Confined Space Training (Medium Risk)

To provide delegates with the knowledge and skills to work safely within medium risk confined spaces.

Course Duration

• 2 Days

Who should attend?

Those who work in medium risk confined spaces. Medium risk confined spaces exist when there are access issues, a realistic expectation of encountering a specified risk, the possible introduction of a specified risk during the work activity and that escape breathing apparatus must be taken into the confined space.

It will also not be possible to have a person permanently attached to a safety line and is usually a team entry which moves away from the entry point e.g. man entry sewers, utility service, subway tunnels, aqueducts and complex wet wells.

Course Agenda

• The Confined Spaces Regulations 1997 & Approved Code of Practice

• Identification of risks and their control

• Workplace safety

• Weil's Disease and sewage decontamination

• Hazardous atmospheres and gas monitoring

• The risk assessment process

• Operation of safe systems or work

• Use of permit to work control measures

• Personal Protective Equipment

• Selection of suitable equipment, pre-use inspection and safe operation (IP rates, intrinsically safe and ATEX approved)

• Fall arrest systems

• Emergency procedures

• Theoretical and practical training on Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA), Oxygen Resuscitation and Breathing Apparatus Entry Control Officer (BAECO) procedures

Certification

• Delegates successfully completing the course will be awarded a Level 2 Qualification, equivalent.