Operator Safety - Wastewater Operators - page 25

ATTENDANCE ROSTER
Subject Matter

In accordance with the recordkeeping and training requirements of the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
standard (OSHA 29 CFR 1910.132 and 1910.138), I have received training on when PPE is required, what PPE
I must wear, how to wear the PPE, the limitations of PPE, and the proper care, maintenance, useful life, and
disposal of PPE. I have agreed to verify my understanding and training of 29 CFR 1910.132 and 29 CFR 1910.138
by signing and dating this form.

Employee's Name Date

figure 1.1 An attendance roster not only is used to verify an employee's
attendance at a particular safety training session but also serves as
verification that the employee understood the training. This form or a
similar form should be used for all safety training sessions and should
be filed in the workplace master training file.

should be answered correctly. This will ensure that the worker who may
have incorrectly answered any question does not leave the training area
without knowing the correct answer. Workers who have difficulty with
reading and writing should be administered oral tests. The safety per-
son should use discretion whenever this practice is followed. The idea
is to test the worker's comprehension of the subject matter and not to
embarrass the worker.

Upon the successful completion of PPE or any other safety train-
ing it is a good idea to present each worker with some type of certifi-
cate of completion. As a matter of fact, according to OSHA regulations,
employees undergoing PPE training must be given written certificates
of employee training to verify that they have received and understand
the required information. This certification must contain the employ-
ee's name, the date of the training, and the subject of certification.
Remember, training that is not documented is training that was never
accomplished—this is the view that OSHA and the courts will take. In
addition to testing and certifying workers who have completed safety
training it is prudent to have each worker sign and date an attendance
roster. Figure 1.1 shows one version of an attendance roster.

The OSHA PPE standard addresses the protection of four distinct
areas: eye and face, head, hands, and feet. The eye and face protection
part of the standard requires that workers be provided with eye and face
protection whenever they are required to work with: