Health and Safety

Confined space entry procedures and escape breathing apparatus | STS-EBA

Who will benefit?
The course is designed for companies whose staff may be required to enter areas that are classified as confined spaces and which may pose a risk of serious injury or death.  This course is tailored towards managers, supervisors, engineers and general operatives.

Aim
Delegates will be made aware of procedures to ensure a safe access and egress from a confined space and to have emergency procedures in place in the event of an emergency arising whilst operators are working in the confined space.  This course will cover the Confined Space Regulations 1997 in detail and the aim of this course.

The delegate will be able to enter and work safely within the confined spaces, using the necessary and appropriate equipment

Objectives
Delegates will acquire the skills and knowledge to:

• Interpret and recognise confined spaces in accordance with the Confined Spaces Regulations 1997
• Explain the Applications and duties under the Confined Spaces Regulations 1997
• Demonstrate how to conduct a Risk assessment of a confined space
• Explain what is meant by ‘preventing the need for entry’ to a confined space
• Show how to work safely in confined spaces
• Explain the use of a permit to work
• Explain the use of gas detection equipment in a confined space
• Demonstrate how to use  escape breathing apparatus in the event of an emergency
• Demonstrate how to use personal protection and safety equipment, tripod, winch, harness and safety lines.
• Explain the use of Ventilation equipment in a confined space
• Practice good methods of communications in an emergency
• Illustrate emergency and rescue procedures in a confined space
• Apply first aid procedures in an emergency
• Discuss Fire safety procedures in a confined space

Other Information
A confined space is a place which is substantially enclosed (though not always entirely), and where serious injury can occur from hazardous substances or conditions within the space or nearby (e.g. lack of oxygen).

A number of people are killed or seriously injured in the UK each year in confined spaces. These occur across a wide range of industries, from those involving complex plant through simple storage vessels. Those killed include not only people working in the confined spaces but those who try to rescue them without proper training or equipment.

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