Course Overview

This Competent Person Confined Spaces Refresher course involves the presence of one or more people, positioned outside the confined space, who have designated responsibilities for controlling the entry into the confined space. The practical element of this course may involve vertical entry using a ladder and fall arrest/recovery winch or man-riding winch. It can also involve horizontal entry, such as walking or climbing into the confined space or working away from the bottom of a vertical entry, with limited use of a rescue lines.

Who is This Course For?

The course is aimed at operatives who may need to carry out competent person confined space refresher training. This requires the use of gas monitoring and may require the carrying of escape breathing apparatus (ie. foul and storm water sewerage systems). On completion of the course, delegates should be able to continue to operate in medium risk confined spaces, understand the risks that may be present or introduced and ensure that appropriate control measures are in place prior to entry.

Schedule

	Day 1
Start	10:00
End	17:00

Key Learning Areas

Overview of Health & Safety and the Confined Spaces Regulations
Reminder of "What is a Confined Space?"
Hazards associated with confined spaces
Problem atmospheres (gases & gas monitoring)
Safe systems of work
Work team roles and duties
First aid and medical considerations
Typical confined space equipment and user checks
User checks and assembly of Escape Breathing Apparatus (EBA)
Practical entry exercise with gas monitor, harness, tripod and winch and EBA

What you need...

Prior to attending this course we recommend you have completed the following or their equivalent and possess:

Competent Person Confined Spaces

You will require PPE including boots, overalls and hard hat

Self-certification for entry into confined spaces and wearing breathing apparatus will need to be completed on the course

Related Courses

You may also be interested in the following related training courses:

Authorised Person Confined Spaces (APCS)
Competent Person Confined Spaces (CPCS)
Authorised Person Confined Spaces Refresher (APCSR)

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Course Training Team

Ashley Morpeth

Senior CS/WaH Training Consultant

Ashley is a highly experienced Senior Confined Space/Working at Height Training Consultant. Prior to joining the company in January 2020, Ashley gained his experience through a wide variety of positions within the industry, initially taking on a role as an Air Conditioning Engineer; for which he covered the installation and maintenance of these systems, before moving on to working around Europe as a Rope Access Technician and then through to the training and Authorising Engineer positions which he now holds. Ashley qualified as a Rope Access Technician through an IRATA Technician level 1 course in 2009, and from here he began to work on a self-employed basis for a range of large companies through until to 2015. In this role Ashley provided rescue cover, risk assessments, rigging and hands on working, all in a Working at Height capacity. He has since obtained the IRATA level 2 and Supervisor Technician qualifications and has progressed into teaching. Since 2015 Ashley has been involved in the training industry, and during his previous job he progressed through from a Senior Training Consultant to a Training Manager. He also spent some time providing Authorising Engineer and Authorised Person duties to clients, as well as developing and auditing Safe Systems of Work. Ashley taught a wide range of courses within his previous role; however, he was predominantly responsible for the Working at Height and Confined Space training courses.