Confined Space Training

Confined Space Awareness

This four-hour course is designed for anyone who works around confined spaces and ALL emergency responders.  Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to identify a confined space and understand its associated hazards.  This program is a must for any employer with confined spaces on site or whose employees may encounter confined spaces during their normal course of employment.

Confined Space Entry  (Entrant, Attendant, Supervisor)

During this 12-hour program participants will learn the proper procedures for making entry into Permit required Confined Spaces. This program of instruction will prepare the participant to operate in the capacity of Entrant, Attendant, or Entry Supervisor during confined space operations.  Participants will become familiar with CFR 1910.146 and how to properly employ the permit program.  This course is a combination of classroom instruction and practical application in actual permit spaces utilizing the appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), meters and ventilation.  This course of instruction is required by OSHA before an employee can enter a Permit Required Confined Space.  A special emphasis is put on safety and non-entry rescue.

Confined Space Rescue

A 16-hour course for anyone who during the course of their employment is expected to make rescues from confined spaces.  This course is a combination of half classroom with the other half devoted to practical scenarios in actual confined spaces.  The program content is easily modified to match your needs.

Awareness  (All personnel involved in confined space work must receive training in)

• definition and identification of confined spaces
• hazard recognition
• personal protective equipment/safety equipment
• communications equipment
• the requirements of this program
• conditions or work practices that may produce an additional hazard in a confined space that would require the space to be reassessed

Entrant  (Personnel who enter confined spaces using the Permit Entry procedure must receive training that must include, at a minimum)

• information under awareness training above
• the requirements of this program and the conditions that must be met for permit entry
• hazard recognition and use of atmospheric testing devices, including information on the mode, signs, symptoms, and consequences of exposure
• the use of personal protective equipment including rescue harnesses, respiratory protection, and so forth
• entry procedures and precautions
• recognition of warning signs, symptoms of exposure and detection of prohibited conditions
• evacuation requirements
• emergency and non-entry rescue methods and procedures for calling rescue services

Attendant  (The attendant must receive training as detailed for entrants and on the following)

• additional hazards that may be faced during entry, including information on the mode, signs of symptoms, and consequences of exposure;
• possible behavioral effects of hazard exposure in authorized entrants

Supervisor

• the entry supervisor shall receive training as for attendant (above) and additional training as required to evaluate confined space.