Respirator Fit Tester Training for Municipal & Public Works

A four-hour course at your works yard that trains your designated staff to run qualitative respirator fit testing to CSA Z94.4. Each participant is assessed before sign-off.

Available across the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley. Qualitative fit testing only.

Clear Work technician carrying out a qualitative respirator fit test on a worker in a test hood
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Built for Municipal & Public Works

One Yard, Many Crews, Many Worksites

Water, roads, parks and facilities crews are spread out, with seasonal hires every spring. Your own tester clears them as they come through.

  • Silica, dusts and sprayed products need a sealed respirator
  • Seasonal crews cleared as they start
  • Records filed as you go

Qualitative only (Bitrex or saccharin), not quantitative, supplied-air or SCBA for confined space entry. Your organization stays responsible for its respiratory protection program.

Prefer us to test? See fit testing for municipal and public works.

Respirator fit testing being carried out at a British Columbia workplace
What's Included

What the Course Covers

Hands-on. Everyone performs a full fit test and can clear the next worker on Monday.

Four-Hour Practical Course

Respirator selection, seal checks vs fit tests, CSA Z94.4, sensitivity screening and pass/fail criteria.

Competency Assessment

A full qualitative fit test, assessed, then a Clear Health Group certificate.

Forms and Record Templates

Manual, record forms and a program procedure, ready when WorkSafeBC asks.

Why Train With Us

Taught by People Who Fit Test Municipal Crews

We fit test BC public works crews year-round, so we teach the real problems: facial hair, workers who can't taste the solution, the wrong mask size.

Trained on Your Own Equipment

We teach at your yard on the respirators your crews wear.

We Are Still Here Afterwards

Your tester can call us with questions. For a spring intake or cover, we can come and test.

Introducing the test solution into the port of a worker's fit test hood

What Employers Across BC Say About Us

This is our second year working with Clear Health Group. Great experience with their hearing testing and mask fit testing services. The team was professional, organized, and very knowledgeable. Everything was explained clearly, and the testing process was quick and efficient.

They were also very accommodating with scheduling and made the process easy for our employees.

Ranveer

We recently used Clear Health Group for our company-wide annual hearing testing and respirator fit testing across two locations and two days. … Seamless and professional.

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They showed up to our jobsite in Duncan, on time and were well prepared for our team to have their fit tests done on site.

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Wonderful experience! Noah was lovely to coordinate with and the testing experience was seamless for our team! Would happily book again for our next test. Cheers!

Bodhin Kidd

Noah was a great technician. Explained everything well and answered all our questions.

Didar Singh

My ear test was done by Noah and he explained everything in detail and helped me through the process. Excellent.

Anmoldeep Singh

Noah from clear work was excellent. Really good communication skills and hardworking. I really appreciate the effort he put in our site for hearing test.

Jovins Joy

Happy to have booked with Clear Work. Noah & Nina were fast, easy to work with, and readily available. 5/5!

Jason Mitchell

ClearHealth is fantastic. Very accommodating and Noah is an absolute pleasure. Very friendly, quick services, very efficient! Highly recommend.

Brenda Cox

Friendly, professional and accommodating team! Pleasure to work with.

Danny Desousa

I had my hearing test today. Noah did a great job and explained everything very well.

Satvir Kaur

Overall it was a wonderful experience for the test. Very professional and good consultation regarding hearing loss prevention.

Lovepreet Singh

Just want to say, thank you Noah! It was a great and easy process! Very informative, interesting and useful information! Appreciate it!

Max

Frequently Asked Questions

Here are answers to common questions about fit tester training for municipalities and public works departments.

Does this cover the breathing apparatus our confined space crews use?
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No. This course covers qualitative fit testing of air-purifying respirators such as N95s and half-face respirators. Supplied-air and self-contained breathing apparatus used for confined space entry are outside its scope, and those programs have their own requirements.

Does this qualify our staff to fit test our own employees?
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Yes. On completion, your participant has been assessed as competent to perform qualitative respirator fit testing on your workers as part of your own respiratory protection program. It does not qualify them to train other people to fit test, and it does not cover quantitative fit testing.

Is this qualitative or quantitative fit testing?
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Qualitative, using Bitrex or saccharin protocols. That covers N95 and suitable half-face respirators. This course does not cover full-face respirators or quantitative fit testing.

How long is the certificate valid?
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CSA Z94.4 requires fit tests to be carried out by a trained, competent person, but it does not set an expiry date on that training. Industry practice is to refresh every three years and we recommend the same. Refresh sooner if your tester moves to different respirator types or your program changes.

Will we still need Clear Health Group after this?
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For routine testing, no. Most employers who train in-house keep us for the work an internal tester cannot absorb: a spring intake arriving at once, a second yard, or cover while the tester is away.

Train Your Own Fit Tester

Four hours at your yard, forms and templates included. Add a fit test kit and start that week.

Pricing and details on our fit tester training page.

Fitting the test hood over a seated worker before a respirator fit test