SUPERVISING WORK IN CONFINED SPACE

Water or other Industry

Supervising Work in Confined Spaces

This unit is for supervisors of confined spaces; it includes planning and allocating activities for a team, pre-entry procedures, entry into and exit from the confined space, selection of personnel, maintaining communications, and initiating and controlling emergency procedures.

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Course outcomes

On successful completion of the course, the student will have demonstrated their competence, knowledge and skills enabling them to meet the City & Guilds requirements to:
     Implement procedures for teams working in confined spaces
     Supervise the control of safe entry and exit to the confined space
     Supervise the work team to ensure procedures are followed
     Control emergency situations
     Understand health and safety and environmental legislation
     Understand standard protocols for work in confined spaces
     Understand supervisory duties and responsibilities
     Understand equipment checks and testing required

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Entry Requirements

In-date City & Guilds (or equivalent 3 day) award in either Medium Risk Entry 6160-02, High Risk Entry 6160-03, Medium Risk Entry Controller 6160-09 or High Risk Entry Controller 6160-04

Fit for operational duties

Physical fitness for potentially strenuous training

Course Duration

2 days with 16 hours contact time

Assessment

Course content is assessed by a combination of direct observations of set tasks, question and answer, a short answer externally set exam and scenario based assessment. Individual feedback is provided.

Certification

This course can be certified by City & Guilds or by Outreach Rescue upon meeting the assessment criteria. For City & Guilds certification, there is an additional fee of £45, and printed certificates are provided. There is no additional fee for digital Outreach Certification, and results are recorded on the Outreach Rescue Database.

Certification is valid for 3 years.