Confined Space (Awareness / Entrant / Monitor)
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Confined spaces can be below or above ground and can be found in almost any workplace. A confined space, despite its name, is not necessarily small. Examples of confined spaces include silos, vats, hoppers, utility vaults, tanks, sewers, pipes, access shafts, truck or rail tank cars, aircraft wings, boilers, manholes, manure pits and storage bins. Ditches and trenches may also be a confined space when access or egress is limited.
Learning Objectives & Specific Outcomes:
Anyone whose employment requires them to work in or manage a work area that:
- Is not primarily designed or intended for human occupancy
- Has a restricted entrance or exit by way of location, size or means
- Can represent a risk for the for the health and safety of anyone who enters, due to one or more of the following factors:
- its design, construction, location or atmosphere
- the materials or substances in it
- work activities being carried out in it, or the
- mechanical, process and safety hazards present
Topics Include:
- Legislation
- Hazards and controls
- Emergency planning and prepared
- Roles and responsibilities of a monitor and entrant
- Air quality testing
- Monitor calibration
- Proper procedures for radio use
COURSE HIGHLIGHTS:
- Learn and understand what a Confined space is
- Be prepared with emergency planning for any confined space
- Learn how to work an air monitor
COURSE DURATION:
- 1 day
PREREQUISITES:
- None Required
CERTIFICATE EXPIRY:
- 3 Years
