Confined Spaces 6160 Training
We offer City & Guilds confined spaces training or a level of basic training to HSE standards. City & Guilds 6160-02 medium risk courses are delivered at our bespoke training venue in Essex.
Dedicated Training Facilities
At our centre in Wickford we boast a full simulation of a confined space which has been approved by City & Guilds for accredited training.
At the same venue, we can offer a level of ‘basic’ training for candidates that enter confined spaces.
In addition to the full chamber for training, the confined space is annexed with a comfortable classroom with presentation equipment for delivery of the theory content.
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Delegates
Anybody entering a confined space should have received adequate training on the entry and emergency procedures.
Confined spaces are inherently dangerous due the type of surroundings that they are. Any operative entering a confined space should have been provided with at least an in-house type of certification.
Course Content
A typical confined spaces training course covers:
- Legal and company requirements
- Equipment sympathy and capabilities
- Dealing with emergencies
- Returning the equipment for storage
- Approved advisory literature
- Review of possible confined spaces injuries and actions
- Knowledge needed to assist in a confined spaces accident
- Ability to carry out basic first aid procedures
The practical element includes:
- Hazards arising from a confined space
- Equipment inspection and records
- Gas detection equipment, and properties of gasses liable to be encountered
- Use of harness, ropes and tripods and winch
- Using escape breathing apparatus
- Identifying defects and dealing with malfunctions
- Safe systems of work, and permits
- Adjustments
- Safe operation
Outcome
On completion of basic confined spaces training, the candidate will be able to:
- Prepare to enter and work safely in low risk confined spaces
- Enter and exit confined spaces safely
- Use equipment and tools safely and in accordance with manufacturers’ recommendations
- Follow safe working procedures
- Deal with emergency situations
Legality
Our courses cover the content in the Confined Spaces Regulations 1997.
You must carry out a suitable and sufficient assessment of the risks for all work activities to decide what measures are necessary for safety (under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, regulation 3).
For work in confined spaces, this means identifying the hazards present, assessing the risks and determining what precautions to take. You can read a more detailed overview of this on the HSE website.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Confined Space?
A confined space can be any space of an enclosed nature where there is a risk of death or serious injury from hazardous substances or dangerous conditions.
Some confined spaces are fairly easy to identify, e.g. enclosures with limited openings, such as:
- Storage tanks
- Silos
- Reaction vessels
- Enclosed drains
- Sewers
What are the dangers?
Dangers can arise in confined spaces because of the following issues.
A lack of oxygen. This can occur:
- Where there is a reaction between some soils and the oxygen in the atmosphere
- Following the action of groundwater on chalk and limestone which can produce carbon dioxide and displace normal air
- In ships’ holds, freight containers, lorries etc as a result of the cargo reacting with oxygen inside the space
- Inside steel tanks and vessels when rust forms
Poisonous gas, fume or vapour. These can:
- Build up in sewers and manholes and in pits connected to the system
- Enter tanks or vessels from connecting pipes
- Leak into trenches and pits in contaminated land, such as old refuse tips and old gas works
Additionally:
- Liquids and solids which can suddenly fill the space, or release gases into it, when disturbed
- Free-flowing solids such as grain can also partially solidify or ‘bridge’ in silos, causing blockages which can collapse unexpectedly
- Fire and explosions (eg from flammable vapours, excess oxygen etc)
- Residues left in tanks, vessels etc, or remaining on internal surfaces, which can give off gas, fume or vapour
- Dust present in high concentrations, eg in flour silos
- Hot conditions leading to a dangerous increase in body temperature