Fit Test (Respirator Fit Testing)

To ensure your protection, a respirator must fit properly and form a good seal on your face when in use. Fit testing ensures the safety of a worker required to use a tight fitting facepiece to do their job. 

• Qualitative fit tests for respiratory protection are available at our location or at your job site 

• For optimal protection, a respirator must fit properly; this is verified through a proper fit test 

• Upon successful test completion, fit test record cards are provided listing respirator model and worker identification 

• All testing is done in compliance with CAN/CSA-Z94.4-18 

A Fit Test is required before a worker / employee undertakes a task that requires the use of a tight-fitting respirator, a tight-fitting respirator can be any of the following 

• disposable P2/N95 

• half-face reusable 

• full-face reusable 

• tight-fitting Powered Air Purifying 

Respirators (PAPR).
Every piece of Respiratory Protective Equipment (RPE) must be appropriately fitted and sized for the individual wearer. When control of exposure to occupational hazards requires the us of respiratory protection, managements needs to ensure a RPP is implemented as part of a risk control strategy. This includes conducting fit testing for staff who are required to use RPE