Confined Space Entry

Undertaking and successfully completing this course will provide students with the following three units of competency:

RIIWHS202E – Enter and work in confined spaces
MSMPER205 – Enter confined space
MSMPER200 – Work in accordance with an issued permit

This OHSA Confined Space Entry Course (CSE1), contains three nationally recognised units of competency including RIIWHS202D Enter and work in confined spaces, MSMPER205 Enter confined space and MSMPER200 Work in accordance with an issued permit. This is considered the initial course for those working in or near confined spaces and is recommended before you wish to proceed onto the OHSA Gas Testing and Permit Issuer Course (CSE2).

The Confined Space Entry course is designed for people who work in or around confined space areas. It is the initial basic introductory course which allows someone to conduct a risk assessment and enter a confined space environment to conduct work.

This course is available at our training centres in Brisbane and the Gold Coast. We are also able to conduct on-site training with either our purpose-built mobile training facility, or at a workplace and tailor the training course to suit the practical scenarios relevant to your company’s operations.

Working in confined space environments is high-risk and has been responsible for many work-related fatalities and incidents. Legislation requires that all persons with work activities related to limited or restricted space/s must undertake appropriate training and be assessed as competent, to perform those activities by Australian Standard AS2865 Safe Working in a Confined Space.

While there is a standard set of learning outcomes for the course, we understand that the context and environment in which the learning is applied are varied. It is designed to teach students how to:

• Identify confined space hazards
• Work safely within such spaces according to an issued permit
• Operate various confined space safety equipment.

Safe Work Australia’s Confined Spaces Code of Practice February 2014 defined the term as meaning: an enclosed or partially enclosed space that:

• is not designed or intended primarily to be occupied by a person; and
• is, or is designed or intended to be, at normal atmospheric pressure while any person is in the space; Isd

Is or is likely to be a risk to health and safety from:

• an atmosphere that does not have a safe oxygen level, or
• contaminants, including airborne gases, vapours and dust that may cause injury from fire or explosion, or
• harmful concentrations of any airborne contaminants, or
• engulfment

Examples of such spaces include (but are not limited to):

• Pits
• Tanks
• Process and Pressure vessels
• Boilers
• Silos and other tank-like compartments
• Pipes
• Sewers and Sewer pump stations, including wet and dry wells, shafts and ducts
• Shipboard spaces entered through small hatchways or access points, cargo tanks, cellular double-bottom tanks, duct keels, ballast or oil tanks and void spaces

OHSA will supply all equipment necessary for students to undertake training, however we actively encourage students to bring along their own equipment where practicable. This equipment must meet all current Australian safety standards and not be out of date or tagged out.

Safety clothing, including a long-sleeved shirt and trousers, as well as enclosed footwear, is mandatory for this course.

Students must have sufficient literacy and numeracy to read and comprehend instructions for safety at the workplace.

Students will need sufficient physical and psychological ability to participate in practical scenario-based training, which may involve:

• crawling and climbing up, down, through or under structures or confined and restricted spaces,
• being temporarily suspended,
• wearing harnesses and other relevant PPE,
• lifting and carrying breathing apparatus/cylinders,
• dragging, lifting or carrying people or mannequins in confined, and
• restricted environments in the dark, low light or smoke-filled areas.

For further information on this course call us on 1300 OHSA 00 (1300 647 200).