Basic Confined Space Safety

Day 1

Session 1 - Course Introduction  

Session 2 – What is Confined Space?

• Definition of Confined Space
• Examples of Confined Spaces in the workplace
• The physical characteristics of a confined space

Session 3 – Roles and Responsibilities

• Define the different roles of workers in the confined space
• Define the roles and responsibilities of Attendants
• Define the roles and responsibilities of Entrants
• Define the roles and responsibilities of Supervisors
• Define the roles and responsibilities of Flagmen in Confined Spaces
• The importance of inspecting a confined space before issuing the permit.
• Issuing the permit
• Receipt the Permit
• What the organization needs to assess before starting the work
• Clearance/Return to Service and the differences between them
• Extension and when it is necessary

Session 4 – Permit to Work System

• Definition of a Permit to Work
• The importance of inspecting a confined space before issuing the permit.
• Issuing the permit
• Receipt the Permit
• What the organization needs to assess before starting the work
• Clearance/Return to Service and the differences between them
• Extension and when it is necessary
• Provide different examples of Permit to Work Systems that may be required with a confined space permit

Session 5 – Group Discussion of providing the students with a previous and various permit to work documents to understand the procedure.

Session 6 – Hazard Identification

• Discuss the working at height hazard of working at a height.
  
• Discuss the difficulty of communication in a confined space setting.
• Discuss the adequate access and egress to and from a confined space.
• Discuss the dangers of toxic gases and reactive agents in the confined space.
• Discuss the possibility of fires and/or explosions in the confined space.
• The potential difficulties of multiple hazards culminating in a confined space.
• Discuss scenarios that can lead to emergency evacuation in a confined space.

• Using a safety harness and a tripod sequence system to ascend and descend from a confined space system.
• Using different communication devices to relay information in a confined space.
• The usage of ladders, ropes, and other lifting devices to assisting in ascending and descending a confined space.
• Discussing different types of gas detectors that are used by workers and are located on-site.
• Discussing different types of operations which can lead to fires and/or explosions and how they can be safely controlled.
• The importance of ventilation in a confined space.
• The roles and responsibilities of all personnel in a confined space system in maintaining its controls.

• Assessing confined space access and egress during an evacuation.
  
• Assessing adequate behaviors during confined space emergencies.
• How to safely assist entrants in leaving the confined space.
• How to coordinate with the attendant and supervisor in confined space rescue.
• Prompt behavior and response before and after a confined space rescue.
• How to evacuate safely from the area after leaving the confined space.

• Assess the history, symptoms, and signs of an accident
  
• How to stay calm during an accident
• How to promptly move the worker away from the emergency site
• How to check for signs of life in an injured worker
• The steps to CPR by using C-A-B (Circulation, Compression, Airway, and Rescue Breaths)
• How to correctly perform chest compressions
• How to correctly open the airway
• How to correctly perform rescue breath.
• The importance of repeating the CPR Process in saving a person’s life.
• Understanding the functions of the AED.
• Precautions before using the AED.
• How to correctly place the AED pads.
• How to use it alongside CPR to save the person’s life

• Workers shall be assessed by a practical scenario in confined space entry and work as entrants while the attendants and supervisors shall also be chosen by the instructor. The instructor shall coordinate with the trainees to effectively execute the scenario.

• Workers shall be assessed by a practical scenario in which they will attempt a confined space rescue and response accordingly by using a dummy to perform CPR and use the AED.

Day 2

Session 6 – Hazard Identification

• Discuss the working at height hazard of working at a height.
• Discuss the difficulty of communication in a confined space setting.
• Discuss the adequate access and egress to and from a confined space.
• Discuss the dangerous of toxic gases and reactive agents in the confined space.
• Discuss the possibility of fires and/or explosions in the confined space.
• The potential difficulties of multiple hazards culminating in a confined space.
• Discuss scenarios which can lead to emergency evacuation in a confined space.

Session 7 – Controls of a Confined Space

• Using a safety harness and a tripod sequence system to ascend and descend from a confined space system.
• Using different communication devices to relay information in a confined space.
• The usage of ladders, ropes, and other lifting devices to assisting in ascending and descending a confined space.
• Discussing different types of gas detectors that are used by workers and are located on-site.
• Discussing different types of operations which can lead to fires and/or explosions and how they can be safely controlled.
• The importance of ventilation in a confined space.
• The roles and responsibilities of all personnel in a confined space system in maintaining its controls.

Session 8 – Emergency Response

• Assessing confined space access and egress during an evacuation.
• Assessing adequate behaviors during confined space emergencies.
• How to safely assist entrants in leaving the confined space.
• How to coordinate with the attendant and supervisor in confined space rescue.
• Prompt behavior and response before and after a confined space rescue.
• How to evacuate safely from the area after leaving the confined space.

Session 9 – First Aid Response

• Assess the history, symptoms, and signs of an accident
• How to stay calm during an accident
• How to promptly move the worker away from the emergency site
• How to check for signs of life in an injured worker
• The steps to CPR by using C-A-B (Circulation, Compression, Airway, and Rescue Breaths)
• How to correctly perform chest compressions
• How to correctly open the airway
• How to correctly perform rescue breath.
• The importance of repeating the CPR Process in saving a person’s life.
• Understanding the functions of the AED.
• Precautions before using the AED.
• How to correctly place the AED pads.
• How to use it alongside CPR to save the person’s life

Session 10 – Practical Session

• Workers shall be assessed by a practical scenario in confined space entry and work as entrants while the attendants and supervisors shall also be chosen by the instructor.
• The instructor shall coordinate with the trainees to effectively execute the scenario.

Session 11 – Practical Session

• Workers shall be assessed by a practical scenario in which they will attempt a confined space rescue and response accordingly by using a dummy to preform CPR and use the AED.