Description

This course covers OSHA’s standards for safety and health requirements and procedures to protect employees who work in confined spaces. It addresses how to protect employees from the hazards posed by working in or around confined spaces, including requirements for training, identification and assessment of confined spaces, and rescue.

Course Objectives

This course is designed to meet OSHA standards for employee training in the construction industry by covering the following topics:

• The scope and application of OSHA’s standard for confined spaces in construction.
• Identification of permit-required and non-permit confined spaces.
• Appropriate utilization of OSHA’s alternate entry and reclassification procedures.
• The roles and responsibilities related to confined spaces.
• Program requirements for permit-required confined space entry.
• The confined space entry permitting process.
• Common hazards found in confined spaces.
• The requirements for rescue and emergency services.
• Procedures for atmospheric testing.
• The control of hazardous energy.

Topics Covered

This course consists of the following lessons:

• Lesson 1: Introduction
• Lesson 2: Employer Responsibilities, Communication and Coordination
• Lesson 3: Program Requirements
• Lesson 4: Permit-required confined space entry permitting
• Lesson 5: Roles and responsibilities
• Lesson 6: Training and employee participation
• Lesson 7: Atmospheric testing and ventilation
• Lesson 8: Controlling hazardous energy
• Lesson 9: Rescue and emergency services
• Lesson 10: Course Summary