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This course fulfills OSHA’s education requirements for safety and health and teaches procedures to protect employees who work in confined spaces with limited or restricted access. Confined spaces include, but are not limited to, underground vaults, tanks, storage bins, manholes, pits, silos, process vessels, and pipelines.
This course addresses how to protect employees from the hazards posed by working in or around confined spaces, including requirements for training, identification and assessment of confined spaces, and rescue.
Upon completion, learners will be certified in the OSHA Standard 29 1910.146.
Course Features
The most mobile-friendly course available features an interactive user interface that makes it easier for users to navigate and control the course. Course design includes interactive games and exercises built to support and reinforce important safety materials and concepts. Clickable icons and featured information and images enhance the overall learning experience for users.
Who Should Take the Training?
Supervisors and managers in the general industry.
Course Facts
What You Get
Certificate of Completion
Duration
8 Hours
Learning Type
100% online, available 24/7
Course Access
Courses Available 24/7
Course Structure
At your own pace, save progress as you go
Course Updates
Content is updated and current
Course Credit
8 hours
Course Outline
- Lesson 1: Scope, Terms, and General Requirements
- Lesson 2: Employer Responsibilities, Communication and Coordination
- Lesson 3: Program Requirements
- Lesson 4: Permit-Required Confined Space Entry Permitting
- Lesson 5: Roles and Responsibilities
- Lesson 6: Training and Employee Participation
- Lesson 7: Atmospheric Testing and Ventilation
- Lesson 8: Controlling Hazardous Energy
- Lesson 9: Rescue and Emergency Services
- Lesson 10: Summary
Course Objectives
This course is designed to meet OSHA standards for employee training in the general industry by covering the following topics:
- Important terms related to the 29 CFR 1910.146 standard, including reclassification of confined spaces and alternate entry procedures.
- Responsibilities and communication requirements involved in permit-required CSE.
- Required contents of a permit-required confined space program.
- Roles and responsibilities of employers and employees.
- Training requirements for all employees working in or around permit-required confined spaces.
- Atmospheric testing and monitoring procedures, equipment used, and ventilation requirements.
- How to identify and control various sources of hazardous energy in or around confined spaces.
- Types of rescue services and their general requirements.
Standards Covered
29 CFR 1910.146
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