Confined Space Top Man Course Overview
The course focuses on the development of the knowledge and skills of the top man role, with a focus on: reviewing and understanding risk assessments within confined spaces; the difference between the classification of confined spaces; informing staff of their responsibilities; establishing a safe zone; ensuring correct communication facilities are in place; and performing gas monitoring and reacting to emergency situations.
This course is suitable for absolutely anyone involved in a top man role within an organisation, regardless of industry type.
This course covers the following modules related to medium-risk confined spaces:
- Receiving a task for confined space work
- Organising a safety zone around the space
- Confirming risk assessment and safe working systems
- Controlling the entry and exits of confined spaces
- Dealing with emergencies
- Confined space classification
- Assemble, inform and deploy staff to tasks
- Establishing onsite and offsite communication
- Opening and confirming the confined space risk level
- Performing gas monitoring checks
- Recovering workers from the space safely and closing it safely
- Hygiene procedures
- Emergency situations
Requirements:
Candidates for this course must have completed the Medium Risk Confined Space course.
Candidates will learn how to classify a confined space, inform staff of responsibilities and much more on this non-entry course. Ideal for managers and supervisors from any industry.
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