Qualitative Face-Fit Testing In Arbertillery
On Site Face Fit Testing In Arbertillery
If your company is based in Arbertillery and you require qualitative face-fit testing for your employees, we at Fire Coral Ltd can provide you with testing by a Fit2Fit accredited provider.
As part of your company health and safety remit, if you provide your staff with respiratory equipment (RPE) you require certification that they fit your staff correctly, are used in the correct manner, and maintained in line with legal requirements. The Health & Safety Executives (HSE) guidance note INDG 479 lays bare the need for face fit testing.
Face-fit testing is required, especially if your employees work in a dusty environment within Arbertillery. The COSHH (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health) Regulations state then when selecting RPE equipment, a face-fit test is a way of ensuring an adequate seal is achieved. Did you know over 50% of masks tested on those with no training failed a face fit test.
By following the guidance laid out in INDG 479 & HSG 53 with regards RPE, you are meeting the regulatory requirements expected of you.
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All close fitting masks should be face fit tested on the wearer to demonstrate whether they work or not. The types of masks which would need face-fit testing include, disposable face masks (FFP3), half masks & full-face masks. Here at Fire Coral Ltd, we provide qualitative testing for workers in Arbertillery using half-face disposable or reusable masks only.
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A face fit test is a set of exercises simulating everyday movement to determine whether an adequate seal is maintained. There are 7 exercises which each staff member should complete, each lasting for 1 minute. If one of the exercises is failed, the whole test needs to be re-taken. We will test your staff in groups of nine in slots 1.5 hours apart to minimise downtime to yourselves.
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Normal working conditions should be simulated during the test, as mentioned in INDG 479. It is recommended that staff should be using dynamic movements such as walking, stepping and cycling on exercise machines.
If your staff in Arbertillery use RPE on a regular basis, and you would like to ensure they are fully trained in the wearing, fitting, and use of their respiratory equipment; Fire Coral Ltd can provide you with a tailored training package at a preferential rate.
About Arbertillery
Abertillery (Welsh: Abertyleri, meaning mouth of the River Tyleri) is the largest town and a community of the Ebbw Fach valley in the historic county of Monmouthshire, Wales. Following local government reorganisation it became part of the Blaenau Gwent County Borough administrative area.The surrounding landscape borders the Brecon Beacons National Park and the Blaenavon World heritage Site. Formerly a major coal mining centre the Abertillery area was transformed in the 1990s using EU and other funding to return to a greener environment.Situated on the A467 the town is 15 miles (24 km) north of the M4 and 5 miles (8 km) south of the A465 Heads of the Valleys trunk road. It is about 25 miles (40 km) by road from Cardiff and 47 miles (76 km) from Bristol. Abertillery’s traditional-style town centre mainly developed in the late 19th century and as such has some interesting Victorian architecture. Spread over 4 main streets the town in its heyday had two department stores and a covered Victorian arcade linking two of the main shopping areas. These were all included in a Blaenau Gwent Borough Council remodelling and modernisation project using European Union funding in a £13 million programme spread over a 5-year period ending in 2015.The project included a new multi-storey car park, a revamp of public areas and the town’s Metropole Theatre. This RICS award-winning building provides state of the art production, exhibition, conference and meeting facilities as well as housing Abertillery museum. In March 2014 Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex, officiated at the launch of Jubilee Square, a public facility in the town centre next to St Michael’s Church. Visit the authentic miner’s kitchen; Find out how Abertillery developed as a coal-mining town.The museum is situated on the ground floor of the Metropole Theatre on Market Street.It is a vital part of any visit to Abertillery, and an invaluable resource for local people wishing to learn more and enjoy and understand the rich cultural and industrial heritage of the area.The museum houses and holds a superb collection of local archive material including oral history, photographs, written material and objects. This ranges from prehistoric and Roman material to artefacts made and collected during the miners’ strike of the 1984/85 and includes objects, geological specimens, photographs, drawings, models, paintings, and items of costume.More recent material covers the impact of the World wars on civilian life and the role of local people in the services and war-time industries, the Six Bells mining disaster of 1960, the miners’ strike of 1984 and the final demise of the coal mining industry in the area with banners, photographs and printed ephemera of the trade unionism and radical politics in the area.The friendly, knowledgeable members who run the museum also deal with requests for information from the public.
