Confined Space Entry Training

Three roles, three sets of duties

The entrant is responsible for recognising hazards and evacuating when told to. The attendant stays outside, maintains a count of who is inside, monitors conditions and orders evacuation — and must never enter to attempt a rescue unless relieved. The entry supervisor authorises the permit, verifies the conditions and terminates entry. Training that blurs these roles is a large part of why confined space incidents cascade into multiple fatalities.

Identifying which spaces need a permit

A confined space is one large enough to enter, with limited means of entry or exit, and not designed for continuous occupancy. It becomes permit-required if it contains a hazardous atmosphere, engulfment potential, an internal configuration that could trap or asphyxiate, or any other recognised serious hazard. We help you work through your facility and classify the spaces before an incident makes the classification for you.

Rescue cannot be an afterthought

The standard requires rescue and emergency services to be arranged before entry, with the employer having evaluated whether they can respond in time. Relying on a call to the local fire department without confirming their capability and response time is a gap regulators look for specifically.

What the course covers

• Identifying and classifying confined and permit-required confined spaces
• Entrant, attendant and entry supervisor duties
• Atmospheric hazards — oxygen deficiency and enrichment, flammability, toxicity
• Atmospheric testing, monitoring order and instrument use
• Ventilation, isolation, lockout/tagout and engulfment control
• Entry permits — what they must contain and who authorises them
• Retrieval systems and non-entry rescue
• Emergency response planning and evaluating rescue capability