confined space training

Confined space is a space that meets three criteria, i.e. they are large enough to enter and work, have limited means of entry and exit and are not designed for continuous human occupancy. Entering and working in confined spaces is established as a hazardous activity, and effective confined space training needs to be accomplished as a means to help protect employees from these hazards.

The confined space training addresses the following: the company’s policy and confined space program limiting the employees’ access to confined spaces and their hazards; recognizing the confined space warning and identification signs; changes in use or configuration of non-permit spaces that could require the space to be reclassified as a permit-required space; proper handling of confined space equipment and, finally, procedures that address employees of other companies who enter and work in the permit-required confined spaces of the employer.

The confined space training programs are the subsets of work at height courses. Work at height courses concentrate on training for fall arrest and rescue. It has myriad aims, for example recovery of a suspended person to a safe place by lowering or raising, fall arrest height safety training course as required by a particular workplace or work task, safe access for work on flat roofs including risks from fragile surfaces and available methods of fall protection, detailed information on how to implement a safe system of work for work at height.

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