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: 21.
Knowledge of respiratory protection will be beneficial to participants
in this program. You'll need a basic computer with a Netscape or Internet Explorer web browser and local Internet access.
Course Objectives
After successfully completing this course, students will be able
to:
• List the elements of
OSHA's Permit-Required Confined Spaces for General Industry standard
• Recognize, evaluate, prevent and abate safety and health
hazards associated with confined space entry
• Document violations of the permit-required confined space
standards
• Evaluate or write a specific permit-required confined
space program
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
