Confined Space Awareness

This course provides the student-learner with an awareness of confined space entry hazards, legislation and guidelines, procedures and equipment detector selection, and practical rescue scenarios. The following modules will be covered:

• Definition of a confined space

• Restricted space versus confined space

• Determining human occupancy

• Causes of atmospheric and physical hazards

• Acceptable atmospheric levels

• Responsibilities under the confined space program

• Rescues

Practical components to this course also involve:

• Situational identification of a confined space

• Developing a confined space program

• Developing a rescue procedure

• Filling out all applicable forms for a case study