Respiratory Protection and Fit Testing (Cal/OSHA) Online Training

This online course is the classroom part of training for California workers who will be fit tested for a tight-fitting respirator. It follows the Cal/OSHA respiratory protection standard (8 CCR 5144(c)(4), (e), (f) with Appendix A, (g)(1), (k) and (m)(2) with Appendix B-1), and section 3204 for medical records. It covers why a respirator must fit, the medical evaluation, fit test rules, qualitative and quantitative fit tests, what happens at your fit test, and putting on and sealing your respirator.

What you learn

• Why a respirator must fit
• Which respirators need a fit test
• The medical evaluation comes first
• Fit test rules: when, how often and who
• Qualitative and quantitative fit tests
• What happens at your fit test
• Putting on, sealing and taking off your respirator
• Your training
• Records and keeping the fit
• A final lesson listing what to review with your supervisor at your company

How it works

• You take the course online, at your own pace, on a phone or a computer.
• The final exam opens after you finish the lessons.
• Each topic lesson ends with practice questions that do not count toward your score.
• The final exam has 25 questions drawn at random. You need 80 percent to pass, and you get 3 attempts.
• When you pass the final exam, you finish the online classroom part. M Squared Safety Solutions, Inc. issues your certificate of completion after it reviews your employer's signed hands-on checklist. The certificate expires 1 year after it is issued.
• This course is also available in Spanish: Protección respiratoria y pruebas de ajuste (Cal/OSHA): capacitación en línea.

The hands-on part, at your workplace

• This product is the online classroom part. Your employer evaluates your hands-on skills at your workplace with the M Squared hands-on checklist: download the checklist (PDF).
• Your employer emails the signed checklist to matt@msquaredsafety.com and monica@msquaredsafety.com. You upload nothing.
• M Squared reviews the checklist, then marks the course complete and your certificate is issued.
• M Squared also offers fit testing at its San Clemente, California location as an optional service; call 949-954-6581.

Questions

Call an M Squared trainer at 949-954-6581, Monday to Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM Pacific time. A trainer answers in English and Spanish.

Your employer's part

This online course does not replace the training your employer must give on your own job: site-specific training, and hands-on practice and evaluation where the rule requires them.

What this course does not do

Completing this course is not a fit test, and M Squared does not fit test anyone through the course. The rule requires a medical evaluation by your employer's physician or other licensed health care professional before your fit test, and a fit test given in person by your employer's trained fit tester. Your employer completes the fit test and signs the M Squared hands-on checklist. The course covers tight-fitting respirators; ask your employer whether your facepiece is tight-fitting or loose-fitting. This is the Cal/OSHA course, and federal OSHA's rules differ in several places. A federal OSHA version of this course is sold separately. If you work in another state, that state may have different or more stringent rules.