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Confined Spaces / Vessel Entry

Course Cost £375 +VAT
Duration 2 DAYS
  • Course focuses on safe work in confined spaces, identifying hazards and managing risks.
  • Legislation, duties, permits, gases, equipment, and emergency procedures covered.
  • Practical exercises with rescue equipment and tailored scenarios.
  • Delegates must be medically fit and submit health statement.

Overview

This 2-day course aims to equip delegates with the knowledge and skills necessary to work safely in confined spaces. It covers legislation, management duties, safe work systems, atmospheric testing, safety equipment, emergency procedures, and more. Practical exercises using specialized equipment are included, with scenarios tailored to delegates' working environments. A full rescue scenario is conducted, emphasizing the importance of delegate fitness and health for participation.

Who should attend

Supervisors, Managers

Course Content

Objectives

To provide delegates that may be exposed to working in a confined space the information that will enable the work to be carried out in a safe manner. The course will identify the potential hazards of confined space access and egress and how to manage those hazards.
A “confined space means any place, including any chamber, tank, vat, silo, pit, trench, pipe, sewer, flue, well or other similar space in which, by virtue of its enclosed nature, there arises a reasonable foreseeable specified risk” (Confined Space Regulations 1997).

Content:

• Legislation specific to confined space work
• Management/Supervisory duties under the Regulation
• Safe systems of work – Permits to work
• Atmospheric testing, monitoring and deterioration
• Properties of gases
• Safety Equipment
• Standby personnel role and responsibilities
• Self contained Breathing apparatus
• Emergency procedures escape procedures
• Written assessment

Practical exercises using the ‘Restricted Access Trainer’ including the use of breathing apparatus, winches and rescue equipment.

Practical exercises can be tailored to simulate the working environment of the delegates as long as this has been agreed prior to the course start.

A full rescue scenario will be carried out during the practical element of the course.

Due to the nature of the course, delegates must be medically fit, and will be required to complete a written health and fitness statement prior to the course.

Who Should Attend

Supervisors, Managers
Course Cost £375 +VAT
Duration 2 DAYS

Experts in Construction and Infrastructure Training

1000+

Training courses available

250000+

Course hours completed

50+

Expert trainers

CITB, APS, IEMA

Accreditation training centres

12

Accreditations

Testimonials

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The course was exceptional, well run in terms of delivery of information, IT online course but seamless. Very interesting examples of temporary works failures applicable to the businesses we worked in. Break out activities / group examples worked very well and were again well managed by the trainer. Fantastic course, I will recommend to others! Best course I have attended in years!

CITB Temporary Works Co-Ordinator

Black & Veatch

The trainers knowledge was excellent and I liked his examples and how he could relate them to every day relatable examples that we could all understand. Coming from different industries and sectors his examples were a common ground. It was handled very well virtually and the engagement worked with his questioning and answering

Contract Management

The Pension Regulator

The training was very interactive and the tutor was excellent in engaging every course attendee and ensuring that the course content was tailored to each attendees Organisation and Company requirements

CITB Temporary Works Awareness

Kone – H &S Advisor

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