MSA SCBA Repair Technician
MSA - The Safety Company Certifies that:has successfully completed all prescribed objectives for:Emily Chapka**Issued: 04/15/2025 Expires: 04/15/2030
The person named herein has successfully completed the certified training listed, by an authorized MSA instructor. This individual is certified to perform only the duties for which they received training. This certificate is valid while employed by the organization named, and only when the proper procedures specified in the training, regulatory standards, and current manufacturer guidelines are followed. This certificate is non-transferable.
Emily Chapka**
C.A.R.E. is an acronym for Certified Airmask Repair Education. The Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) maintenance course is specially designed and developed to address the MSA Air Mask repair and maintenance requirements of our Channel Partners and end-users.
C.A.R.E. classes should only be attended by those individuals who are, or will be, assigned to maintain and repair MSA Air Masks on a frequent basis and have the mechanical aptitude, experience and skill-set to perform the work.
Successful completion of the class certifies an organization as an MSA Authorized Air Mask Maintenance Center, enabling C.A.R.E. Certified Repair Persons to perform the highest level of SCBA maintenance and repair on MSA Air Masks.
Skills / Knowledge
- Mechanical aptitude
- SCBA maintenance
- Air mask repair
- Technical troubleshooting
- Certification processes
- Integrity post repair flow testing.
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Earning Criteria
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Student delegates, will be subject to both theory and practical assessment on the below listed objectives, in accordance with the MSA Course Assessment Strategy (CAS).
MSA SCBA Repair Technician
Perform a repair and recertification task on a given component of the MSA SCBA.
Ensure you are in a clean suitable, resourced, ventilated area prior to performing a task.
Initiate MSA technical support (IRG) when required.
Ensure your technical support reference material is up to current date.
Wear appropriate required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) associated with a repair task.
Replace a rubber/5 point head harness.
Replace a 4 point head harness.
Replace the exhalation valve on the facepiece.
Replace nose cup inlet valve x 2 or valve seat x 2.
Replace the speech diaphragm.
Replace the Inhalation Valve.
Replace the Light Pipes
Replace the component housing.
Replace the facepiece lens.
Condition a given facepiece blank.
Perform a repair/component replacement on a given G1 Regulator.
Perform a repair/component replacement on a M1 pressure reducer.
Perform a repair/component replacement on a G1 bell assembly.
Perform a repair/component replacement on a G1 handwheel assembly.
Perform a repair or replacement on a remote pressure gauge industrial G1.
Perform a repair or replacement on a given G1 electrical powered component G1.
Remove the control module/ITIC from the carrier to perform a component replacement.
Remove the speaker module from the carrier and harness to perform a replacement task.
Perform an examination, repair or replacement subcomponent on a given cylinder and valve on the SCBA.
Perform an examination, repair or replacement subcomponent on a given SCBA accessory.
Perform a repair or replacement subcomponent on a Buddy breather.
Perform a post repair or scheduled leak test on a given SCBA component/Ensemble using an in service POSI CHEK 3/SmartCheck test bench.