Who Should Attend?

Those who work in Medium Risk confined spaces:
Medium risk confined spaces exist where there is a realistic expectation of encountering a speci- fied risk or the possible introduction of a specified risk during the work activity.

It will also not be possible to have a person permanently attached to a safety line and is usually a team entry which moves away from the entry point (e.g. man entry sewers, utility service, subway tunnels, tanks, chambers, aqueducts and complex wet wells).

Agenda

• Health & safety overview
• The Confined Spaces Regulations 1997 & Approved Code of Practice
• Identification of risks and their control
• Workplace safety
• Weil’s Disease and sewage decontamination
• Hazardous atmospheres and gas monitoring
• The risk assessment process
• Operation of safe systems of work
• Use of permit to work control measures
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), pre-use inspection and safe operation (IP rated, intrinsi- cally safe and ATEX approved)

• Fall arrest systems
• Safe entry/exit
• Emergency procedures
• Theoretical and practical training on escape breathing apparatus