Confined Space Awareness for Entrants & Monitors

This online course provides an overview of confined spaces and explains how to safely manage confined space entries.

Course Overview

This online Confined Space Entry Awareness course provides an overview of confined spaces and explains how to safely manage confined space entries. This awareness course, designed for people who enter or manage entry of confined spaces, follows the CSA 1006-10 Management of Work in Confined Spaces standard.

Course Topics

  • Confined spaces
    • Definition of a confined space
    • Types of confined spaces
    • Regulations
  • Hazards of confined spaces
    • Factors affecting the severity of arc flash events
    • Types of confined space hazards
    • Confined space environment hazards
    • Administrative hazards
  • Qualified worker
    • Defining and explaining what a qualified worker is
    • Evaluating training requirements for workers
    • Identifying different roles and responsibilities of workers involved with safe confined space entries
  • Identification & control
    • Confined space hazard analysis
    • Risk categories
    • Permits
    • Labeling
  • Emergency response
    • Classification of emergency rescue
    • Roles and responsibilities of rescue team members
    • Equipment selection guidelines
  • Confined space entry procedures
    • Safe work methods
    • Equipment design
    • Hazard control permitting