Safe Entry and Working in Confined Spaces

Course Overview: On average work in Confined Spaces kills 15 people every year in the UK across a wide range of industries, from those involving complex plant through to simple storage vessels. In addition, a number of people are seriously injured. Those killed include not only people working in confined space but those who try to rescue them without proper training equipment.

Course Objectives: By the end of the course delegates will know about working in confined spaces. It will also teach delegates how to don escape breathing-air apparatus and make a safe exit.

Course Content:

• Course objectives – Relevant Legislation
• Confined spaces – What are they?
• Gaseous atmospheres.
• The air that we breathe
• Gas Monitors
• Pre-use checks and applications
• Legal responsibilities
• Safe systems at work
• Code of practice, including Permits to enter
• Hygiene and Health (incorporating an overview of First Aid).
• Personal protective equipment
• Breathing apparatus
• Types and introduction to the escape set.
• Case studies
• Cost of an accident in a Confined Space
• Hygiene & Health (incorporating an overview of First Aid)
• Breathing apparatus
• Use of breathing apparatus
• Wearing procedures and checks
• Doffing procedures and checks
• Film – Safety In Confined Spaces
• Practical work and simulated emergency reactions

**Duration: ** One Day