Course
Content
This course is designed to enable students to recognize, evaluate, prevent, and abate safety and health hazards associated with confined space entry. Technical topics include the recognition of confined space hazards, basic information about instrumentation used to evaluate atmospheric hazards, and ventilation techniques. This course features workshops on permit entry classification and program evaluation. Minimum contact hours: 20.
Prerequisites/Participant
Tools
21(d) State Consultants: #1500 Basic Onsite Consultation program.
Other Federal Agency or Department personnel: Course #6000 or #6010.
Private Sector and Other Non-Federal Government personnel: Course #511
Course
Topics
• Pre-test
• Scope and definitions 29 CFR 1910.146
• Workshop
• Isolation methods
• Ventilation
• Atmospheric hazards
• Theory of fire
• Instrumentation and calibration lab
• PRCS programs 29 CFR 1910.146
• Permits 29 CFR 1910.146
• Training 29 CFR 1910.146
• Rescue, retrieval systems and respirators 29 CFR 1910.146
• Post-test and review
