Confined spaces in construction high risk - refresher
Overview
Category
Confined Spaces
Duration
Minimum 9 learning hours (not including assessment time)
Standard Overview
The purpose of this standard is to provide the learner with the knowledge and/or skills to support the following:
Scope:
- confined spaces: definition
- specified risks, risk assessment and training
- safe systems of work, permits to work
- roles and responsibilities (e.g. top man/bottom man duties)
- atmospheric hazards and gases
- principles and use of gas detectors
- inspection and use of escape sets and working breathing apparatus
- pre use checks, correct donning & adjustment of harness
- inspection and applications of tripods, winches and fall arrest equipment
- emergency procedures
- practical exercises and assessments
All practical elements are mandatory in this standard as per HSE
Learner pre-requisites
Learners need to have previous experience of working in confined spaces and attended low or medium risk training. Learners need to be over 18, in good health and physically fit.
Instruction/ supervision
As a minimum, course trainers must be able to demonstrate that, in relation to this standard, they have:
- an award in education and training (or equivalent, as per requirements for approved training organisations)
- at least 2 years industrial experience relevant to the scope of the standard
- a verifiable CV
Delivery Materials
All materials and equipment must be of a suitable quality and quantity for learner to achieve learning outcomes and must comply with relevant legislation.
Delivery – Learner to Trainer Ratio
The learning environment, class size and learner-to-trainer ratio must allow training to be delivered in a safe manner and enable learners to achieve the learning outcomes.
Allowed Delivery Methods
The following delivery methods may be used in the delivery of this standard:
- Face-To-Face Learning Environment Only (Such As Classroom/Workshop etc.)
This standard is predominantly practical training.
All practical elements are mandatory in this standard as per HSE
This standard is considered to be set at an intermediate level.
Assessment Type
Formally Assessed
For the successful completion of training, learners must complete an end of course practical assessment or knowledge test that measures all learning outcomes and has a pass or fail criteria.
Where this training is assessed using multiple-choice questions, all learning outcomes must be covered, and learners are required to achieve an overall pass mark of at least 80%.
All practical elements are mandatory in this standard as per HSE
Methods of assessment considered appropriate for training delivered against this standard are:
- Multiple-choice questions
- short answer questions
- practical assessment
Name of proposed Recognised Organisation
Assured
Quality assurance against this standard will require initial approval of the training organisation and their content mapped to the standard.
CITB will also conduct an approval intervention, either desk-based or centre visit, to ensure the training organisation can meet the requirements of the training standard.
Approved training organisations (ATOs) will be required to present information on records of training and assessment upon request to CITB for desk-based analysis. They will also be visited annually by the CITB quality assurance team.
Achievement Lifespan
Renewal
Renewal every 36 months
Classification
Recommended Renewal
Buffer / grace period
6 months
Working Group Approval date
Jan 2024
Proof-Read Approval Date
Jan 2024
Review cycle
On request or 5 years from approval date.
Learning outcomes
Including additional guidance to support training delivery and final assessment
The learner will be able to:
Define a “confined space”
Delivery guidance:
- to include confined space classifications and examples
Interpret and interrogate a formal risk assessment
Delivery guidance:
- to include legislation: the Management of Health and Safety At Work Regulations; Confined Space Regulations, Construction (Design and Management) Regulations, other relevant and superseding legislation
- hazard identification (using examples of air quality/atmospheres, fire, dust, liquids, free flowing solids, weather, restricted access); possible effects or consequences of exposure to hazards; disease and hygiene
Describe what “safe systems of work” should be implemented in different confined space scenarios.
Delivery guidance:
- to include: responsibilities; risk assessment, real-time/dynamic assessment of risk and responses; possible scenarios; access control; rescue requirements and dealing with emergency situations including casualty recovery procedures; monitoring conditions; manning levels and communications, managing confined spaces and documentation
Describe specific roles and responsibilities
Delivery guidance:
- including top man/bottom man
Prepare to work safely in high risk confined spaces
Delivery guidance:
- including assessing and/or carrying out risk assessment, determining safe system of work, choosing appropriate equipment
Enter and exit high risk confined spaces safely
Delivery guidance:
- practice and practical assessment in order to enter, work and exit safely
Use specialist Personal Protective Equipment including masks, harnesses, hoists, gas detectors, escape breathing apparatus, self-contained open circuit (working) breathing apparatus
Delivery guidance:
- to include checking of equipment; ‘donning and doffing’ procedures; face seals and face fit testing advice; ‘top person’ record charts and entrance to base assessments; dangers of ‘working at height’; equipment care
Explain appropriate behaviour when working in high risk confined spaces
Delivery guidance:
- examples of inappropriate behaviour may help to highlight appropriate behaviour
- apply appropriate industry specific knowledge for working in high risk confined spaces
Additional information about this standard
http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg258.pdf
http://www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrhtm/rr302.htm
http://www.hse.gov.uk/pUbns/priced/l101.pdf
http://www.hse.gov.uk/pUbns/priced/l153.pdf
http://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/cdm/2015/principal-contractors.htm
http://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/cdm/2015/designers.htm
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