Our Confined Spaces Safety Training course is built to regulation guidelines.
This class discusses these topics:

• Basic equipment and how to inspect it
• Atmospheric testing and monitoring
• Safe operations, including confined space entry procedures
• Common hazards like IDLH atmospheres
• Rescue techniques
• More!

This training course is OSHA-aligned and covers OSHA’s classroom training requirements. Each class contains sections on equipment and anatomy, maintenance and inspections, safe operations and stability, common hazards, and more. This presentation includes intermittent practice quiz questions to prepare for the final written exam included with the course.

Estimated Training Length
Because everyone learns and progresses at different speeds, the amount of time you spend taking this training will vary. However, the estimated time for this training is 16 hours.
Intended Audience

• Employees
• Supervisors

This course covers the following OSHA standards:

• 29 CFR 1910.146 – Permit-Required Confined Spaces
• 29 CFR 1910.146(j) – Entry Supervisor
• 29 CFR 1915 Subpart B – Confined and Enclosed Spaces and Other Dangerous Atmospheres in Shipyard Employment
• 29 CFR 1926.800(j) – Air Quality and Monitoring
• 29 CFR 1926 Subpart AA – Confined Spaces in ConstructionA confined space has a limited or restricted means of entry or exit and is large enough for an employee to enter and perform their assigned work. However, it is not designed for employees to work inside for long periods of time or frequently over a period of time (OSHA).

Some common examples of confined spaces are:

• Underground vaults
• Tanks
• Storage bins
• Pits and diked areas
• Vessels
• Silos

Confined spaces in any industry can pose serious dangers to employees working in and around them. In the United States alone, more than 1,000 employees have died from confined space-related injuries in the last decade. This is why it’s important that you understand how to protect yourself and others from the hazards associated with working in confined spaces.

Permit-Required Confined Space
It is important to note that OSHA requires employers to evaluate their workplaces to determine if spaces are permit-required confined spaces, often called permit spaces.

The guidelines OSHA has in place define a permit space as a confined space that:

• Contains, or has the potential to contain, a hazardous atmosphere.
• Contains material that has the potential to engulf an entrant.
• Has walls that converge inward.
• Has floors that slope downward or taper into a smaller area.
• Contains any other recognized safety or health hazards.

A non-permit confined space is a confined space that does not contain Hazards [or] have the potential to contain any hazard capable of causing death or any serious physical harm (OSHA). A non-permit space is a confined space that does not require an employee to have an entry permit to work inside.

OSHA describes a competent person as someone who is capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards in the surroundings or working conditions which are [unsafe].

Many industries have standards that require a competent person, including:

• General Industry
• Construction
• Maritime

When working in a confined space, both employers and employees need to consider what to do if someone gets injured, incapacitated, or trapped while in a confined space and needs to be rescued.

Conducting a rescue in a confined space involves confronting unique and difficult hazards. Failure to plan properly can mean the difference between a successful rescue and a body recovery.

Most confined space rescue training courses will teach employees how to create an efficient rescue plan in case of emergencies using the following five steps:

1. Understand the emergency – Emergencies come in many forms, so the first consideration should be what happened
2. Conduct a site assessment – Before any confined space entry takes place on a site, those spaces have to be identified, classified, and labeled. This is essential in determining what special equipment or procedures should be involved when conducting a rescue operation.
3. Ensure that permit procedures are in place and working – OSHA requires employers to develop a permitting system for allowing workers into confined spaces. Permits have to include information about the location, authorized personnel, and hazard control. This information can be invaluable to the rescue process.
4. Create the rescue plan – Rescue plan parameters should be decided on and documented for all confined spaces. Once the parameters are in place, employees should be trained on them.
5. Drills – It is not enough to create a plan. Emergency preparedness means the plan has been tested and the involved parties have had a chance to practice.

A competent person, when it comes to confined space rescue, follows the same role as a competent person when it comes to simply completing a task within a confined space. They are there to watch out for, recognize, and avoid or eliminate any hazards that may be present during a rescue.

Per Student Fee:
$650.00 USD