & Gas Industry

Prerequisites

No prerequisites are required to sit this course.

Examination

The assessment is taken during the course and is within the expected duration.

Course Contents

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is an agency of the United States Department of Labour.
The OSH Act covers most private sector employers and their workers, in addition to some public sector employers and workers in the 50 states and certain territories and jurisdictions under federal authority. Those jurisdictions include the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Wake Island, Johnston Island, and the Outer Continental Shelf Lands as defined in the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.

Personal protective equipment, or PPE, is any barrier worn to reduce exposure to hazards or injuries. Selecting the appropriate PPE for a job, wearing PPE correctly, and properly maintaining PPE are vital to keeping employees safe from workplace hazards.