This course helps employees meet requirements of the new OSHA standard regarding construction activities in confined spaces. Available in English or Spanish.

Confined Space Safety Awareness Training

This course will help decrease the number of injuries and fatalities that result from working in or around confined spaces and permit-required confined spaces by bringing awareness to the hazards found within those spaces and helping affected employees understand their roles and responsibilities to ensure a safe entry operation.

Author

MSSC

Last Update: 2/12/2023
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Course Overview

This 2 part course was created to educate employees about the existence of confined spaces, the type of hazardous conditions that can be present in them, and the basic requirements for entry into permit-required confined spaces.

This course also will review the basic requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, known as OSHA, for entering permit required confined spaces along with ANSI/ASSP Z117.1 – 2022 Safety Requirements for Entering Confined Spaces for best practices when entering, exiting, and working in permit required and non-permit confined spaces.

Among the course topics, we will cover the basic requirements for determining whether a space should be classified as confined space, the hazards that may be present in a confined space, types of confined spaces, confined space entry permits, and the requirements for entering a confined space.

We will also provide you with additional details on the key roles and responsibilities for each person involved in a permit space entry, along with information on rescue procedures and training requirements for each affected and authorized employee. Both Parts 1 and 2 must be taken to complete this course.

What you will learn

  • Identify characteristics and examples of a confined space
  • Identify the potential hazards of a permit required confined space
  • Recognize the difference between a permit required confined space and a non-permit required confined space, as well as the criteria for reclassifying a confined space
  • Identify the hazard controls that must be implemented prior to entering a permit required confined space
  • Identify the roles and responsibilities for those involved in confined space operation