Confined Space Skill Set

The aim of this course is to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of how to correctly work in and around confined spaces. Following training; students will be able to identify the hazards associated with working in and around a confined space.

Understanding of key legislation, duties of a standby person and understand the various categories of personal confined space entry and rescue equipment including their characteristics and limitations.

Working with permits is an integral part of this course. Students will also be required to carry out pre and post user inspections of all equipment.

A confined space is among the most dangerous environments to work in. This is mainly due to risks associated with reduced access to oxygen but also reduced visibility and limited space for mobility.

Examples of confined spaces include drainage pipes, crawl spaces and tanks.

It is critical that employees know how to operate within these spaces with caution and care. Employers are responsible for ensuring that every single employee has sufficient training in this area.

Unfortunately, in Australia there have been several recent confined space related fatalities, often due to inadequate worker training.

Our nationally accredited, One Day Confined Space course is designed to educate workers on how to effectively manage the risks associated with working in confined spaces.

This one-day course covers both theory and practical aspects. Successful completion of this course will result in statements of attainment for:

• RIIWHS202E Enter and work in confined spaces

• MSMPER200 Work in accordance with an issued permit

• MSMWHS217 Gas test atmospheres

Hands On Learning

We believe that the best way to learn is by doing, not just watching. Theory is important, but ‘death by PowerPoint’ type lectures make for poor learning outcomes. Students need to be active participants in order to retain the information they are being taught.

At Height Safety Engineers, we have invested heavily in ensuring that our training facilities are extremely practical. We have fantastic confined space set ups which include plenty of real life practice scenarios using multiple tunnels and chambers.

All our courses are highly interactive, and our confined space training course is no exception. Our trainers combine engaging theory instruction with work-accurate simulation exercises in our state-of-the-art training centres.

Course Objectives And Cntent

• Understanding of confined space legislation and standards.

• Definition of a confined space.

• How to perform risk assessments and control measures.

• Confined space permits.

• Atmospheric monitoring.

• Confined space entry equipment – tripods, davits, RPD’s, personal winches, retrieval SRL’s, spreader bars and full body harnesses.

• Demonstrate confined space entry, work positioning and rescue techniques.