Member price – £460.00 + VAT
Non-member price – £495.00 + VAT

Duration –2  Days

What does the Confined Space: High Risk Training Cover?

• Legislation and regulations
• COSHH
• Confined spaces definition
• Risk assessment and workplace safety within a high risk environment
• Procedures for a high risk rescue and emergency planning
• Control measures, method statement and permits
• Personal protective equipment (PPE)
• Atmospheric hazard monitoring
• Gas monitor requirements (such as checking for a safe oxygen level with an air monitor log)
• Personal hygiene and first aid requirements
• Top person duties
• Harness inspecting and wearing
• Breathing escape set use
• Team practical using specialist equipment
• Pre-use inspection and wearing Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA)
• How to take the readings correctly on BA (Breathing Air Cylinder)

Course Content

Low-Medium Risk Content

• Identifying a confined space
• Recognising foreseeable risks
• Understanding the difference between an enclosed space and confined space
• Confined space regulations and applying these to own work scenarios
• Water UK Occasional Guidance notes that many companies follow within the industry
• Identifying the difference between the national classifications 1, 2, 3 & 4
• Confined space roles and responsibilities
• Health & Safety at Work Act 1974
• Completing risk assessments and permits to work
• Health and hygiene
• Selecting equipment for appropriate confined space entry by identifying the level of risk
• Completing risk assessments and permits to work
• Health and hygiene
• Selecting equipment for appropriate confined space entry by identifying the level of risk

High Risk Content

• Identifying the differences between medium and high risk
• Recognising the foreseeable risks and added dangers within a high risk confined space
• Products and equipment that could change now the environment is deemed high risk
• Why some products could create an additional hazard due to the change in environment
• Applying the regulations to a high risk confined space
• Communication requirements and selecting correct communication equipment
• Understanding both the benefits and additional hazards of ventilation
• Selecting a suitable worker
• O.S.H.H.
• Identifying different gases
• Removing contamination safely and how not to take the contamination home
• Rescue requirement for high risk confined spaces
• Additional top person duties (e.g. control tally board)
• Selecting the correct breathing apparatus depending on the job
• Build and inspect specialist equipment, such as SCBA
• Carry out a high/low pressure check to ensure kit is not subject to risks
• Donning and doffing procedure
• Team practical acting as top team and entrants, wearing SCBA
• Inspecting equipment for damage or contamination after use
• Close the confined space job by ensuring the area is safe before leaving sit

PPE Required to Attend the Training

•  Safety boots
• Hard hat
• Gloves
• Overalls or work clothes
• Knee pads (optional)

Important notice: Delegates must be clean shaven for day 2 of the course when using SCBA. Delegates who are not clean shaven will not be able to complete the course.