Confined Space: Confined Space Awareness

Overview

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Prepares the learner to work safely in a facility or area which houses Permit Required Spaces.

Audience

Training for all persons who work in an area containing permit required confined spaces.

Topics

The course presents the following topical areas:

What is A Confined Space
- Defining a confined space
- Asphyxiating atmospheres
- Toxic atmospheres
- Flammable or explosive atmospheres
- Mechanical hazards
- Physical hazards
- Engulfment
Emergencies
- Understanding the rescue process
- Non-entry rescue
- Entry by others
- Entry by trained company employees

Intended Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course you will be better prepared to:

Recognize confined space hazards.
- Identify types of hazards in confined spaces.
- Choose reasons why oxygen could be depleted.
- Recognize flammable and explosive atmospheres as confined space hazards.
- Choose examples of engulfment hazards.
- Identify an example of a mechanical hazard in a confined space.
- Identify falls and excessive noise as confined space hazards.
- Define a confined space.
Follow proper confined space rescue techniques.
- Recall that 60% of confined space deaths involve people trying to rescue other injured people.
- List the three types of confined space rescues.
- Agree that if a non-entry rescue is not possible, trained people must perform the rescue.
- List the requirements of an on-site rescue team.