Confined Space Entry/Att./Rescue

Prerequisites: This course has no formal pre-requisite.

Course Length: 8 hours – Course length will vary depending on the number of students. Total course time includes breaks and meals.

Successful Course Completion

• Requires a minimum score of 75% or better.

• Practical Session

Course Objective

• Provide delegates assigned to confined space duties the necessary skills to safely perform their jobs.

• Identify the characteristics of a confined space. • Describe the basic hazard categories associated with confined space.

• Determine the elements of a confined space program.

• Identify and describe the primary roles of authorized entrants, attendants, supervisor, and designated rescue team/services.

• Rescue team requirements

• Personal Protective Equipment

• Ability to properly use rescue equipment.

• Ability to use retrieval systems.

• Ability to perform a rescue.

• Delegates should be able to demonstrate the necessary skills during practical examination and demonstrate knowledge during written examination.

Breaks: 10 minutes (approximately every hour)

Lunch: 1 Hour (if applicable)

Course Outline:

About Confined Spaces

• OSHA/NIOSH Statistics

• What is a Confined Space?

• What is a Permit Required Confined Space?

• Common Examples of a Confined Space Responsibilities of Personnel

• Competent Persons

o Entrant

o Attendant

o Rescue

o Entry Supervisor

• Roles and Responsibilities of Personnel Confined Space Entry

• Entry Requirements

• Entry Permit Requirements/Completion

• Hazard Evaluation

• Pre-Job Safety Planning

• Entry Permit Close Out o Routine o Emergency

• What Constitutes Entry?

• Confined Space Hazards o Atmospheric

o Physical Atmospheric Hazards

• Oxygen Levels

o Asphyxiation

• Effects of Oxygen Deficiency

• Breathing Air Composition

• What Causes Oxygen Deficiency Atmosphere?

• What Causes Oxygen Enriched Atmosphere?

• Other Hazards

• How much is Hazardous?

o Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL)

o Threshold Limit Value (TLV)

 Time Weighted Average (TWA)

 Short Term Exposure Limit (STEL)

 Exposure Ceiling

• Common Hazardous Gases Found in Confined Spaces

• Acute/Chronic Symptoms

• Flammability o Explosions o Explosion Mixture

o Flash Point o Upper Explosive Limit (UEL)

o Lower Explosive Limit (LEL)

• LEL Requirements (OSHA) • UEL/LEL Examples

• Causes of Flammable Atmospheres • Fire Ignition

• Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)

o Components of MSDS

o Sections of MSDS Atmospheric Hazard Protection

• Control Measures o Engineering Controls

o Administrative Controls

o Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

• Types of Respirators o Air Purifying Respirator (APR)

o Supplied Air Respirator (SAR)

 Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA)

 Atmospheric Supplied  Cascade Systems

 Escape Packs

• Respirator Fit Testing o Quantitative - Qualitative

• Respirator Usage

• Respirator Inspection

• Respirator Maintenance

• Respirator Donning/Doffing

• Respirator Storage

• Air Monitors

o Different Types

o Function

o Advantages/Disadvantages of Each Type o User Responsibility

• Air Sampling in a Confined Space

o Stratification Physical Hazards

• Common Physical Hazards

o Engulfment o Entrapment/Entanglement

o Potential Energy

o Electrical

o Pressure

o Momentum/Gravity

Protective Measures for Each Hazard Worker Introduced Hazards

• Common Examples

• External Hazards Confined Space Safety

• Isolating the Space

• Clearing the Space

• Ventilation

• Types of Ventilation

o Natural o Mechanical Supply

• Ventilation Factors

• Supply Ventilation Directions

• Exhaust Ventilation Directions

• Proper Ventilation Techniques About Rescue

• Employer Responsibilities

• Rescue Personnel Requirements

• Outside Rescue Team Requirements Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

• Hazard Recognition o Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)

o North American Emergency Response Guidebook (NAERG)

• Common Types of PPE

o Eye and Face Protection

o Reparatory Protection

o Chemical Clothing

o Head Protection

o Hand Protection

o Hearing Protection

o Foot Protection Confined Space Rescue

• Types of Rescues

o Self-Rescue

o External Rescue

• Rescue Pole/Remote Hooks

• Retrieval Systems

• Self-Retracting Lanyards

• Personnel Hoists

• Evacuation Harnesses

• Retrieval Line Attachment Points

• Wristlets Retrieval System

• Stretcher/Immobilization Equipment

Practical Session

Practical training shall utilize a confined space simulator and other safety equipment. Practical shall verify the following:

• Properly select and wear appropriate PPE during practical training

• Conduct proper pre-use inspection of PPE and equipment

• Effectively communicate amongst Entrant, Attendant, & Rescue Team

• Effectively monitor and control air quality

• Ability to safely perform work in a confined space environment

• Properly secure life lines

• Use Tri-Pod/Winch and other rescue equipment

• The ability to safely perform a rescue

• Ability to properly store equipment and PPE

Training Center Provided Material

•PPE - Confined Space Equipment

Delegate Requirements

• Must possess good physical health as the practical training is physical demanding.

Reference Material / Documents

OSHA 29 CFR 1910.146

OSHA 29 CFR 1910.134

Cost $232.00