Description
Date: 15 December, 2022, 14.00 UTC. Webinar
Estimated Time: 1 hr
Language: English
Summary of the lecture
Regular inspection and maintenance of PPE is critical to ensuring that it will go on providing effective protection throughout its lifespan.
Fall protection equipment is often exposed to extremely hazardous or extreme environments and therefore regular inspection and Maintenace must be carried out to ensure it continues to work effectively.
In this webinar we will understand the need for inspection, look at suitable inspection schedules and product lifespans as we as gaining an understanding of the types of inspection and maintenance, who can carry them out safely and how we can safely dispose of FPPE at the end of it life.
Speaker Introduction
David Baker
Application Engineering Product Specialist Leader – 3M Fall Protection EMEA
David Baker is the EMEA Application Engineering Product Specialist Leader for the 3M Fall Protection Business, part of 3M’s Personal Safety Division.
David has worked in the Fall Protection Industry for over 20 years including roles in Fall Protection Systems Design, Fall Protection Training, Project Management & Business Ownership.
Since Joining 3M he has held several roles including Special Projects Manager, Fall Protection Systems Specialist and currently leads a team of Application Engineering Specialists for the EMEA region for Fall Protection.
This team is responsible for providing an advanced level of technical support for customers, product training & education, as well as supporting 3M Fall Protection new product introductions, customer insights and regulatory development.
Stewart Ayrey
Advanced Application Engineering Specialist – EMEA Segment Team
Stewart Ayrey has worked for 3M for over 24 years, the last 14 years in the PPE Technical Team (Personal Safety Division) as an EMEA technical specialist. Through these years, Stewart has worked on PPE product development and regulatory approvals. In more recent years, Stewart has become solely focussed on supporting end-users across several key market segments, including metals, manufacturing, transportation, chemicals and pharmaceutical manufacturing. In addition, following the acquisition of Capital Safety and more recently Scott Safety by 3M, Stewart has been also become 3M’s EMEA expert in confined space solutions: including PPE, training and all aspects of evaluation, planning and safe working in confined spaces.
Amongst other qualifications, Stewart is a Fit2Fit accredited RPE fit tester, is qualified by City & Guilds in confined space and is currently studying to become a Certified Industrial Hygienist.