Confined Space Risk Management and Permits
Course Overview
COURSE AIMS:
This RoSPA course is designed to provide delegates with enough understanding of Safe Systems of Work to be able to authorise works and issue permits. It identifies the employer's responsibilities within their own policies to allocate duties to competent employees. It includes a basic level of confined space knowledge with a team exercise of creating and reviewing a safe system of work. This course includes the following topics:
Course Content
•Pre-use Creation and Review of a Safe System of Work (SSOW)
•Development of a Risk Assessment Method System
*Pre-requisite Delegates must have completed a CS1,CS2 or 6160-09 course up to maximum of 12 weeks prior
COURSE DURATION & LOCATIONS:
•1 Day - GLH (Guided Learning Hours) 7 hours
•Course starts at 09:00, finishes around 17:00
•Aberdeen, Glasgow, Middlesbrough, Castleford, Manchester, Wellingborough, Rainham, Heathrow, Southampton, Exeter.
•On-site Training including Mobile Training Tunnels available.
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Extra Reading
Additional Information & Course Requirements
•Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) - ESS locations require all visitors to wear a minimum the following PPE: Hi-Vis (vest or similar) and Protective Safety Footwear.
•For purposes of practical training, it is also a requirement to have Safety Helmet, Gloves, overalls or similar as well as the Hi-Vis and Safety Footwear, Kneepads are also advisable.
•Proof of Identity - Delegate names are to be provided by customer in advance of the course start date. Delegates must provide proof of identity (Driving license, Passport, National Identity Card) which states their full name.
•Respiratory Protective Equipment (RPE) - Different types of RPE are used during training dependent on the Confined Space Risk Level. Most RPE requires the user to be clean shaven to ensure safe and optimum use. Medium Risk courses use Escape Sets or Self-Contained Breathing •Apparatus, optional Hooded Escape Sets maybe available where notified in advance. For High-risk courses being clean shaven is mandatory.
•Physical Health & Fitness - Delegates must be physically fit to undertake practical training. •Consideration should be given to the side effects of medication and temporary conditions such as colds, flu and COVID. If there are any doubts in regard to the fitness of a student reference should be made to a GP.
•Delegates must not exceed 136kg in weight as this is the SWL of standard Confined Space & working at Height equipment used.
•Learning difficulties and language barriers - A reasonable understanding of the English language is required as all courses will be conducted in English. Arrangements can be made, where notified and registered in advance of the training, for Verbal Assessment for delegates with confirmed disabilities and learning difficulties. Reasonable adjustments may be made on the day subject to available resources.
Further Course Information
•Delegates can download relevant HSE guidance onto their devices to refer to before or after the course by following the link below;
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https://www.hse.gov.uk/confinedspace/resources.htm•
https://www.hse.gov.uk/respiratory-protective-equipmentj•For further information on Respiratory Protective Equipment please refer to our Facial Hair & breathing Apparatus Guidance.
•FAQs: Frequently Asked Questions related to our Confined Space Training courses can be found at -
https://www.vp-ess.com/training/confined-spaces/ESS accepts no liability for any injury or accident that results from a delegate/using advice and training they have been given by ESS inappropriately.
