Confined Space Training

OSHA Confined Space Awareness Training is designed for individuals who work in and around confined spaces, including authorized entrants, safety attendants, entry supervisors, and emergency response personnel in compliance with OSHA’s Confined Spaces Standard for the Construction Industry, 29 CFR 1926 Subpart AA.

Construction workers often perform tasks in confined spaces, such as manholes, crawl spaces, and tanks. Personnel working in confined spaces often face life-threatening hazards including toxic substances, electrocution, explosions, and asphyxiation.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), 1,030 workers died from occupational injuries involving a confined space between 2011 to 2018. Such statics showcase the importance of understanding the hazards that exist in confined spaces.

This OSHA Confined Space Awareness Training will train workers to recognize a confined space, accurately assess the inherent hazards in these spaces, develop and implement a Confined Space Program for entry into such spaces, and develop well-defined emergency rescue plans.

OSHA’s Confined Spaces Standard for the Construction Industry,?29 CFR 1926 Subpart AA,?requires that employers adequately train employees to ensure they possess the knowledge, skills, and understanding needed to operate safely in a potentially hazardous environment.

Learning Objectives

The core objective of the OSHA Confined Space Awareness Training course is to familiarize workers with the pertinent elements of OSHA’s Confined Spaces Standard for the Construction Industry, 29 CFR 1926 Subpart AA.

This OSHA Confined Space Awareness Training?will train construction workers to recognize confined spaces on their worksites, understand the inherent hazards associated with working in and around confined spaces, and the work practices and emergency procedures that must be implemented to operate safely in a potentially hazardous environment.

Course Objectives

After completion of the OSHA Confined Space Awareness Training course, the learner will be able to:

• Understand OSHA regulations pertaining to confined spaces in the construction industry;
• List the three criteria OSHA uses to define a “confined space”;
• Identify the four conditions, which if present, may result in a confined space being classified as a “permit-required confined space”;
• Discuss OSHA requirements for a Permit-Required Confined Space Program;
• Discuss the various atmospheric and physical hazards commonly found in confined spaces and the methods used to control and isolate these hazards;
• Explain the conditions under which a permit space might be re-classified as a non-permit space;
• Explain the conditions under which an employer may use alternate procedures for entry into a permit space; and
• Understand the requirements for non-entry and entry rescues from a confined space.