PPE in Manufacturing and Engineering

Overview

The PPE in Manufacturing and Engineering CPD course provides essential knowledge and awareness of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) used to help protect workers from workplace hazards commonly encountered in manufacturing, engineering, production and industrial environments. Employees in these sectors may work around machinery, moving equipment, sharp materials, hazardous substances, dust, fumes, noise, heat and flying particles. Appropriate PPE can play an important role in reducing exposure to these hazards when used as part of an effective workplace risk-control strategy.

Why this Training Matters for your Organisation

Who Should Attend

• Improve staff understanding of PPE and workplace hazards
• Promote the correct selection and use of appropriate PPE
• Reduce the risk of avoidable workplace injuries and harmful exposure
• Improve awareness of PPE inspection, maintenance and replacement
• Encourage correct fitting and consistent use of protective equipment
• Help employees identify damaged, unsuitable or ineffective PPE
• Strengthen awareness of respiratory, hearing, eye, hand, head and foot protection
• Support safer practices around machinery and industrial processes
• Reinforce workplace risk assessments and safety procedures
• Improve PPE awareness among new employees and apprentices
• Support a stronger organisational health and safety culture
• Promote consistent PPE practices across manufacturing and engineering teams

Certification, CPD, and Records

LCPS provides downloadable certificates, dashboards, and corporate reporting that offer evidence of workplace training. This supports visibility over completion and assists in maintaining trustworthy staff development records. The course is CPD Certified, contributing to verifiable professional development for the workforce while also facilitating employers to establish the standard of training delivered

Course Content and Learning Outcomes

• Explain why PUWER guarding, interlocking and local exhaust ventilation must precede personal protective equipment in any manufacturing control decision.
• Identify who is owed PPE free of charge in a manufacturing workforce, including limb (b) workers brought into scope by the 2022 amendment.
• Select eye, face and hearing protection for a stated machining, welding or process task using impact grades, filter shade numbers and measured noise data.
• Apply attenuation data and real-world derating to a hearing protection decision, and evaluate the risk of over-protection.
• Distinguish the hand, foot, body and skin protection needed for cut, abrasion, puncture, heat, molten metal, chemical and static hazards, including where gloves must not be worn.
• Justify a respiratory protective equipment specification for welding fume, metalworking fluid mist, wood dust or flour dust, including face fit testing and facial hair control.
• Evaluate the storage, cleaning and laundering controls that stop process contamination leaving the site on clothing.
• Apply PPE management duties to shift handover, agency and temporary workers, and night-shift supervision.

Duration and Delivery

The course is offered online and can be completed in nearly 2 to 3 hours. Its short, flexible structure makes it appropriate for staff training without substantial distraction to daily activities. There is the possibility for the course to be modified in accordance with the client, including amendments to its name.

Assessment and Completion

Students complete a 20-question multiple-choice evaluation at the conclusion of the course. A pass mark of 80% is needed, and marks are automatically provided with quick feedback. There is no maximum on how many times the assessment can be repeated to accomplish a pass, with no extra charge.

Team and Company Bookings

Enrol an Individual / Book for your Team

• Enrol now for individual access.
• Book for your team to support organisation-wide PPE practices across manufacturing and engineering