Confined Space Competent Person training

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Our Confined Spaces Safety Training course is built to regulation guidelines. This class discusses these topics:

• Basic equipment and how to inspect it
• Atmospheric testing and monitoring
• Safe operations, including confined space entry procedures
• Common hazards like IDLH atmospheres
• Rescue techniques
• More!

This presentation includes intermittent practice quiz questions to prepare for the final written exam included with the course. In addition to the written exam, this course also includes a checklist for employers to use when administering a practical exam as required.

Estimated Training Length: Because everyone learns and progresses at different speeds, the amount of time you spend taking this training will vary. However, the estimated time for this training is 150 – 180 min.

Intended Audience:

• Employees
• Supervisors

OSHA Requirements: This course meets the following OSHA Requirements:

• 29 CFR 1910.146 – Permit-Required Confined Spaces
• 29 CFR 1910.146(j) – Entry Supervisor
• 29 CFR 1915 Subpart B – Confined and Enclosed Spaces and Other Dangerous Atomspheres in Shipyard Employment
• 29 CFR 1926.800(j) – Air Quality and Monitoring
• 29 CFR 1926 Subpart AA – Confined Spaces in Construction
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Our confined space competent person training course provides a substantial, thorough, and effective way to learn how to work safely. 

The confined space competent person training course meets the classroom requirement for occupational safety training. It also includes a proficiency checklist that employers can use to perform a practical evaluation, in accordance with standards and regulations.

We have fine-tuned this confined space competent person training training to provide you with the best experience possible. Our robust training approach gives an interactive experience that helps learners retain information and apply it on the job site, preventing costly accidents and fines. Safety training is an investment. 

• Complete Training: First and foremost our goal is to keep you safe and save you money. Don't risk getting expensive OSHA fines because you settled for a sub-par training program that didn't cover safety topics in depth. Train using a program that helps you retain what is learned so that it is put into practice on job sites.
• Cost-Effective: Hiring a trainer to come on-site can be expensive. In contrast, our online curriculum lowers costs while still providing a professional training experience.
• Train Your Way: You can use this online training program for new hire training, refresher training or train remotely. Access it from anywhere and work on your schedule.
• Interactive Learning: Special reminders and quiz questions throughout the course prep students for the final exam so that it is passed the first time.
• Corporate License: Do you want to host this course on your own server? Contact us about obtaining broadcasting rights for this and any of our other online courses.

A confined space has a limited or restricted means of entry or exit and is large enough for an employee to enter and perform their assigned work. However, it is not designed for employees to work inside for long periods of time or frequently over a period of time (OSHA). Some common examples of confined spaces are:

• Underground vaults
• Tanks
• Storage bins
• Pits and diked areas
• Vessels
• Silos

Confined spaces in any industry can pose serious dangers to employees working in and around them. In the United States alone, more than 1,000 employees have died from confined space-related injuries in the last decade. This is why it’s important that you understand how to protect yourself and others from the hazards associated with working in confined spaces.

It is important to note that OSHA requires employers to evaluate their workplaces to determine if spaces are permit-required confined spaces, often called “permit spaces.”

The guidelines OSHA has in place define a permit space as a confined space that:

• Contains, or has the potential to contain, a hazardous atmosphere.
• Contains material that has the potential to engulf an entrant.
• Has walls that converge inward.
• Has floors that slope downward or taper into a smaller area.
• Contains any other recognized safety or health hazards.

A non-permit confined space is “a confined space that does not contain…hazards [or] have the potential to contain any hazard capable of causing death or any serious physical harm” (OSHA). A non-permit space is a confined space that does not require an employee to have an entry permit to work inside.

OSHA describes a competent person as someone “who is capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards in the surroundings or working conditions which are [unsafe].” Many industries have standards that require a competent person, including:

• General Industry
• Construction
• Maritime

The criteria for a “competent person” depends on the situation that the person is working in. Meaning that, to be a competent person when it comes to working in a confined space, you must have completed a training associated with that topic. A competent person also must be designated by the employer as the competent person.

Employees who are chosen to work in confined spaces are called entrants. Entrants should be trained to:

• Recognize hazards.
• Alert attendants about the presence of a hazard.
• Understanding warning signs.
• Wear, store, and use suitable personal protective equipment (PPE).
• Communicate with attendants who are outside the confined space.
• Conduct self-rescue methods in emergency situations.

By way of training or experience, a competent person should know about all the associated hazards of working inside a confined space. Their role is to watch for, recognize, and then avoid or eliminate the hazard. Not only do they look out for themselves, but they are also responsible for their fellow employees working in the same area.

When working in a confined space, both employers and employees need to consider what to do if someone gets injured, incapacitated, or trapped while in a confined space and needs to be rescued.

Conducting a rescue in a confined space involves confronting unique and difficult hazards. Failure to plan properly can mean the difference between a successful rescue and a body recovery.

Most confined space rescue training courses will teach employees how to create an efficient rescue plan in case of emergencies using the following five steps:

1. Understand the emergency – Emergencies come in many forms, so the first consideration should be “what happened?”
2. Conduct a site assessment – Before any confined space entry takes place on a site, those spaces have to be identified, classified, and labeled. This is essential in determining what special equipment or procedures should be involved when conducting a rescue operation.
3. Ensure that permit procedures are in place and working – OSHA requires employers to develop a permitting system for allowing workers into confined spaces. Permits have to include information about the location, authorized personnel, and hazard control. This information can be invaluable to the rescue process.
4. Create the rescue plan – Rescue plan parameters should be decided on and documented for all confined spaces. Once the parameters are in place, employees should be trained on them.
5. Drills – It is not enough to create a plan. Emergency preparedness means the plan has been tested and the involved parties have had a chance to practice.

A competent person, when it comes to confined space rescue, follows the same role as a competent person when it comes to simply completing a task within a confined space. They are there to watch out for, recognize, and avoid or eliminate any hazards that may be present during a rescue.

A confined space has a limited or restricted means of entry or exit and is large enough for an employee to enter and perform their assigned work. However, it is not designed for employees to work inside for long periods of time or frequently over a period of time (OSHA). Some common examples of confined spaces are:

• Underground vaults
• Tanks
• Storage bins
• Pits and diked areas
• Vessels
• Silos

Confined spaces in any industry can pose serious dangers to employees working in and around them. In the United States alone, more than 1,000 employees have died from confined space-related injuries in the last decade. This is why it’s important that you understand how to protect yourself and others from the hazards associated with working in confined spaces.

It is important to note that OSHA requires employers to evaluate their workplaces to determine if spaces are permit-required confined spaces, often called “permit spaces.”

The guidelines OSHA has in place define a permit space as a confined space that:

• Contains, or has the potential to contain, a hazardous atmosphere.
• Contains material that has the potential to engulf an entrant.
• Has walls that converge inward.
• Has floors that slope downward or taper into a smaller area.
• Contains any other recognized safety or health hazards.

A non-permit confined space is “a confined space that does not contain…hazards [or] have the potential to contain any hazard capable of causing death or any serious physical harm” (OSHA). A non-permit space is a confined space that does not require an employee to have an entry permit to work inside.

OSHA describes a competent person as someone “who is capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards in the surroundings or working conditions which are [unsafe].” Many industries have standards that require a competent person, including:

• General Industry
• Construction
• Maritime

The criteria for a “competent person” depends on the situation that the person is working in. Meaning that, to be a competent person when it comes to working in a confined space, you must have completed a training associated with that topic. A competent person also must be designated by the employer as the competent person.

Employees who are chosen to work in confined spaces are called entrants. Entrants should be trained to:

• Recognize hazards.
• Alert attendants about the presence of a hazard.
• Understanding warning signs.
• Wear, store, and use suitable personal protective equipment (PPE).
• Communicate with attendants who are outside the confined space.
• Conduct self-rescue methods in emergency situations.

By way of training or experience, a competent person should know about all the associated hazards of working inside a confined space. Their role is to watch for, recognize, and then avoid or eliminate the hazard. Not only do they look out for themselves, but they are also responsible for their fellow employees working in the same area.

When working in a confined space, both employers and employees need to consider what to do if someone gets injured, incapacitated, or trapped while in a confined space and needs to be rescued.

Conducting a rescue in a confined space involves confronting unique and difficult hazards. Failure to plan properly can mean the difference between a successful rescue and a body recovery.

Most confined space rescue training courses will teach employees how to create an efficient rescue plan in case of emergencies using the following five steps:

• Understand the emergency – Emergencies come in many forms, so the first consideration should be “what happened?”
• Conduct a site assessment – Before any confined space entry takes place on a site, those spaces have to be identified, classified, and labeled. This is essential in determining what special equipment or procedures should be involved when conducting a rescue operation.
• Ensure that permit procedures are in place and working – OSHA requires employers to develop a permitting system for allowing workers into confined spaces. Permits have to include information about the location, authorized personnel, and hazard control. This information can be invaluable to the rescue process.
• Create the rescue plan – Rescue plan parameters should be decided on and documented for all confined spaces. Once the parameters are in place, employees should be trained on them.
• Drills – It is not enough to create a plan. Emergency preparedness means the plan has been tested and the involved parties have had a chance to practice.

A competent person, when it comes to confined space rescue, follows the same role as a competent person when it comes to simply completing a task within a confined space. They are there to watch out for, recognize, and avoid or eliminate any hazards that may be present during a rescue.