- Duration – 2 days
- Location – Derby, On-Site, Nationwide Locations
- Cost – £375
- Certification – City & Guilds
- Valid For – 3 years
- Equipment Required – CLEAN PPE – personal protective equipment/clothing; hard hat (with effective chin strap), coverall and protective footwear, gloves, protective eye wear and knee pads.
- Lunch Provided – No
Course Aim:
This course aims to prepare candidates to safely enter, work and exit low and medium risk confined spaces. It involves training on access equipment (tripod and winch system, rescue retrievers), confined space rescue harnesses, atmospheric monitoring equipment, ventilation, use of 15 minutes emergency escape breathing apparatus, confined space communications, and the duties of the Top Person (Safety Attendant).
The course includes underpinning knowledge of confined space legislation, identification of confined spaces and their associated hazards, awareness of confined space risk assessments, principles of safe systems of work for confined space operations and the legal requirement and importance of a confined space rescue plan.
Practical exercises are completed using our purpose built confined space training simulator, within which delegates will descend/ascend and traverse a designated confined space, wearing an approved safety harness and breathing apparatus with face mask/hood. Delegates will be expected to crawl through over 36 metres of variably sized and shaped tunnels under various simulated emergency conditions that include; noise, limited light, and variable safe atmospheric conditions including smoke.
Please Note: This Confined Space Entry Course includes the use of 15 minutes Emergency Escape Breathing Apparatus (Escape Set) but does NOT qualify personnel in the use of full breathing apparatus (please see High Risk Entry Course for full BA use).
Course Learning Outcomes and Competences:
- Prepare to work safely in medium risk confined spaces
- Enter and exit a medium risk confined space safely
- Prepare and use escape breathing apparatus in accordance with manufacturers’ specifications
- Use equipment and tools safely and in accordance with manufacturers’ specifications
- Follow working procedures and work safely
- Deal with emergencies
- Understand the principles of working in medium risk confined spaces
- Understand standard protocols for working in medium risk confined spaces
- Prepare to act as entry controller for teams working in confined spaces
- Oversee safe entry and exit to confined spaces
- Monitor work of teams to ensure procedures are followed
- Prepare for and deal with emergencies
- Use appropriate behaviour for carrying out entry controller role in a confined spaces
- Use appropriate knowledge for carrying out entry controller role in a confined spaces
- Apply relevant industry standards for entry controller role in a confined space
Assessment is by practical observation and written test.
Certification
All candidates who successfully complete the practical and written test will receive a City & Guilds 6160-09
Level 2 Award in Working in Medium Risk Confined Spaces
Delegates will be expected to descend/ascend and traverse a designated confined space within a training simulator, wearing an approved safety harness and breathing apparatus with face mask/hood and PPE. The delegate will be expected to crawl through a series of tunnels under various simulated emergency conditions that include; noise, limited light, and variable safe atmospheric conditions.
