When wearing foot straps how important is it that the strap make contact with the skin. The template will be put on top of the PCBA and it can generate static charge. We are trying to incorporate inexpensive ESD flooring to improve our grounding at work areas that are difficult to use wrist straps.
Mats are difficult to move carts on and keep clean and are fairly expensive.
We also move areas around and would end up having mats that are the wrong size, etc. Never need to replace these. We are operating out of an older building that has a 3 phase and Neutral AC system. The equipment ground is bonded to the Neutral Bus via the EMT and armored conduit running throughout the building. I am not clear on the value of wearing a smock.