Confined Spaces

Training is necessary for supervisors, stand-by person, workers entering confined spaces as well as rescue personnel, it is a Department of Labour requirement that everyone involved is properly trained by a competent trainer. Our training meets or exceeds the requirements by the Department of Labour.

What Our Confined Spaces Course Will Teach You

• Knowledge and awareness of hazards within confined spaces
• How to ensure that you can set-up and work within a confined space safely, and become an asset to a working team, both in and around confined spaces
• To fully understand the differences between Gas Testing, and Gas Monitoring

Among the hazards that are covered in depth include:

• Confined space restrictions, and their effect on patient recovery in the event of incident
• Methods of entry and exit into confined spaces
• Types of gases that can be found in common Confined Spaces (eg sewer’s, tank’s, silo’s, trenches)
• Hazards associated with Gas Testing over Gas Monitoring
• Suspension Trauma, and its effects on the human body
• Duties of Safety Personal, and the risks associated with these tasks
• Isolation of Confined Space Hazards (lockout methods) vs Minimisation (use of PPE and Breathing Apparatus)